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1. There are about 1000 pages of sports, financial and other news on Teletext.
2. There are 6.7 m people in London.
3. There are about 250 regular cyclists in London.
4. In Britain there are about 2.5 m people unemployed.
5. In 1983 there were 9700 bicycle accidents.
6. There are about 500 people in a small village called Henfield.
7. There are 156 workers at the factory.
8. On board the plane there are 120 passengers.
9. In the summer there are more than 100 ferry crossings every day between France and Britain.
10. There are 3000 hyacinths and chrysanthemums here.
Read the contexts carefully. Then describe the use of COUPLE and DOZEN as definite quantifiers.
A. 1. There are a couple of minor mistakes.
2. I found a couple of socks in the bedroom but they do not make a pair.
3. They've been helped by a couple of Washington newspaper reporters.
4. He met her a couple of years ago.
5. Let's go to Paris for a couple of days.
B. 1. There are two dozen eggs in the fridge
2. Can I have a dozen eggs, please?
3. I'll take a dozen (of THEM).
4. He bought three dozen eggs.
5. There are a few dozen grass mats.
6. The drive was cluttered with half a dozen cars.
7. Can I have a half a dozen eggs, please?
8. Can I have a half-dozen, please?
Compare the sentences with those in exercise 5. Make your conclusions about the differences.
1. There are thousands of lonely people in London.
2. There are thousands of different plants in the world that we can eat.
3. There are thousands of miles of railway lines all over the continent.
4. There must be hundreds of people who want to visit Shakespeare's house.
5. There are hundreds of forms to fill in.
6. There are dozens of dresses in her wardrobe.
7. There have been dozens of attempts at reform.
Translate the sentences into English.
1. На нашем факультете больше 500 студентов.
2. В аудитории стояла пара столов и с десяток стульев.
3. С этим проектом миллион проблем.
4. В этом краю десятки малых и больших озер.
5. В чемодане лежали две рубашки, три пары нижнего белья и две пижамы.
6. В английском языке есть тысячи слов, которые могут быть и существительными и глаголами.
7. В этом словаре 55 тысяч слов.
8. В каждой коробке три десятка яиц.
9. В оранжерее триста тридцать три тысячи гиацинтов и хризантем.
10. На борту самолета было 120 пассажиров.
11. На фирме работает 258 штатных сотрудников.
12. В Британии около четырех миллионов безработных.
13. В Лондоне на 6,7 млн. жителей около 250 тысяч велосипедистов.
14. На собрании было много народу — человек 80 или даже больше.
15. Сотни людей погибли или были ранены во время взрыва.
A LOT OF/ LOTS OF with count and uncount nouns
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