Question

С объяснением. 1) Cross out the incorrect word.
1. How much time / money / pounds did you spend
on this?
2. There is enough / a few / not enough food for
everyone here.
3. There are a lot of space / people / boxes in the
room at the moment.
4. I haven't got many / enough / a lot of money.
5. They've planted a few / enough / much new
trees in the forest.
6. The children next door make a lot of / a few /
too much noise when they're playing.
7. I think there are too much / too many / enough
stories about the
environment in the
news!
8. Have you read
a lot of /
a few / a little
newspaper
articles about
food waste?

2) Complete the dialogue with the words.

Words: a few, a little, a lot of, enough , many, not enough

Emily: I'm reading an article about food waste.
How much food do you think we
throw away every year?
Harry: I don't know. It must be more than
1) food. Maybe 20%?
Emily: No, 20% isn't high 2) ! We waste
fifteen million tonnes a year! That's around
35% of the food we buy!
Harry: Wow! That's 3) food!
Emily: Also, 4) of the food products
that the supermarkets throw away are still
OK for us to eat.
Harry: Oh, that's terrible, isn't it?
Emily: Yes, it is. There are 5) charity
programmes for unsold food, but that's
6)
Harry: No, it isn't. Did you know that in France all
the food that supermarkets don't sell goes
to charity? It's the law.
Emily: What a great ideal Why can't we do that?

Answer 1

1) pounds (many pounds)
2) a few (=немного, не подходит по значению)
3)space (a lot of только с исчисляемыми)
4) many (money - неисчисляемое)
5)much (trees - исчисляемое)
6)a few (не употребляется с noise)
7)too much (тк есть is)
8)a little (не подходит по смыслу)

1)a little
2)enough
3)a lot of
4)a few
5)many
6)not enough