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