問 1
Unfortunately, my very busy older sister doesn't have very ( ) free time at all these days, because she works extremely long and tiring hours at the large city hospital.
- a few
- few
- many
- much
much + 不可算名詞 (否定・疑問)
much + 不可算名詞 = 「多くの〜」、主に否定文・疑問文で。肯定では a lot of が自然。
「much」
正解"Unfortunately, my very busy older sister doesn't have very ( ) free time at all these days, because she works extremely long and tiring hours at the large city hospital" は不可算 + 否定 = 「much」。形: much + 不可算名詞 (time/money/water/information) = 「多くの〜」、否定文・疑問文・too/so/very の後で使う。ポイント: time は不可算なので much。肯定の平叙文では a lot of が自然 ("I have a lot of time")、否定・疑問で much。2級頻出: 可算 (many) vs 不可算 (much) の選択は数量詞問題の基本。
「many」
= 可算複数用 ━ time は不可算 ━ many は可算名詞、time は不可算なので much。
「a few」
= 可算用 ━ 不可算は (a) little/much ━ a few は可算、不可算には使えない。
「few」
= 可算用 ━ 不可算は little ━ few は可算、不可算は little。
| 形 | マーカー | 例 |
|---|---|---|
| much + 不可算 (否定) | 否定文 | I don't have much money. |
| How much + 不可算? | 疑問 | How much water do we need? |
| too/so/very much | 強調後 | There is too much noise. |
| a lot of + 不可算 (肯定) | 肯定で自然 | I have a lot of time. |
| 文型 | 形 | 例 |
|---|---|---|
| 否定 | S + don't + V + much + 不可算 | We don't have much time. |
| 疑問 | How much + 不可算 + ...? | How much sugar do you want? |
| 強調 | too/so much + 不可算 | There was so much rain. |
Unfortunately, my very busy older sister doesn't have very much free time at all these days, because she works extremely long and tiring hours at the large city hospital.
残念ながら、とても忙しい姉は最近自由な時間がほとんどない、というのも大きな市の病院でとても長く疲れる時間を働いているからだ。
How much money do you think we will actually need to save carefully before we can finally afford that wonderful family trip to Europe?
あの素敵なヨーロッパ家族旅行にようやく手が届く前に、私たちは実際どれくらいのお金を慎重に貯める必要があると思う?
There was simply far too much loud noise coming from the busy construction site, so I couldn't concentrate on my difficult work at all.
忙しい建設現場からあまりにも大きな騒音が出ていたので、私は難しい仕事にまったく集中できなかった。
My grandmother always says that there is never quite enough fresh time in a single day to do everything she truly wants to do.
祖母はいつも、本当にやりたいこと全てをやるには一日の中に十分な時間が決してないと言う。
Honestly, I didn't drink very much water at all during the long hot hike, so I became extremely thirsty by the afternoon.
正直、長く暑いハイキングの間あまり水を飲まなかったので、午後にはひどく喉が渇いた。
much (2級 基本) ★ 不可算名詞 + 否定・疑問 ━ time/money/water/information。肯定文 ★ 肯定の平叙文では a lot of が自然 ━ much は too/so/very の後なら肯定でも可。vs many ★ much = 不可算 / many = 可算複数 ━ 名詞の数えられるかで判断。