XIX. Much / Many / little / few Exercise 19.1 Fill much or many in the blanks. 1.
It costs _________ money to travel round the world
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We saw _________ interesting things in the museum.
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Most people in town have jobs. There isn't _________unemployment there.
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It takes _________hard work to get a university degree.
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There was so_________ traffic that we were delayed for an hour.
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Have you invited _________ guests to your dinner party?
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I don't think there will be _________interest in tonight's hockey match.
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There isn't _________news about Michael Jackson at the moment
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Look, is there _______ sugar in our sugar-pot?
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_______ pupils of our class are going to have higher education.
Exercise 19.2 Put in much, many, few or little. 1. He isn't very popular. He has ______ friends.
2. Ann is very busy these days. She has --- free time.
3. Did you take --- photographs when you were on holiday?
4. I'm not very busy today. I haven't got --- to do.
5. The museum was very crowded. There were too --- people.
6. Most of the town is modern. There are --- old buildings.
7. The weather has been very dry recently. We've had --- rain.
Exercise 19.3 Some of these sentences need a. Put in a where necessary. Put 'RIGHT' if the sentence is already complete. 1. She's lucky. She has __few problems.
2. Things are not going so well for her. She has ___few problems.
3. Can you lend me _few dollars?_
4. I can't give you a decision yet. I need _little time_ to think.
5. There was _little traffic_, so the journey didn't take very long.
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6. It was a surprise that he won the match. _Few people_ expected him to win.
7. I don't know much Spanish-- only __few words._