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Grammar Worksheet

Much, Many, and A Lot Of

A2 quantity with countable and uncountable nouns
Explanation

Use many with plural countable nouns: many books, many people.

Use much with uncountable nouns: much money, much time.

Use a lot of with both countable and uncountable nouns. It is common in positive sentences.

Form
WordUse withExample
manyplural countable nounsThere are many students.
muchuncountable nounsI do not have much time.
a lot ofboth typesWe have a lot of work. / a lot of chairs

Much is common in negatives and questions.

A lot of is natural in positive everyday sentences.

Examples
  1. There are many restaurants in this area.
  2. I do not have much free time.
  3. She has a lot of friends.
  4. Do you drink much coffee?
  5. There is not much traffic today.
  6. We saw a lot of animals.
  7. How many languages do you speak?
  8. How much money do you need?
Common Mistakes
Exercises
1 Choose the correct word

Choose much, many, or a lot of.

  1. How people are coming?
  2. I do not have money.
  3. There are cars outside.
  4. Do you have homework?
  5. She eats vegetables.
2 Countable or uncountable

Write C for countable plural or U for uncountable.

  1. chairs
  2. information
  3. children
  4. rice
  5. minutes
3 Correct the mistake

Each sentence has one mistake.

  1. How much emails did you send?
  2. There is many noise outside.
  3. We do not have many time.
  4. He has much cousins.
4 Make questions

Write questions with how much or how many.

  1. languages / you / speak
  2. water / you / drink every day
  3. students / in your class
  4. free time / you / have
5 Personal answers

Answer the questions from Exercise 4.

  1. 1.
  2. 2.
  3. 3.
  4. 4.
Speaking Activity

Ask about quantities.

Use much, many, or a lot of in each answer.