Значение выражений a number of /the number of.
Выражение a number of переводится как “несколько” и требует употребления глагола во множественном числе:
A number of people have applied for this job. — Несколько человек подали заявки на эту работу.
A number of houses are being built in this area. — Несколько домов строятся в этом районе.
Выражение the number of переводится как “количество” и требует употребления глагола в единственном числе:
The number of people, who applied for the job, was enormous. — Количество людей, подавших заявку на работу, было огромным.
The number of new houses in this area is growing. — Количество новых домов в этом районе растет.
Упражнение 1. Вставьте a или the.
Statistics has ___ number of disadvantages.
What is ____ number of new patients today?
There are ___ number of funds that support women.
The Law reduces ___ number of taxes and duties to a very low level.
This solution has ___ number of disadvantages.
Complex approach is based on ___ number of factors.
Such an approach maximizes ___ number of happy customers
There are also ___ number of suggestions about how to recognize new trends
Упражнение 2. Выберите правильный вариант ответа.
A number of people was / were injured in the explosion.
If the number of people involved is/ are still not very high, we’ll not succeed.
There is / are still a number of places you could choose to go.
A number of sectors was / were rebuilt to use modern equipment.
The number of groups is/ are varied from one to four.
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