Much, many, little, few, a lot, plenty Exercises

UNIT 82  Much, many, little, few, a lot, plenty Exercises

82.1   Complete these sentences with much, many, and a lot (of). Sometimes there are two possibilities.

Examples: There weren't many people at the party I had seen before.
It cost me a lot of to furnish this house.

1.   We'll have to hurry. We don't have __________________ time.

2.   Tom drinks ___________________ milk two quarts a day.

3.   She is a very quiet person. She doesn't say ___________________.

4.   I drank coffee last night. Perhaps too_____________________.

5.   ______________________ people do not like flying.

6.   The woman was badly injured in the accident. She lost ________________blood.

7.   It's not a very lively town. There isn't ___________________to do.

8.   This car is expensive to run. It uses ____________________ gasoline.

9.   Don't bother me. I have ___________________ work to do.

10.   He has so __________________  money, he doesn't know what to do with it.

11.   She always puts___________________salt on her food.

12.   We didn't take __________________ pictures when we were on vacation.                       


82.2   Make sentences with plenty (of). Use the word in parentheses ( . . . ).

Example: We needn't hurry. (time) we have plenty of time.

1.   He has no financial problems. (money) He has____________________________________

2.   We don't need to go to a gas station. (gas) We_______________________________________

3.   Come and sit at our table. (room) There is_________________________________________

4.   We can make omelettes forlunch. (eggs) We___________________________________________

5.   We'll easily find somewhere to stay. (hotels) There______________________________________

6.   I can't believe you're still hungry. (to eat) You've had____________________________________

7.   Why are you sitting there doing nothing? (things to do) You___________________________________


82.3   Complete these sentences with little/a little/few/a few.

Examples: Hurry! We have little time.
I last saw Tom a few days ago.

1.   We didn't have any money, but Tom had_____________________.

2.   He doesn't speak much English. Only____________________words.

3.   Jane's father died ________________ years ago.

4.   "Would you like some more coffee?''  ''Yes, please, but only___________________''

5.   This town isn't very well known and there isn't much to see, so __________________tourists come. here.

6.   I don't think Jill would be good teacher. She has _________________patience with children.

7.   This is not the first time the car has broken down. It has happened _________________times before.

8.   The theater was almost empty. There were very _____________________ people there.

9.   There is a shortage of water because there has been very ______________________ rain.