Fill the spaces with correct verb forms and appropriate quantifiers. Each phrase in bold type offers a clue

A.

1. There... champagne. Would you like some?
2. There... eggs in the fridge. You don't need to go shopping.

3. There... bread and cheese — it'll be enough for supper.

4. There... chocolates in the box. I thought it was empty.

5. — Is there any fruit in the house?

— Oh yes, there is some. There … … oranges and … apples.

B.

1. There … … cake left, just a very thin slice.

2. There are hardly any vegetables in the house. There... very... potatoes and only one carrot.

3. There... so... walnuts that I can't give you any.

4. I'll have to make mash with chicken. There... too... rice.

5. Are you going past the grocer’s? There … very … butter and practically no margarine.

Translate into English

A.

1. Осталось немного еды.

2. Осталась кое-какая еда.

3. Еда еще оставалась.

4. Еды осталось немного.

5. Еды осталось мало.

6. Еды почти не осталось.

7. Еды не осталось.

8. Еды осталось много.

9. Осталось немного яблок и груш.

10. Осталось много слив.
11. Бананов осталось не очень много.
12. Апельсинов осталось мало.
13. Почти не осталось абрикосов.
14. Вишен не осталось.
15. Остались кое-какие фрукты.

В.

1. Вино осталось?

2. Много вина осталось?

3. Сколько осталось вина?

4. Что, вина совсем не осталось?

5. Пирожные остались?

6. Много пирожных осталось?

7. Сколько пирожных осталось?

8. Пирожных совсем не осталось?

MORE versus LESS/FEWER

Translate the sen­tences into Russian giving special atten­tion to the forms of comparison.

1. There are more people in Britain than in Greece.

2. There are more cars on the road in summer than in win­ter.

3. There are as many different kinds of music as there are different languages.

4. There have been more Americans killed in road acci­dents than in all the wars since 1900.

5. There were more horses on the farm then, than there are now.

6. Do you think there'll be more accidents at nuclear sta­tions in the future?

7. There's less time than I thought.

8. 1 think the Underground has got much worse. There are fewer trains and therefore there's more of a squash.

9. There were no fewer than a hundred cars there.

10. I don't think there's a better vacuum-cleaner on the market.

11. There's more in her refusal than meets the eye.

12. There's a lot more in his book besides music.

A LOT OF/PLENTY OF versus MUCH / MANY

Answer the ques­tions first posi­tively, then nega­tively (where possi­ble!).

Model: a) Yes, there are lots of buses. b) No, there aren't many.

1. Are there many buses to Birmingham?

2. Is there much work to do?

3. Are there many cars in the city centre at rush hour?

4. Is there much traffic late at night?

5. Are there many mistakes in my paper?

6. Is there much chance of success?

7. Are there many boys in your class?

8. Is there much time for anything but work?

9. Are there many cinemas in town?

10. Is there much music in the film?