Much, many, a lot с упражнением

 Все эти слова значат "много".

Much используется с неисчисляемыми существительными:

Much money, much time.

Many используется с исчисляемыми существительными:

Many books, many shops

 

A lot (of) используется и с теми, и с другими:

A lot of food, a lot of coffee, a lot of people, a lot of shops.

 

В вопросительных и отрицательных предложениях обычно стоит much или many, а не a lot (of):

Do you drink much coffee?

He hasn't got many friends.

 

A lot (of) чаще встречается в утвердительных предложениях:

I drink a lot of coffee.

They haven't got much money but they've got a lot of friends.

 

A lot можно употреблять без последующего существительного. Тогда предлог of опускается:

He ate a lot of food. НО He ate a lot.

 

Если с a lot of используется неисчисляемое существительное, то глагол стоит в единственном числе. Если исчисляемое — глагол стоит во множественном числе:

There is a lot of food/money/coffee.

There are a lot of trees/shops/people.

 

 

(Иногда much или a lot могут означать "часто":

Do you watch TV much? — No, not much.

We like films, so we go to the cinema a lot.)

 

Упражнение:

Вставь a lot/a lot of/much/many.

1.       Do you drink ___ tea?

2.       I like reading. I've got _____ books.

3.       There isn't _____milk in the fridge.

4.       It costs _____money to travel round the world.

5.       Please be quick! I haven't got ________ time.

6.       How ________ foreign languages can you speak?

7.       They didn't ask me ________ questions.

8.       There was ____ food at the party but I didn't eat ____.

9.       George knows _______ about economics.

10.    We saw ________ interesting things in the museum.

11.    We went on a cheap holiday. It didn't cost ________.

12.    Did you enjoy the party? — No, not ____.

13.    Most of the town is modern. There aren't ___ old buildings.

14.    Most of the people in the town have jobs. There isn't ________ unemployment.

 

 

 

Ответы:

 

Вставь a lot/a lot of/much/many.

1. Do you drink much tea?

2. I like reading. I've got a lot of books.

3. There isn't much milk in the fridge.

4. It costs a lot of money to travel round the world.

5. Please be quick! I haven't got much time.

6. How many foreign languages can you speak?

7. They didn't ask me many questions.

8. There was a lot of food at the party but I didn't eat much.

9. George knows a lot about economics.

10. We saw a lot of interesting things in the museum.

11. We went on a cheap holiday. It didn't cost much.

12. Did you enjoy the party? — No, not much.

13. Most of the town is modern. There aren't many old buildings.

14. Most of the people in the town have jobs. There isn't much unemployment.