Використання much, many

MUCH,  MANY,  A LOT OF

We use much + uncountable noun (much food / much money etc.): Did you buy much food? We don't have much luggage. How much money do you want? - Do you have any money? - I have some, but not much	We use many + plural noun (many books / many people etc.): Did you buy many books? We don't know many people. How many photos did you take? - Did you take any photos? - I took some, but not many.
We use a lot of + both types of noun:
We bought a lot of food. Paula doesn't have a lot of free time. There is a lot of food/money/water ...	We bought a lot of books. Did they ask a lot of questions? There are a lot of trees/shops/ A lot of people speak English.
We use much in questions and negative sentences:   Do you drink much coffee?  I don't drink much coffee	We use many and a lot of in all types of sentences (positive/negative/question)  We have many friends / a lot of friends.  We don't have many friends / a lot of friends.  Do you have many friends / a lot of friends?
But we do not often use much in positive sentences: I drink a lot of coffee, (not I drink much coffee) 'Do you drink much coffee?' 'Yes, a lot.' (not Yes, much)	You can use much and a lot without a noun: Amy spoke to me, but she didn't say much. 'Do you watch TV much?'  'No, not much.' We like films, so we go to the cinema a lot. (not go to the cinema much) I don't like him very much.

Write much or many:

1 Did you buy much food?

2 There aren't.........................hotels in this town.

3 We don't have.......................petrol. We need to stop and get some.

4 Were there........................people on the train?

5 D id................students fail the exam?

6 Paula doesn't have.......................money.

7 I wasn't hungry so I didn't eat..........................

8 I don't know where Gary lives these days. I haven't seen him  for …………..years.

9   ....................  people are coming to the party?

10 ..........................milk do you want in your coffee?

11  .......................... bread did you buy? 

MUCH,  MANY,  A LOT OF

 

We use much + uncountable noun (much food / much money etc.): Did you buy much food? We don't have much luggage. How much money do you want? - Do you have any money? - I have some, but not much	We use many + plural noun (many books / many people etc.): Did you buy many books? We don't know many people. How many photos did you take? - Did you take any photos? - I took some, but not many.
We use a lot of + both types of noun:
We bought a lot of food. Paula doesn't have a lot of free time. There is a lot of food/money/water ...	We bought a lot of books. Did they ask a lot of questions? There are a lot of trees/shops/ A lot of people speak English.
We use much in questions and negative sentences:   Do you drink much coffee?  I don't drink much coffee	We use many and a lot of in all types of sentences (positive/negative/question)  We have many friends / a lot of friends.  We don't have many friends / a lot of friends.  Do you have many friends / a lot of friends?
But we do not often use much in positive sentences: I drink a lot of coffee, (not I drink much coffee) 'Do you drink much coffee?' 'Yes, a lot.' (not Yes, much)	You can use much and a lot without a noun: Amy spoke to me, but she didn't say much. 'Do you watch TV much?'  'No, not much.' We like films, so we go to the cinema a lot. (not go to the cinema much) I don't like him very much.

Write much or many:

1 Did you buy much food?

2 There aren't.........................hotels in this town.

3 We don't have.......................petrol. We need to stop and get some.

4 Were there........................people on the train?

5 D id................students fail the exam?

6 Paula doesn't have.......................money.

7 I wasn't hungry so I didn't eat..........................

8 I don't know where Gary lives these days. I haven't seen him  for …………..years.

9   ....................  people are coming to the party?

10 ..........................milk do you want in your coffee?

11  .......................... bread did you buy? 

Complete the sentences. Use a lot of + these words:

accidents    books    fun    interesting things    traffic

1 I like reading. I have ……………

2 We enjoyed our visit to the museum. We saw ………………….

3 This road is very dangerous. There are ………………………

4 We enjoyed our holiday. We had ………………

5 It took me a long time to drive here. There w as .................

 

Complete the sentences. Use much or many with these words:

books   countries   luggage   people   time   times

1 I don't read very much. I don't have ………………………

2 Hurry up! We don't have………………………..

3 Do you travel a lot? Have you been to

4 Tina hasn't lived here very long, so she doesn't know …………………

5 'Do you have..............?     ' 'No, only this bag.'

6 I know Tokyo well. I've been there............................

 

In some of these sentences much is not natural.

Change the sentences or write OK.

1 Do you drink much coffee? OK..................................................................

2 I drink much tea.             ...............................................

3 It was a cold winter. We had much snow .......................

4 There wasn't much snow last winter. ..........................................................

5 It costs much money to travel around the world………………………………………..

6 We had a cheap holiday. It didn't cost much. ...............................................

7 Do you know much about computers? .........................................................

8 'Do you have any luggage?'  'Yes, much.'…………………………………………………….

 

Write sentences about these people. Use much and a lot.

1 James loves films. (go to the cinema)                     He goes to the cinema a lot,..

2 Nicola thinks TV is boring, (watch TV )                   He  doesn 't watch TV much,..

3 Tina is a good tennis player, (play tennis)             She.........................................

4 Mark doesn't like driving, (use his car)                  H e ........................................

5 Paul spends most of the time at home, (go out) He………………………………………..

6 Sue has been all over the world, (travel)              She …………………………………….     

 

 

 

 

 

 

Complete the sentences. Use a lot of + these words:

accidents    books    fun    interesting things    traffic

1 I like reading. I have ……………

2 We enjoyed our visit to the museum. We saw ………………….

3 This road is very dangerous. There are ………………………

4 We enjoyed our holiday. We had ………………

5 It took me a long time to drive here. There w as .................

 

Complete the sentences. Use much or many with these words:

books   countries   luggage   people   time   times

1 I don't read very much. I don't have ………………………

2 Hurry up! We don't have………………………..

3 Do you travel a lot? Have you been to

4 Tina hasn't lived here very long, so she doesn't know …………………

5 'Do you have..............?     ' 'No, only this bag.'

6 I know Tokyo well. I've been there............................

 

In some of these sentences much is not natural.

Change the sentences or write OK.

1 Do you drink much coffee? OK..................................................................

2 I drink much tea.             ...............................................

3 It was a cold winter. We had much snow .......................

4 There wasn't much snow last winter. ..........................................................

5 It costs much money to travel around the world………………………………………..

6 We had a cheap holiday. It didn't cost much. ...............................................

7 Do you know much about computers? .........................................................

8 'Do you have any luggage?'  'Yes, much.'…………………………………………………….

 

Write sentences about these people. Use much and a lot.

1 James loves films. (go to the cinema)                     He goes to the cinema a lot,..

2 Nicola thinks TV is boring, (watch TV )                   He  doesn 't watch TV much,..

3 Tina is a good tennis player, (play tennis)             She.........................................

4 Mark doesn't like driving, (use his car)                  H e ........................................

5 Paul spends most of the time at home, (go out) He………………………………………..

6 Sue has been all over the world, (travel)              She …………………………………….