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