Unit 78.2 choose “a little” or “a few”: 1. can i have …….milk in my coffee, please? 2. have you ever been to rome? – yes, ….. times. 3. there was ……. furniture in the room, a table and ……. chairs. 4. i’m going out for a walk, i need …….. fresh air. 5. are you going out alone? – no, i’m going with ……. friends. 6. do you speak any foreign languages? – yes, italian and …… russian. 7. yesterday i wrote ……..letters to my friends. unit 78.3 use “very little” or “very few”. 1. i drink ………coffee, i don’t like it. 2. it’s a small restaurant, there are ……. tables there. 3. it’s difficult to find a place to stay in this town, there are …….. hotels. 4. we must hurry. we’ve got ……. time. 5. in summer the weather is very dry. there is …….. rain. 6. her english is very good. she makes ……. mistakes. 4. прочитайте диалог и письменно ответьте на вопросы. затем запишите свои вопросы, используя данные вам начальные фразы. custom’s officer: wait a moment, sir. bill: who? me? c.o.: yes, you, sir. have you shown me your declaration form? bill: not yet. here it is. c.o.: how many suitcases have you got? bill: two. those two are my bags. c.o.: and what have you got in them? bill: only clothes. c.o.: how many clothes have you got? bill: only few. i’ve got 2 suits, 3 shirts, 1 pair of shoes and 4 pairs of socks. c.o.: open your bags, please…. what’s this? four bottles of whisky in this bag and three boxes of cigarettes in the other bag: fifty in this box, 50 in another box and 50 in that box. you’ve got too much whisky and too many cigarettes. i’m afraid, you will have to pay duty on them or you’ll have to put them on and wear them – you said you had only clothes! i must inspect your car too. where is it? bill: it’s the fifth in the line. 1. where is bill? 2. who is asking him questions? 3. has bill given the customs officer his declaration form? 4. why will bill have to pay duty? 5. whose car is the 5-th in the line? 6. how many cigarettes has bill got? 7. who said he had only clothes? 2. ask your questions: 1) has bill already ……? 2) what has bill ….? 3) how many ….? 4) how much …? 5) why does bill have …? 6) why must …? 7) how many pairs …? 8) who asked bill …?
1. a little
2. a few
3. a little, a few
4. a little
5. a few
6. a little
7. a few
1. very little
2. very few
3. very few
4. very little
5. very little
6. very few
1. Bill is at the customs.
2. Custom's officer is asking Bill questions.
3. Yes, he has. He has given the custom's officer his declaration form.
4. Bill will have to pay duty on whisky and cigarettes.
5. Bill's car is the 5-th in the line.
6. Bill has got three boxes of cigarettes.
7. Bill said he had only clothes.
1. Has Bill already shown his declaration form?
2. What has Bill shown custom's officer?
3. How many suitcases has Bill?
4. How much whisky has Bill?
5. Why does Bill have to pay duty?
6. Why must custom's officer inspect Bill's car?
7. How many pairs of socks does Bill have?
8. Who asked Bill to wait a moment?