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учебно-методический материал по английскому языку (6 класс) на тему

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Exercise 1.   Translate into English the followings word combinations:

Много тетрадей, много молока, много воды, много дней, много газет, много мела, много снега, много лет, много картин, много музыки, много мальчиков, много девочек, много чая, много лимонов, много мяса, много комнат, много учителей, много работы, много воздуха, много птиц, много машин.

Exercise 2.   Fill in the gaps with “much” or “many”:

1. Please, don't put___ pepper on the meat. 2. There were___ plates on the table. 3. I never eat ___bread with soup. 4. Why did you eat so___ ice-cream? 5. She wrote us___ letters from the country. 6. ___of these students don't like to look up words in the dictionary. 7. ___ in this work was too difficult for me. 8. ___ of their answers were excellent. 9. ___of their conversation was about the institute. 10. There are___ new pictures in this room. 11. There are___ teachers at our school, and___ of them are women. 12. ___ of these plays are quite___ new. 13. ___of her advice was useful. 14. He had___ pairs of socks.

Exercise 3.    Translate into English the followings word combinations:

Мало домов, мало чая, мало чашек, мало яблок, мало окон, мало бумаги, мало кофе, мало статей, мало радости, мало супу, мало деревьев, мало травы, мало детей, мало игрушек, мало света, мало парт, мало колбасы, мало сока, мало книг, мало цветов, мало соли, мало друзей, мало дворцов.

Exercise 4.   Fill in the gaps with “little” or “few”:

1. I have___ time, so I can't go with you. 2. He has___ English books. 3. There is___ ink in my pen. Have you got any ink? 4. There are___ bears in the zoo. 5. Tom Canty was the son of poor parents and had very___ clothes. 6. There is tool___ soup in my plate. Give me some more, please. 7. The children returned from the wood very sad because they had found very ___ mushrooms. 8. There was too___ light in the room, and I could not read. There are very___ people who don't know that the earth is round.

Exercise 5.     Fill in the gaps with “much”, “many”, “little” or “few”:

1. My brother is a young teacher. Every day he spends___ time preparing for his lessons. 2. I know I very___ about this writer. It is the first book I am reading. 3. The pupils of our class ask___ questions at the lesson. They want to know everything. 4. You do not make___ mistakes in your spelling. Do you work hard at it? —Oh, yes, I do, I work very. ___  5. Does your sister read___? - Yes, she does. And your brother? - Oh, he doesn't. He has so___ books, but he reads very___. 6. Have you___ work  today? - No, not very___. 7. Walk quicker, please. We have very___ time. 8. I am sorry to say, l have read very___ books by Walter Scott.

Exercise 6.    Translate into English the followings word combinations:

Немного денег, мало денег, несколько стульев, мало стульев, несколько песен, мало песен, немного веселья, мало веселья, мало мальчиков, немного воды, несколько человек, мало воды, мало воздуха, мало столов, несколько минут, несколько кошек, мало травы, немного удачи, несколько дней, мало работы, немного соли, несколько ложек, мало света, мало окон, несколько машин, немного сахару, мало яиц, мало сыра.

Exercise 7.     Fill in the gaps with “little”, “a little”, “few” or “a few”:

1. I have___ money, so we can go to the cinema. 2. I have___ money, so we cannot go to the cinema. 3. This girl works very___, that's why she knows nothing. 4. Mother gave us___ apples, and we were glad. 5. He did not like it at the camp: he had very___ friends there. 6. This lemon drink is sour; if you put___ sugar in it, it will be sweeter. 7.  The hall was almost empty: there were___ people in it. 8. I can't buy this expensive hat today: I have too___ money. 9. She left and returned in___ minutes. 10. I think you can spare me___ time now. 11. I am sorry I have seen___ plays by this author.

Exercise 8.    Fill in the gaps with “much”, “many”, “little”, “few”, “a little” or “a few”:

1. He had___ English books at home, so he had to go to the library for more books. 2. She gave him___ water to wash his hands and face. 3. I'd like to say___ words about my journey. 4. After the play everybody felt___ tired. 5. Let's stay here___  longer: it is such a nice place. 6. There were___ new words in the text and Peter spent___ time learning them. 7. There was___ hay in the barn, and the children could not play there. 8. There was___ water in the river, and they decided to cross it. 9. My mother knows German___ and she can help you with the translation of this letter. 10. When we walked___ farther down the road, we met another group of students. 11. Have you got I___ ink in your pen? 12. At the conference we met I___ people whom we knew well. 13. There are very___ old houses left in our street. Most of them have already been pulled down. 14. If you have___ spare time, look through this book. You will find___ stories there which are rather interesting. 15. There are___ things here which I cannot understand. 16. Shall I bring___ more chalk? — No, thank you. There is___ chalk on the desk. I hope that will be enough for our lesson.