Choose the correct alternative. Write the answers in your notebook.
Nobody knows exactly how (a) much/many words
there are in total in the English language but there are
(b) a lot a lot of. One reason why there are so
(c) many/much is that English takes words from
(d) much/many other languages. Look at the words
for food in exercise 2, for example. There may be
(e) a few/a little words there that come from your
language. (f) Some/Any of the words come from
South America - potato, tomato and chocolate. There
aren't (g) any/many words from Chinese in the English
language, but ketchup is one of them. Originally,
ketchup was the name for a type of fish sauce in
China. Teenagers in the UK don't eat (h) many/much
fish sauce but they do eat (i) lots/lots of burgers.
There is (j) some/any confusion about the origin of the
word burger, but (k) a lot of/much people think that it
comes from German. Because the UK and France are
neighbours, it is normal that there are (1) a few/a lot of
French words in English - hundreds in fact. Biscuit
is just one example. On the other hand, (m) a lot of/
many fruit travels a long way to get to the UK. That
explains why the word banana comes from an African
language. There are also (n) a few/a little words
from Turkish, like yoghurt. And, finally, if you ask for
(o) a few/a little sugar in your coffee, you're using two
Arabic words. Just by being in an English kitchen, you
can travel to (p) much/many countries!​