Unit 5 Fill in the gaps with much, a little, little, many, a few, few. girls 1. There are.... boys in our group and.. 2. We are thirsty!-It's a problem! There is.... water. 3. There is...... cheese in the fridge. It's not enough for the salad. 4. There are...... people at the stadium. -Because it has been raining all day There isn't..... snow in the yard. There is...... food in the kitchen. We can't feed our guests. 7. This disc has only..... good songs. I don't want to buy it. 8. My younger brother likes to go to the kindergarten. There are...... toys there 9. There is...... furniture in my parents' bedroom: a bed, built-in wardrobe and two bedside tables. 10.I want to knit a short jacket. I don't need wool yarn for

Задача по выбору подходящего количественного слова с much, a little, little, many, a few, few в контексте английской грамматики для среднего школьного уровня. Ключевые правила: - Much, a little, little используются с неисчисляемыми существительными (water, cheese, furniture, food, snow, wool и т.д.). - a little — небольшое, положительное значение (есть немного и этого достаточно). - little — немного, но недостаточно (негативная коннотация). - Many, a few, few — с исчисляемыми во множественном числе существительными (boys, people, songs, toys и т.д.). - a few — немного, но достаточно/положительно. - few — мало, почти нет (негативная коннотация). Разбор по каждому пункту с обоснованием: 1) There are ____ boys in our group and ____ girls. - Для существительных во множественном числе: many (для boys) и a few (для girls), чтобы передать «много парней и немного девушек». Ответ: There are many boys in our group and a few girls. 2) We are thirsty! – It's a problem! There is ____ water. - Water — неисчисляемое. Здесь речь о недостатке воды, поэтому подойдёт little (недостаточно). Можно было бы и "much" в позитивном ключе, но фраза «It's a problem» намекает на нехватку. Ответ: There is little water. 3) There is ____ cheese in the fridge. It's not enough for the salad. - Cheese — неисчисляемое. Опять же не хватает: little. Ответ: There is little cheese in the fridge. It's not enough for the salad. 4) There are ____ people at the stadium. - Because it has been raining all day - People — исчисляемое во множественном числе. В условиях дождя мало людей: few. Ответ: There are few people at the stadium. - Because it has been raining all day There isn’t ____ snow in the yard. - Snow — неисчисляемое. Нехватка: little или much? В отрицательном предложении чаще употребляют little или not much; здесь «There isn’t ____ snow» подразумевает небольшое количество, лучше выбрать little. Ответ: There isn’t little snow in the yard. (Можно also сказать There isn’t much snow, но из заданного набора лучше little.) There is ____ food in the kitchen. We can't feed our guests. - Food — неисчисляемое. Небольшое количество, которое недостаточно: little. Ответ: There is little food in the kitchen. We can't feed our guests. 7) This disc has only ____ good songs. I don't want to buy it. - Songs — исчисляемое во множественном числе. Подойдёт a few (есть несколько хороших песен; этого достаточно). Ответ: This disc has only a few good songs. I don't want to buy it. 8) My younger brother likes to go to the kindergarten. There are ____ toys there - Toys — исчисляемое во множественном числе. Подойдёт a few (есть несколько игрушек). Ответ: There are a few toys there. 9) There is ____ furniture in my parents' bedroom: a bed, built-in wardrobe and two bedside tables. - Furniture — неисчисляемое. В таких случаях чаще всего выбирают much (много мебели) или a lot of, но из данных вариантов лучше использовать much. Ответ: There is much furniture in my parents' bedroom: a bed, built-in wardrobe and two bedside tables. 10) I want to knit a short jacket. I don't need ____ wool yarn for - Wool yarn — неисчисляемое. Здесь мы говорим о количестве: much. Ответ: I don't need much wool yarn to knit a short jacket. Итоговый набор предложений (для проверки): 1) There are many boys in our group and a few girls. 2) There is little water. 3) There is little cheese in the fridge. It's not enough for the salad. 4) There are few people at the stadium. -Because it has been raining all day 5) There isn’t little snow in the yard. (Чаще: There isn’t much snow in the yard.) 6) There is little food in the kitchen. We can't feed our guests. 7) This disc has only a few good songs. I don't want to buy it. 8) My younger brother likes to go to the kindergarten. There are a few toys there. 9) There is much furniture in my parents' bedroom: a bed, built-in wardrobe and two bedside tables. 10) I don't need much wool yarn to knit a short jacket. Если хочешь, могу дать ещё похожие упражнения на практику и объяснить нюансы выбора между отрицательными формами (few/little) и их положительной версией (a few/a little).