Focus on nominals: practice grammar book for intermediate learners of English. Бочарова М.В - 34 стр.

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5. There’s practically no reason to apologize.
6. Hardly any
people managed to attend the concert.
7. There are still some
people who can be trusted.
8. What about spending two or three
days in the country?
9. I think there still a drop of
wine left.
10. He is not an expert but he knows something
about cars.
11. A lot of people have tried, but almost none
of them has succeeded.
12. There is not much
you can do to help.
TASK
52. Oral work. Use THERE IS/ARE FEW/LITTLE + a noun. Choose ten
of the nouns below. Expand the contexts and translate into Russian.
E.g. There’s little
furniture in my room. I need to buy a desk and a chair. (мало)
It’s evening and so there are few
sheep in the field. (мало, почти нет)
Nouns to choose from
: hope, photo, flour, egg, beer, oil, information, hair, jew-
ellery, money, soap, homework, luggage, toast, progress, traffic, sheep, mouse,
carrot, painting, coal, biscuit, chicken, glass, toothpaste, spaghetti, pasta, experi-
ence, fun, fruit, fish, beauty, time, chocolate, rain.
TASK 53. Rephrase the sentences using (A) LITTLE, (A) FEW. Translate into
Russian.
A. I don’t know many people here at all.
B. I don’t know many people but at least I know some.
C. I haven’t got much money at all.
D. At least I’ve got some money – not much.
E. I don’t understand many of these words at all.
F. I didn’t understand very much of that story.
G. Not many people understand the value of dreams.
H. The inventor got almost no sleep that night.
    5. There’s practically no reason to apologize.
    6. Hardly any people managed to attend the concert.
    7. There are still some people who can be trusted.
    8. What about spending two or three days in the country?
    9. I think there still a drop of wine left.
    10. He is not an expert but he knows something about cars.
    11. A lot of people have tried, but almost none of them has succeeded.
    12. There is not much you can do to help.


TASK 52. Oral work. Use THERE IS/ARE FEW/LITTLE + a noun. Choose ten
of the nouns below. Expand the contexts and translate into Russian.
E.g. There’s little furniture in my room. I need to buy a desk and a chair. (мало)
     It’s evening and so there are few sheep in the field. (мало, почти нет)

Nouns to choose from: hope, photo, flour, egg, beer, oil, information, hair, jew-
ellery, money, soap, homework, luggage, toast, progress, traffic, sheep, mouse,
carrot, painting, coal, biscuit, chicken, glass, toothpaste, spaghetti, pasta, experi-
ence, fun, fruit, fish, beauty, time, chocolate, rain.


TASK 53. Rephrase the sentences using (A) LITTLE, (A) FEW. Translate into
Russian.
   A. I don’t know many people here at all.
   B. I don’t know many people but at least I know some.
   C. I haven’t got much money at all.
   D. At least I’ve got some money – not much.
   E. I don’t understand many of these words at all.
   F. I didn’t understand very much of that story.
   G. Not many people understand the value of dreams.
   H. The inventor got almost no sleep that night.

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