exercise 19 Work with a partner and say the sentences in English.
1. I was a little / a bit nervous before the biology exam.
2. I had (only a) little time / only had a little time to revise.
3. I had even less time to sleep the previous night.
4. The teacher had given a few / some interesting articles about/on dolphins.
5. Few students have seen dolphins.
6. Even fewer have seen them outside captivity.
7. Unfortunately, they have too little space to swim in captivity.
8. I have visited a few / some zoos.
9. This year the local zoo has had the fewest visitors for years.
10. It also means that there is the least money available.
11. Little can be done to improve the situation. / Not much can be done… / There is little that can be done…
12. The course gave me some / a few ideas on how to help animals.

exercise 20 Choose the best alternative.
1. The internet has brought us many opportunities that didn’t exist fifty years ago.
2. We have easy access to a lot of information in all areas of life.
3. Never before has it been so easy to communicate with so many people from around the world.
4. It has also changed the way we work a lot.
5. Just think about how much time people save with the option to telework.
6. We don’t even need that many office buildings anymore.
7. Perhaps within thirty years most people will work outside the traditional office.
8. Not everyone will like that idea very much.
9. They might not have much experience in working from home.
10. Do you think we will lose many more jobs to robots in the future?
11. Perhaps. Doesn’t it cost much more money to hire people than to build robots?