9.1. Употребите many или much.
Выбор между many (много) и much (много) зависит от того, исчисляемое существительное или нет. Many используется с исчисляемыми существительными, а much с неисчисляемыми.
- There are always many people in the metro. (Люди - исчисляемое)
- There is much work to do today. (Работа - неисчисляемое)
- How much time is it now? (Время - неисчисляемое)
- How many years ago did you meet? (Годы - исчисляемое)
- There are many things which I don't understand. (Вещи - исчисляемое)
- There is much food in my fridge but there isn't much money in the purse. (Еда и деньги - неисчисляемое)
- How many times have I told you not to use so much make-up? (Раз - исчисляемое, make-up - неисчисляемое)
- There aren't many students in this group. (Студенты - исчисляемое)
- She usually puts too much sugar in her tea. (Сахар - неисчисляемое)
- I think I put too much butter and too many raisins in the cake. It's very rich. (Масло - неисчисляемое, изюм - исчисляемое)
- He buys many cigarettes and spends much money on them. (Сигареты - исчисляемое, деньги - неисчисляемое)
- We have much cheese, but not much bread. (Сыр и хлеб - неисчисляемое)
- How many classes do we have today? (Классы - исчисляемое)
- How much petrol do you need? (Бензин - неисчисляемое)
- Our teacher gives us much homework. (Домашняя работа - неисчисляемое)
- You shouldn't eat as many potatoes, as much butter, as much snack foods as before because you're getting fat. (Картофель - исчисляемое, масло и закуски - неисчисляемое)
- There are too many unfriendly people, too many fast cars and too much noise in this city. (Люди и машины - исчисляемое, шум - неисчисляемое)
- He made many mistakes in the test as he didn't have much time to prepare for it. (Ошибки - исчисляемое, время - неисчисляемое)
- There is much light and much air in this hall as there are many windows in it. (Свет и воздух - неисчисляемое, окна - исчисляемое)
- Mr. Parker doesn't like his new secretary. He thinks she drinks too much coffee, makes too many telephone calls to her friends, and doesn't pay much attention to her duties. (Кофе, внимание - неисчисляемое, звонки - исчисляемое)
Ответ: См. выше
Отлично! Теперь ты знаешь, как правильно использовать many и much. Продолжай в том же духе, и у тебя все получится!