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Much, Many, A Lot - adjectives -
Focus Grammar
Description Let's practise the use of MUCH, MANY and A LOT OF X used as an adjective.
Instructions Click on the words at the bottom and drag them into the empty boxes of the sentence to complete it.
 
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I bought ______________________ flowers for you a lot of / much
Do you spend ______________________ time playing computer games? many / a lot of
______________________ apples can you eat in one day? How many / How much
I don't drink ______________________ coffee much / many
Don't drink ______________________ wine, it gets to your head many / very much
______________________ patience do I need? How many / How much
There are ______________________ children in the garden very much / much / many
We don't need ______________________ food, we're not hungry many / much
My father doesn't have ______________________ shoes much / many
I have ______________________ friends in this city much / a lot of
You need ______________________ chairs for all those people much / many
Do you usually put ______________________ cream in your coffee? many / a lot of
My friend didn't want to drive ______________________, so we took the train many / very much / too many
Is there ______________________ traffic on the road? many / much
She doesn't know ______________________ people in this school a lot of / much
They don't want to have ______________________ children many / much
Have you got ______________________ petrol in the tank? much / many
They need ______________________ books for school a lot of / much
He doesn't have ______________________ courage many / much
You need ______________________ water to fill in that tank many / very much / too much / much
Do you need ______________________ time to finish that? many / much
Do you usually have ______________________ tea for breakfast? a lot of / many
She works ______________________ hours much / a lot of
Have they got ______________________ children? a lot of / much
They don't want to have ______________________ children much / a lot of
Did she win ______________________ money at the lottery? lots of / many
She drinks ______________________ coffee much / many / too much
Does he have ______________________ cars? much / many
______________________ sugar do you like in your coffee? How much / How many
______________________ times do you go there? How much / How many
Do we need ______________________ chairs? much / many
______________________ food can I take? How many / How much
______________________ milk do you drink every day? How many / How much
Do you need ______________________ money? many / much
George doesn't drink ______________________ wine, just a little many / lots of
Do you know ______________________ people here? many / much
______________________ people do you know? How much / How many
I have ______________________ friends in Spain very much / many / much
We need ______________________ time to complete this a lot of / many
Have you got ______________________ brothers and sisters? much / many
I have ______________________ time to wait, so no problem lots of / many
She has ______________________ patience a lot of / many
I will not be ______________________ time here much / many
Kevin doesn't work ______________________ hours very much / many / much
I don't have ______________________ sugar left many / a lot of
There are ______________________ flowers in the garden lots of / much
There's not ______________________ petrol in the tank, we must fill it in many / a lot of
______________________ children have you got? How many / How much
I don't know ______________________ people in this town much / many
James doesn't eat ______________________ biscuits, that is Megan lots of / much
Total number of items: 50
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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
singular
(very much) Much Much
Plurals a lot
 a lot
 a lot
singular
a lot
 a lot
 a lot

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.