E. Circle the correct words. 1. There isn't much / many butter in the fridge. I think we
need to buy some.
2. Eve invites a lots of / lot of people to her birthday party
every year.
3. Sandra gave us a few / a little tips on how to stay fit.
4. How much / many salt did you put in the soup? It's awful.
5. I want much / a little sugar in my coffee.
6. A: How much / many pocket money do you get every
week?
B: I don't get much / many. About €6.
7. I've only read a few / a little books but I've visited
lots of / lot of websites to get the information I need.
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36 I hope our plane leaves onC schedule
37 My mumthe bus to work every morning, but Dad drives. A catches
38 We had a long way to go so we off very early. B set
39 I preparedmy trip very carefully and I still forgot my toothbrush! D for
40 Publicin this city is quite good, and it’s not expensive. D transport
41 Mumaway on business quite often. D goes
42 It’s easier to travel abroad when you can speak language like English B a foreign
English was first written down in the 6th century. At that time, writers had to use the 23 letters of the Latin alphabet to write down what they heard. Because English has sounds that do not exist in Latin, they added letters to represent the 44 sounds of English. This resulted in some irregular spelling. After the Norman invasion of England in 1066, French became the language spoken by the king and other people in positions of power and influence. Many French words were introduced and the spelling of many English words changed to follow French patterns. The result was a rich and irregular mix of spellings. The printing press was invented in the 15th century. Many early printers of English texts spoke other first languages, especially Dutch. They often paid little attention to how English words were spelled. Sometimes technical decisions were made to give columns of print straight edges. To do this, letters were taken off the ends of words and sometimes added to words. With time, people became used to seeing words spelled in the same way. Fixed spellings were therefore created by printers' decisions. Spoken English, however, was not fixed. It continued to change, as it still does. It is no wonder that English spelling seems irregular. Words such as although, through and cough, for example, all have the same spelling at the end, but are pronounced differently. Words such as feet, eat and seize on the other hand, are spelled differently but have the same sound in the middle.