Exercises. Exercise 1. Translate the following sentences into Russian.Exercise 1. Translate the following sentences into Russian. 1. I’ve been to a great many doctors here. 2. Her wire had not given him much time. 3. How many other people are staying here? 4. Many of his cases were urgent. 5. Come and sit down. You mustn’t stand on your feet so much. 6. The campaign aims at involving thousands of women, and men too, in collecting as many contributions as possible. 7. I was returning without much hope to a country of fear and frustration. 8. He laughed with slight embarrassment. «You mustn’t pay me so many compliments.»9. Bryce Douglas stands in a much more delicate position. 10. Nearly all his friends went to Harvard. My two brothers and so many of his close friends. Exercise 2. Fill in te blanks using many or much. 1. It doesn’t make... difference, does it? 2. They had a pleasant tea and... hot buttered toasts with the other members of the staff. 3. He had met... of the leading physicians, yet he knew none of the London surgeons. 4. There were... such cases. 5. He’s lived too... in hotels. 6. Under the microscope, the sweatpores of the hand are as distinctly visible, and set far apart, as holes made by so... pins. 7.«How is uncle this morning?» «He seems... better,» says the young man. 8. I had to go to Pitt’s before I went to the china shop, and there wasn’t... time. 9. I did not see... of Maggie that winter. 10. You don’t like me very..., do you, Pat? 11. He took the trouble to tell me... interesting things about his work. Exercise 3. Complete and expand on the following sentences. 1. I’m ever so much obliged to you... 2. I haven’t seen much of Mary... 3. There are many... 4. In Leningrad I saw a great many... 5. There isn’t much time left... 6 How many inhabitants... 7. Many of my friends... 8. They didn’t speak much... 9. There are not very many places of interest... 10. How much is... 11. What I think is that roses are much more beautiful... Exercise 4, Translate the following sentences into English. 1. В этом городе у меня много друзей. 2. Сегодня вы, выглядите гораздо лучше, чем вчера. 3. Большое вам спасибо! 4. Девочка очень боится грозы. 5. Мне очень понравился вчерашний концерт. 6. Много ли вы прочли английских книг в оригинале? 7. Она знала, что ей предстоит очень много работы. 8. Преподавателю всегда очень приятно, когда студенты задают ему много вопросов. 9. Вы уверены, что этот метод действительно позволит сэкономить много времени и энергии? 10. Было ясно, что мать очень скучала о сыне, который надолго уехал из дому. 11. Я очень удивилась, что у Анны работа оказалась значительно хуже, чем у всех остальных студенток группы. 12. Мой брат знает много английских загадок и скороговорок. 13. Вам следовало приняться за эту работу гораздо раньше. 14. Многие студенты нашего института изучают английский и немецкий языки, некоторые— английский и испанский. 15. Сколько у нас завтра лекций? 16. Она рассказала мне много интересного о Лондоне.
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