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