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Much vs Many Exercises (A2) — Free

Much, many and a lot of: countable and uncountable nouns

Use many with plural countable nouns (many friends, how many brothers) and much with uncountable nouns (much money, how much time). Both are most common in questions and negative sentences: How many photos did you take? We haven't got much time. In affirmative sentences, a lot of sounds more natural, and it works with both kinds of noun: There's a lot of traffic. She has a lot of friends. Use too much and too many to say there is more than you want: too much homework, too many cars. 'How much' also asks about price: How much is this jacket? A common mistake is to use much with plural nouns: say 'how many people', not 'how much people'.

  1. How brothers have you got? (much/many)

  2. How money do you need? (much/many)

  3. There aren't people at the party. (much/many)

  4. I don't drink coffee. (much/many)

  5. How is this jacket? (much/many)

  6. We haven't got time. Hurry up! (much/many)

  7. Did you take photos on holiday? (much/many)

  8. There's traffic in the city centre today. (much/a lot of)

  9. There are too cars in this street. (much/many)

  10. I've got too homework this weekend! (much/many)

  11. How times a week do you go to the gym? (much/many)

  12. There isn't news about the match yet. (much/many)

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