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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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Is there ______________________ traffic on the road? many / much
She drinks ______________________ coffee too much / much / many
They don't want to have ______________________ children many / much
We need ______________________ time to complete this many / a lot of
Kevin doesn't work ______________________ hours much / very much / many
I don't know ______________________ people in this town much / many
Have you got ______________________ brothers and sisters? much / many
Have they got ______________________ children? a lot of / much
There are ______________________ children in the garden much / many / very much
Do you usually have ______________________ tea for breakfast? a lot of / many
Do you need ______________________ time to finish that? many / much
My father doesn't have ______________________ shoes many / much
______________________ apples can you eat in one day? How much / How many
My friend didn't want to drive ______________________, so we took the train many / very much / too many
There are ______________________ flowers in the garden much / lots of
Have you got ______________________ petrol in the tank? much / many
______________________ times do you go there? How many / How much
Do you usually put ______________________ cream in your coffee? many / a lot of
I have ______________________ friends in Spain much / very much / many
She works ______________________ hours a lot of / much
______________________ sugar do you like in your coffee? How much / How many
I have ______________________ time to wait, so no problem many / lots of
Do we need ______________________ chairs? much / many
Do you spend ______________________ time playing computer games? a lot of / many
______________________ children have you got? How much / How many
Did she win ______________________ money at the lottery? lots of / many
You need ______________________ water to fill in that tank much / very much / many / too much
Do you know ______________________ people here? many / much
We don't need ______________________ food, we're not hungry much / many
Don't drink ______________________ wine, it gets to your head very much / many
She doesn't know ______________________ people in this school a lot of / much
I will not be ______________________ time here many / much
They don't want to have ______________________ children much / a lot of
I have ______________________ friends in this city much / a lot of
George doesn't drink ______________________ wine, just a little lots of / many
I don't drink ______________________ coffee many / much
I bought ______________________ flowers for you a lot of / much
______________________ food can I take? How many / How much
I don't have ______________________ sugar left many / a lot of
You need ______________________ chairs for all those people much / many
They need ______________________ books for school much / a lot of
______________________ people do you know? How much / How many
She has ______________________ patience a lot of / many
______________________ patience do I need? How much / How many
Does he have ______________________ cars? many / much
James doesn't eat ______________________ biscuits, that is Megan much / lots of
He doesn't have ______________________ courage many / much
There's not ______________________ petrol in the tank, we must fill it in a lot of / many
______________________ milk do you drink every day? How much / How many
Do you need ______________________ money? much / many
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.