Английский язык. 101 типичная грамматическая ошибка

 Besides – except

Хотя эти предлоги переводятся одинаково, они имеют противоположные значения:

besides кроме (в дополнение к)

except кроме (за исключением)

Note: В отрицательных предложениях эти предлоги взаимозаменяемы:

He has nothingbesides/excepthis salary.

22-1. Read and translate the sentences.

1. Besides literature, they have to study history and philosophy.

2. Besides the violin, he plays the piano and the flute.

3. Who was at the party besides the Bensons?

4. She has three other hats besides this.

5. Does anyone besides him know about it?

6. There were five of us besides Ann.

7. He gets up very early every day except Sunday.

8. I like all musical instruments except the violin.

9. It was old news and everybody knew about it except her.

10. Avoirdupois is a system of weights used in the UK and the USA for all goods except precious metals and stones, and medicines.

22-2. Translate into English.

1. Кроме английского он знает два иностранных языка.

2. Она занимается каждый день кроме воскресенья.

3. Мы работаем каждый день с 10 часов кроме субботы и воскресенья.

4. Все уже пришли кроме Ника.

5. Кто кроме Анны читал эту книгу?

МЕСТОИМЕНИЯ

23. Many – much

Местоимение manyмного употребляется с исчисляемыми существительными, muchмного – с неисчисляемыми существительными или самостоятельно, т. е. без существительного:

many books/cities/countries/people

much trouble/time/information/money.

Note: Словоmuchтакже употребляется как наречие и существительное, например: to read/to speak/to walkmuch.

23-1. Read and translate the sentences.

1. It's never a good idea to make too many changes at one time.

2. There aren't as many opportunities as they thought.

3. There have been so many changes since our last trip together.

4. I don't know many of your friends.

5. Too much time is wasted on planning projects which never actually happen.

6. They're very helpful.

7. How much money has he got?

8. I haven't eaten much.

9. He didn't say much.

10. How much did he lose?

23-2. Use the right word (many or much), and translate the sentences.

1. I haven't got… time.

2. How… people were present?

3. There aren't… large glasses here.

4. There wasn't… food in the refrigerator.

5… people think it's time for a change.

6…. has been written about unemployment.