Much and Many are used when there is a large quantity of something. They are used in negative sentences and questions.

‘How many umbrellas can you see?’
‘Too many to count.’
‘How much sand can you see?’
‘Not much.’
Many is used with countable nouns.
• I don’t have many CD’s at home.
(Negative sentence and CD is countable – you can say one CD, two CDs, etc)
• How many brothers and sisters do you have?
(Question and brothers and sisters is countable)
Much is used with uncountable nouns.
• Is there much milk in the fridge?
(Question and milk is uncountable – you can’t say one milk, two milks, etc)
• They don’t have much money to buy food this week.
(Negative sentence and money is uncountable)
For positive sentences we use a lot of. It is used with countable and uncountable nouns.
• I have much money. WRONG
(The sentence is positive so we can’t use much)
• I have a lot of money. CORRECT
• There are a lot of snakes in Asia. CORRECT
(Snakes is countable, and the sentence is positive)
• I have a lot of time to help you. CORRECT
(Time is uncountable, and the sentence is positive)
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Remember: Many is used with countable nouns. Much is used with uncountable nouns.
Are these nouns countable or uncountable?
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Are these nouns countable or uncountable?
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1. Question
Music
Correct
Music – uncountable
Incorrect
Music – uncountable
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2. Question
Juice
Correct
Juice – uncountable
Incorrect
Juice – uncountable
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3. Question
Numbers
Correct
Numbers – countable
Incorrect
Numbers – countable
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4. Question
Money
Correct
Money – uncountable
Incorrect
Money – uncountable
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5. Question
Food
Correct
Food – uncountable
Incorrect
Food – uncountable
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6. Question
News
Correct
News – uncountable
Incorrect
News – uncountable
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7. Question
Women
Correct
Women – countable
Incorrect
Women – countable
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8. Question
Mice
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Mice – countable
Mice is the plural of mouse.Incorrect
Mice – countable
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9. Question
Children
Correct
Children – countable
Incorrect
Children – countable
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Question 10 of 10
10. Question
Information
Correct
Information – uncountable
Incorrect
Information – uncountable
Remember: Much and many for negative sentences and questions. A lot of for positive sentences.
Use much, many or a lot of to complete each sentence.
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Bangkok has ___ beautiful temples.
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Bangkok has a lot of beautiful temples.
Positive sentence, and countable.Incorrect
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2. Question
There isn’t ___ butter in the fridge.
Correct
There isn’t much butter in the fridge.
Incorrect
There isn’t much butter in the fridge.
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3. Question
David has ___ rice, but Tyler doesn’t have ___.
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David has a lot of rice, but Tyler doesn’t have much.
A lot of rice is positive and doesn’t have much is negative and uncountable.Incorrect
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4. Question
There was too ___ noise last night.
Correct
There was too much noise last night.
Incorrect
There was too much noise last night.
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5. Question
We don’t have ___ bananas, and we don’t have ___ juice.
Correct
We don’t have many bananas, and we don’t have much juice.
Incorrect
We don’t have many bananas, and we don’t have much juice.
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Question 6 of 6
6. Question
How ___ lessons do you have each week?
Correct
How many lessons do you have each week?
Incorrect
How many lessons do you have each week?
Use much, many or a lot of to complete each sentence.
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You don’t have ___ time.
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You don’t have much time.
Uncountable and negative.Incorrect
You don’t have much time.
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Question 2 of 6
2. Question
Do you have any cereal? Sure, there’s ___ it in the kitchen cupboard.
Correct
Do you have any cereal? Sure, there’s a lot of it in the kitchen cupboard.
Uncountable, but positive.Incorrect
Do you have any cereal? Sure, there’s a lot of it in the kitchen cupboard.
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Question 3 of 6
3. Question
There is too ___ water in the bath.
Correct
There is too much water in the bath.
Incorrect
There is too much water in the bath.
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4. Question
It doesn’t make ___ sense to go tomorrow. There will be ___ people. We should wait until Sunday.
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It doesn’t make much sense to go tomorrow. There will be a lot of people. We should wait until Sunday.
Incorrect
It doesn’t make much sense to go tomorrow. There will be a lot of people. We should wait until Sunday.
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5. Question
My husband doesn’t have ___ hair, anymore. So, I don’t need to buy ___ shampoo.
Correct
My husband doesn’t have much hair, anymore. So, I don’t need to buy a lot of shampoo.
Uncountable and negative. Uncountable, but positive.Incorrect
My husband doesn’t have much hair, anymore. So, I don’t need to buy a lot of shampoo.
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Question 6 of 6
6. Question
Was there ___ traffic on the road?
Correct
Was there much traffic on the road?
Incorrect
Was there much traffic on the road?
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Remember: Much and many for negative sentences and questions. A lot of for positive sentences.
Where there many people in the art gallery?
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Remember: Much and many for negative sentences and questions. A lot of for positive sentences.
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