ADVERBS much, many, little, few, a little, a few

Many
багато
Much
Little
Few мало(майже немає)
A little
A few трохи (але ж таки є)
 MANY MUCH
Із злічуваними З незлічуваними
іменниками іменниками
many students much time
many computers much water
many opportunities much snow
many decisions much money
many researches much of an animal
A lot of is also possible: a lot of money/a lot of people
A lot of is more usual in positive sentences
many/much are more usual in questions and negatives
 Do the exercise
Put in much or many:
1. Do you drink ________ tea?
2. There isn’t _________ milk in the fridge.
3. How ________ foreign languages do you know?
4. It costs ______ money to travel round the world.
5. They didn’t ask me _______ questions.
6. Please be quick. I haven’t got _________ time.
7. Most of the town is modern – there aren’t ______
old buildings.
 FEW LITTLE

Із злічуваними З незлічуваними
іменниками іменниками
few people little food
very few mistakes she eats very little
few friends little money
few questions little time
few books so little snow fell
 A FEW A LITTLE

Із злічуваними З незлічуваними
іменниками іменниками
a few people a little food
a few mistakes a little money
a few friends a little time
a few questions a little snow
a few books a little English
 Do the exercise
Put in little/a little or few/a few:
1. There was _________ food in the fridge. It was nearly empty.
2. He’s very lazy. He does _________ work.
3. They’re not rich but they’ve got _________ money – enough to live.
4. Last night I went to the restaurant with ___________ friends.
5. The TV service is not very good. There are ________ good programs.
6. I can’t decide now – I need ___________ time to think about it.
7. Nearly everybody has a job. There is ___________ unemployment.
8. He’s not well-known. _________ people have read of him.
 SOME EXCEPTIONS
a large amount of
considerable amount of
substantial amount of
a large number of
a great number of
far too many/far too much
plenty of (instead of a lot of/lots of)