Exercise 8. Write these sentences in the negative, using «much» or «many».

e.g. I’ve got a lot of time. - I haven’t got much time.

1. There are a lot of people in the street.

2. I take lots of photos while I am on holiday.

3. The people are spending a lot of money.

4. He always gives me lots of help.

5. They’ve got plenty of whisky.

6. You can see a lot of animals in the Zoo.

7. He can drink plenty of wine.

8. There is a lot of blood on his face.

Exercise 9.

Write these sentences in the affirmative. Use «a lot of/ plenty of» instead of «many/ much».

1. He hasn’t much work to do this afternoon.

2. Dick doesn’t smoke many cigarettes.

3. There isn’t much time to catch the train.

4. I didn’t get much to eat when I had dinner with the Greens.

5. We haven’t much time for listening to the radio.

6. She didn’t ask many of her friends to come.

7. Mr Kelly doesn’t read many new books.

Exercise 10.

Rewrite these sentences and use «very few, very little, (only) a few, (only) a little» in place of the underlined words.

1. There is not much wine left in this bottle.

2. There is some, but not much, wine in that bottle.

3. Mr Wimble hasn’t many books.

4. Mr Green has a small number of books.

5. A small number of the children went for a walk.

6. Not many English people speak Turkish.

7. He does not spend much money on books.

8. Will you have some more meat?

9. We haven’t many friends here.

10. I haven’t much time for listening to the radio.

11. I will have some more of that cake.

12. I will have some more of those cakes.

Exercise 11. Use «a little» or «a few» in the sentences below.

1. I have ..... friends in this city.

2. I take ..... sugar in my coffee.

3. There are ..... clouds in the sky.

4. We can see ..... shops along the street.

5. Would you like ..... more ice cream?

Exercise 12. Write questions with «How much?» or «How many?»

e.g. We’ve got some eggs. - How many eggs have we got?

1. She has a lot of children.

2. Can you buy some butter? (want)

3. The house has a lot of bedrooms.

4. Some people are coming for a meal on Sunday.

5. She earns a lot.

6. There is some cheese in the refregirator.

7. I drink coffee every day.

8. I have got some work to do.

Exercise 13. Choose the correct answer.

1. I’m sorry, but I’ve got very a little/little money at the moment. I’m afraid I can’t lend you any.

2. He has very a few/few friends and he gets rather lonely.

3. She has a few/few friends in London and she’s very happy there.

4. It is a very poor country: it has a few/few natural resources and a little/little good agricultural land.

5. Would you like a little/little more wine? There’s still a little/little left in the bottle.

6. It doesn’t take long to drive into town. There’s very a little/little traffic on the road.

7. It’s a very boring little town; there’s very a little/little to do there.

Exercise 14.

Insert «much, many, a lot, plenty of, a little, a few». Sometimes more than one answer is possible.

1. There is ..... snow on the roof.

2. He has ..... English books.

3. There are ..... flowers in this vase. Take ..... for your wife.

4. Give me ..... butter, please.

5. Now there is ..... water in the river.

6. There isn’t ..... rice left.

7. I know ..... people in London, but not many.

8. We’ve got ..... coffee left, but not much.

9. He earns ..... money in his job.

10. She’s got ..... classical music records.

11. We have ..... wine with our meal, but not very much.

12. Have we got ..... potatoes left?

13. How .... money did you spend on holiday?