Вставьте little или few: 1. He has got ... friends. 2. I drink ... coffee. 3. We must hurry. We've got very ... time. 4. This university offers very ... scholarships. 5. The Smiths have ... money. They aren't rich. 6. The theatre was almost empty. There were very ... people there. 7. There was ... lemonade in the bottle. There were ... peaches in the basket. 8. I have ... time, so I can't go with you. 9. He has ... English books. 10. There is ... juice in my glass. Have you got any juice? 11. There are ... bears in the zoo. 12. Tom Canty was the son of poor parents and had very ... clothes. 13. There is too ... soup in my soup plate. Give me some more, please. 14. The children returned from the wood very sad because they had found very ... mushrooms. 15. There was too ... light in the room, and I could not read. 16. There are very ... people who don't know that the Earth is round. 17. I made very ... progress on this assignment. 18. There is very ... hope of getting financial support for the research project. 19. Fortunately, very ... passengers were injured in a traffic accident.

Решение:

В этом задании нужно вставить слова little (мало, немного, неисчисляемое) или few (мало, немного, исчисляемое) в пропуски. Выбор зависит от того, можно ли посчитать существительное, которое идет после пропуска.

1. He has got few friends. (Друзья — исчисляемое, мы можем посчитать их количество).
2. I drink little coffee. (Кофе — неисчисляемое, нельзя посчитать порции, если не уточнить).
3. We must hurry. We've got very little time. (Время — неисчисляемое).
4. This university offers very few scholarships. (Стипендии — исчисляемое).
5. The Smiths have little money. They aren't rich. (Деньги — неисчисляемое, если говорим о сумме).
6. The theatre was almost empty. There were very few people there. (Люди — исчисляемое).
7. There was little lemonade in the bottle. There were few peaches in the basket. (Лимонад — неисчисляемое, персики — исчисляемое).
8. I have little time, so I can't go with you. (Время — неисчисляемое).
9. He has few English books. (Книги — исчисляемое).
10. There is little juice in my glass. Have you got any juice? (Сок — неисчисляемое).
11. There are few bears in the zoo. (Медведи — исчисляемое).
12. Tom Canty was the son of poor parents and had very little clothes. (Одежда — неисчисляемое, если говорим о количестве предметов одежды в целом).
13. There is too little soup in my soup plate. Give me some more, please. (Суп — неисчисляемое).
14. The children returned from the wood very sad because they had found very few mushrooms. (Грибы — исчисляемое).
15. There was too little light in the room, and I could not read. (Свет — неисчисляемое).
16. There are very few people who don't know that the Earth is round. (Люди — исчисляемое).
17. I made very little progress on this assignment. (Прогресс — неисчисляемое).
18. There is very little hope of getting financial support for the research project. (Надежда — неисчисляемое).
19. Fortunately, very few passengers were injured in a traffic accident. (Пассажиры — исчисляемое).

Ответ: 1. few; 2. little; 3. little; 4. few; 5. little; 6. few; 7. little, few; 8. little; 9. few; 10. little; 11. few; 12. little; 13. little; 14. few; 15. little; 16. few; 17. little; 18. little; 19. few.