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MUCH/MANY WITH A NOUN
We use MUCH for uncountable nouns (singular) and MANY for countable nouns (plurals).
Both can be used in interrogative and negative sentences. MUCH is never used in positive sentences (but we can use "very/too much"). MANY can be used in affirmative sentences, but not often.
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Plurals | (Many) | Many | Many | |
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Plurals | a lot |
a lot |
a lot |
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a lot |
a lot |
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A LOT OF X, or more colloquially: LOTS OF X, can be used in any situation (countables, uncountables, interrogative, negative, affirmative).
I know many stories
There aren’t many children here
Have you got many brothers?
I drank too much coffee today
I don’t drink much water in the meals
Have you got much experience with this?
You must eat a lot of fruit
I don’t have a lot of friends here
Do you have a lot money?
PLURALS
+ I've got many friends / I've got a lot of friends
- I haven't got many friends / I haven't got a lot of friends
? Have you got many friends? / have you got a lot of friends?
SINGULAR
+ I've drunk very much coffee / I've drunk a lot of coffee
- I haven't drunk (very) much tea / I haven't drunk a lot of tea
? have you drunk (very) much coffee? / have you drunk a lot of wine?
COLLOQUIAL
I've got lots of friends
I don't need lots of things
have you drunk lots of coffee?
The question is HOW MUCH? (singular) or HOW MANY? (plural)
- How much coffee have you drunk? - A lot, maybe too much.
- How many people live in your house? - Not many, four.
Gapped text | Items |
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______________________ people do you know? | How much / How many |
______________________ children have you got? | How much / How many |
______________________ times do you go there? | How much / How many |
______________________ apples can you eat in one day? | How many / How much |
______________________ sugar do you like in your coffee? | How many / How much |
______________________ milk do you drink every day? | How much / How many |
______________________ food can I take? | How many / How much |
______________________ patience do I need? | How much / How many |
I have ______________________ friends in Spain | very much / much / many |
You need ______________________ chairs for all those people | many / much |
There are ______________________ children in the garden | many / very much / much |
I don't know ______________________ people in this town | many / much |
They don't want to have ______________________ children | many / much |
Kevin doesn't work ______________________ hours | much / many / very much |
My father doesn't have ______________________ shoes | much / many |
Do you know ______________________ people here? | much / many |
Have you got ______________________ brothers and sisters? | many / much |
Does he have ______________________ cars? | many / much |
Do we need ______________________ chairs? | many / much |
He doesn't have ______________________ courage | many / much |
I don't drink ______________________ coffee | much / many |
We don't need ______________________ food, we're not hungry | many / much |
I will not be ______________________ time here | much / many |
My friend didn't want to drive ______________________, so we took the train | many / too many / very much |
Don't drink ______________________ wine, it gets to your head | very much / many |
She drinks ______________________ coffee | many / too much / much |
You need ______________________ water to fill in that tank | too much / many / much / very much |
Have you got ______________________ petrol in the tank? | many / much |
Do you need ______________________ money? | much / many |
Is there ______________________ traffic on the road? | many / much |
Do you need ______________________ time to finish that? | many / much |
I have ______________________ friends in this city | much / a lot of |
I bought ______________________ flowers for you | much / a lot of |
They need ______________________ books for school | much / a lot of |
She has ______________________ patience | many / a lot of |
We need ______________________ time to complete this | a lot of / many |
She doesn't know ______________________ people in this school | much / a lot of |
They don't want to have ______________________ children | a lot of / much |
She works ______________________ hours | a lot of / much |
I don't have ______________________ sugar left | many / a lot of |
There's not ______________________ petrol in the tank, we must fill it in | many / a lot of |
Do you spend ______________________ time playing computer games? | a lot of / many |
Have they got ______________________ children? | much / a lot of |
Do you usually put ______________________ cream in your coffee? | many / a lot of |
There are ______________________ flowers in the garden | much / lots of |
I have ______________________ time to wait, so no problem | many / lots of |
James doesn't eat ______________________ biscuits, that is Megan | lots of / much |
George doesn't drink ______________________ wine, just a little | many / lots of |
Did she win ______________________ money at the lottery? | many / lots of |
Do you usually have ______________________ tea for breakfast? | a lot of / many |