Употребление a great deal of/ a great number of. 9 класс. Учебник О.В.Афанасьева, И.В. Михеева
тест по английскому языку (9 класс) по теме

         Choose the more preferable variant.

1. I have bought (a lot of/ a great number of) sugar and coffee.
2. Are there (many/a lot of) tomatoes in the fridge?
3. Mary wants to read (a great number of/ a great deal of) magazines and make a report.
4. She always has (much/ a great number of) things to do but she has no time at all.
5. John doesn’t speak (a lot/ much) but he is a very clever boy.
6. He likes her (much more/many more) than she does.
7. He didn’t manage to get (much/ a great number of) information from this article.
8. My sister has got (many more/ much more) friends than my cousin has.
9. I can’t see (lots of/ much) difference between these two jackets.
10. We have (plenty of/ many) time to visit our Granny.  

Keys:

1. A lot of; 2) many; 3) a great number of: 4) a great number of; 5) much; 6) much more; 7) much; 8) many more; 9) much; 10) plenty of.