3 Choose the correct alternative. Nobody knows exactly how (a) much/many words there are in total in the English language, but there are (b) a lot/a lot of. One reason why there are so (c) many/much is that English takes words from (d) much/many other languages. Look at the words for food in exercise 2, for example. There may be (e) a few/a little words there that come from your language. (f) Some/Any of the words come from South America – potato, tomato and chocolate. There aren’t (g) any/many words from Chinese in the English language, but ketchup is one of them. Originally, ketchup was the name for a type of fish sauce in China. Teenagers in the UK don’t eat (h) many/much fish sauce but they do eat (i) lots/lots of burgers. There is (j) some/any confusion about the origin of the word burger, but (k) a lot of/much people think that it comes from German. Because the UK and France are neighbours it is normal that there are (l) a few/a lot of French words in English – hundreds in fact. Biscuit is just one example. On the other hand, (m) a lot of/many fruit travels a long way to get to the UK. That explains why the word banana comes from an African language. There are also (n) a few/a little words from Turkish, like yoghurt. And, finally, if you ask for (o) a few/a little sugar in your coffee, you’re using two Arabic words. Just by being in an English kitchen you can travel to (p) much/many countries!

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3 Choose the correct alternative. Nobody knows exactly how (a) much/many words there are in total in the English language, but there are (b) a lot/a lot of. One reason why there are so (c) many/much is that English takes words from (d) much/many other languages. Look at the words for food in exercise 2, for example. There may be (e) a few/a little words there that come from your language. (f) Some/Any of the words come from South America – potato, tomato and chocolate. There aren’t (g) any/many words from Chinese in the English language, but ketchup is one of them. Originally, ketchup was the name for a type of fish sauce in China. Teenagers in the UK don’t eat (h) many/much fish sauce but they do eat (i) lots/lots of burgers. There is (j) some/any confusion about the origin of the word burger, but (k) a lot of/much people think that it comes from German. Because the UK and France are neighbours it is normal that there are (l) a few/a lot of French words in English – hundreds in fact. Biscuit is just one example. On the other hand, (m) a lot of/many fruit travels a long way to get to the UK. That explains why the word banana comes from an African language. There are also (n) a few/a little words from Turkish, like yoghurt. And, finally, if you ask for (o) a few/a little sugar in your coffee, you’re using two Arabic words. Just by being in an English kitchen you can travel to (p) much/many countries!

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Nobody knows exactly how (a) many words there are in total in the English language, but there are (b) a lot. One reason why there are so (c) many is that English takes words from (d) many other languages. Look at the words for food in exercise 2, for example. There may be (e) a few words there that come from your language. (f) Some of the words come from South America – potato, tomato and chocolate. There aren’t (g) many words from Chinese in the English language, but ketchup is one of them. Originally, ketchup was the name for a type of fish sauce in China. Teenagers in the UK don’t eat (h) much fish sauce but they do eat (i) lots of burgers. There is (j) some confusion about the origin of the word burger, but (k) a lot of people think that it comes from German. Because the UK and France are neighbours it is normal that there are (l) a lot of French words in English – hundreds in fact. Biscuit is just one example. On the other hand, (m) a lot of fruit travels a long way to get to the UK. That explains why the word banana comes from an African language. There are also (n) a few words from Turkish, like yoghurt. And, finally, if you ask for (o) a little sugar in your coffee, you’re using two Arabic words. Just by being in an English kitchen you can travel to (p) many countries!

Краткое обоснование: many употребляется с исчисляемыми существительными во множественном числе; much и a little — с неисчисляемыми; a lot of подходит и к исчисляемым, и к неисчисляемым; a few — к исчисляемым. Some употребляется в утвердительных предложениях.

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Никто точно не знает, сколько всего слов в английском языке, но их много. Одна из причин такого большого количества слов заключается в том, что английский заимствует слова из многих других языков. Например, посмотрите на названия еды из упражнения 2. Возможно, там есть несколько слов, пришедших из вашего языка. Некоторые слова пришли из Южной Америки — potato (картофель), tomato (помидор) и chocolate (шоколад). В английском языке не так много слов из китайского, но ketchup (кетчуп) — одно из них. Изначально кетчупом называли разновидность рыбного соуса в Китае. Подростки в Великобритании не едят много рыбного соуса, зато едят много бургеров. Происхождение слова burger вызывает некоторую путаницу, но многие считают, что оно пришло из немецкого языка. Поскольку Великобритания и Франция — соседние страны, неудивительно, что в английском языке много французских слов — на самом деле сотни. Biscuit (бисквит) — лишь один пример. С другой стороны, многие фрукты преодолевают большой путь, чтобы попасть в Великобританию. Вот почему слово banana (банан) происходит из африканского языка. Есть также несколько слов из турецкого, например yoghurt (йогурт). И наконец, если вы попросите немного сахара в кофе, то используете два арабских слова. Просто находясь на английской кухне, вы можете совершить путешествие по многим странам!

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