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