17. Insert many, much, (a)little, (a)few.

1. ... was said but ... done.

2. Say ... and do ...

3. Very ... people know about it.

4. He knows ..., but the .... he knows he knows well.

5. He is a man of ... words.

6. ... heard about the book, but ... read it.

7. ... is spoken about it, but ... believe it.

8. The forces were unequal, they were ..., we were ...

9. We shan't get all into the car. We are one too ...

10) He has very ... knowledge of the matter.

11) I suggested that he should get ... grapes and some bread.

12) Aunt Florrie had ... money while none of the other family had inherited as ... as a pound.

13) I began to miss London: it was not so ... that I had ... close friends there, for I have ... friends, but I missed variety.

14) Last week there was so ... rain that I was not able to go out.

18. Translate into Russian paying attention to one (ones), that (those):

1. This text is more difficult than that one.

2. One of the students is absent today.

3. One must always try to speak English at our lessons.

4. There is only one way to do it.

5. Those present at the meeting were the teachers from our school.

6. I like to read English books as well as Russian ones.

7. The students of the first group study better than those of the second one.

8. These pictures are better than those.

9. This film is more interesting than that I saw last week.

10)I don’t like this book. Give me another one.

19. Insert one or ones.

Example: Which gloves would you like to see? – The ones in the window.

1. Which shoes fit you best? – The large …

2. Which pullover do you prefer? – The red …

3. Which jeans are you going to buy? – The most expensive …

4. Please pass me that plate. – Which…?

5. Two of those coats suit you very well. – Which…?

6. I’d like to test-drive one of these two cars? – This … or that…?

7. I’d like to see some rings, please. – These … in silver or those … in gold?

8. I’d like to try one of these shirts. Please pass me that white …

9. I think, on the whole, I prefer these yellow …

20. Translate into Russian.

1. It was John who heard the news first.

2. It is this book that I want to read now.

3. It is the sweets that she likes most of all.

4. It was at 11.30 when you came.

5. It is this fact that explains everything.

6. It is my mother who understands me always.

7. It was we who told her the truth.

8. It was my friend who helped me in my work.

9. It was on Sunday when they met the delegation.

10)It was in Greece that ancient civilization was highly developed.

21. Translate into Russian.

1. I was to wait for her at the railway station.

2. We were to go to the cinema that afternoon.

3. I had to go there.

4. Roses were to be planted round the pond.

5. There was to be a discussion later on.

6. The train was to leave at five-fifteen.

7. He is to come here at three o'clock.

8. I have to get up the next morning at seven.

9. You'll have to go home now.

10)I had to sell most of my things.

22. Fill in the blanks with the modal verbs to be to or to have to.

1. Where ... the lecture to take place? – I suppose in the assembly hall.

2. So, our plan is as follows: I ... to go to the library and bring the books. You ... to look through all the material here. Later we ... to work together.

3. "You ... to do it alone, without anybody's help," she said sternly.

4. I ... to help my friends with this work now, so I cannot go with you.

5. It was raining hard and we ... to wait until it stopped raining.

6. I ... to ask him about it tomorrow, as today he has already gone.

7. Why didn't you tell me that I ... to buy the books?

8. According to the order of the schoolmistress all the pupils ... to return the library books before the twenty-third of May.

9. As we had agreed before, we ... to meet at two o'clock to go to the stadium together. But Mike did not come. I waited for another half-hour, but then I ... to leave as I was afraid to be late.

10)The meeting ... to begin at five o'clock. Don't be late.