By the end of the charity drive, the community kitchen had a clear record of what was left on the shelves. The…

Questão

By the end of the charity drive, the community kitchen had a clear record of what was left on the shelves. The volunteers counted several boxes of pasta, a few cans of soup, and only a small amount of milk. They also noticed that the bread was almost gone, so they planned to buy more before the next meal. In the donation list, the items that can be counted appeared in large numbers, while the liquids and other uncountable items were written with words showing a limited amount. To avoid confusion, the coordinator asked for one sentence that would describe the stock in correct English for a short notice to the team. Consider the note and identify the sentence that uses some, any, many, and much correctly to describe the stock.

1. A) There are many boxes of pasta, some cans of soup, and not much milk.
2. B) There is many boxes of pasta, some cans of soup, and not many milk.
3. C) There are some boxes of pasta, many cans of soup, and many milk.
4. D) There are much boxes of pasta, any cans of soup, and not much milk.
5. E) There are many boxes of pasta, any cans of soup, and much milk.

✅ Resposta correta: alternativa A

Resolução passo a passo

1. Identifique a função de cada palavra. Many e usado com substantivos contáveis no plural (boxes of pasta, cans of soup). Much e usado com substantivos incontáveis (milk). Some e usado em frases afirmativas, e any e usado sobretudo em negativas e interrogativas.
2. Analise o texto. O enunciado diz que os itens contáveis aparecem em grande número e que o leite e pequeno, ou seja, a quantidade de leite e limitada.
3. Verifique a alternativa A: There are many boxes of pasta (correto: many com contável plural e are com plural), some cans of soup (correto: some em frase afirmativa) e not much milk (correto: not much com incontável, expressando quantidade limitada). Portanto, A esta correta e coincide com o gabarito.
4. Por que as outras estao erradas. B usa is com boxes (plural) e not many com milk (incontável). C usa many com milk (incontável) e many com cans, alem de some com boxes, o que inverte a lógica da quantidade descrita. D usa much com boxes (contável) e any em frase afirmativa. E usa any em frase afirmativa e much em frase afirmativa, o que nao e a construcao natural para descrever a quantidade limitada de leite.

💡 Dica: Analise o uso correto de some, any, many e much em frases afirmativas e negativas.

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