34670 much many a lot of

a lot

A lot of money

much

Not much money

many

A lot of books

Not many books

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We use much + uncountable noun:
Much food/ much money / etc
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Did you buy much food?
We haven’t got much luggage.
How much money do you want?
A: Have you got any money?

B: I’ve got some but not much.

We use a lot of + all types of noun:
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We use many + countable noun:
Many books/ many people / etc
Did you buy many books?
We don’t know many people.
How many photographs did you take?
A: Did you take any photographs?
B: I took some but not many?

Note that we say:

We bought a lot of food.
Paula hasn’t got a lot of free time.
We bought a lot of books.
Did they ask you a lot of questions?

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There is a lot of food/ money/
water… (singular verb)
There are a lot of trees/ shops/
people… (plural verb)

B
We use much in questions and negative sentences, but not usually in positive sentences:
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Do you drink much coffee?
I don’t drink much coffee.
I drink a lot of coffee. (not “I drink much coffee”)

We use many and a lot for all types of sentences:
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Have you got many friends?


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We haven´t got many friends.
We’ve got many friends.

Exerci
ses

1. Put in much or many.
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Did you buy __________ food?
There aren’t __________ hotels in this town.
We haven’t got __________ petrol.
Where there __________ people in the train?
Did __________ students fail in the exam?
Paula hasn’t got __________ money.
I wasn’t very hungry. I didn’t eat __________.
I haven’t seen George for _________ years.

2. Complete the sentences. Use much or many with one of these words.
Books
countries
people
time

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luggage
times

I don’t read very much. I haven’t got ___________________________________.
Quick! We must hurry. We haven’t got _________________________________.
Do you travel a lot? Have you ben to ___________________________________.
Tina hasn’t lived here very long, so she doesn’t know ______________________.
Have you got _______________________________? “No, only this bag.”
I know Paris very well. I have been there ________________________________.

3. Complete the sentences with a lot of + one of these:
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I like reading. I have …
We enjoyed our visit to the museum. We saw…
This road is very dangerous. There are …
We enjoyed our holiday. We had …
It took me a long time to drive here. There was…

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