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Much / many

The words much and many mean a lot of.

If a noun is in singular, we use much


Example:
much money

If a noun is in plural, we use many


Example:
many friends

Use of much / many


In everyday English, we normally use much / many only in questions and negative clauses.

Example:
How much money have you got?
Carla does not have many friends.
In positive clauses with so, as or too, we also use much / many.

Example:
Carla has so many friends.
She has as many friends as Sue.
Kevin has too much money.
In all other positive clauses, however, we prefer expressions like a lot of / lots of.

Example:
Carla has a lot of / lots of friends.
Kevin has a lot of / lots of money.
In formal texts, however, much / many are also common in positive clauses. This you will notice for example when
you read English news.

Countable / Uncountable Nouns


In connection with much / many people often speak of countable nouns and uncountable nouns.
Countable nouns have a singular and a plural form. In plural, these nouns can be used with a number (that's why
they are called 'countable nouns'). Countable nouns take many.

Example:
100 friends many friends
Uncountable nouns can only be used in singular. These nouns cannot be used with a number (that's why they are
called 'uncountable nouns'). Uncountable nouns take much.

Example:

100 money much money


Note: Of course you can count money but then you would name the currency and say that you have got 5 euro
(but not 5 money).

Decide whether you have to use much or many.


1.

cars

2.

music

3.

pictures

4.

flowers

5.

milk

6.

numbers

7.

money

8.

tea

9.

girls

10.

pencils

Decide whether you have to use much or many.


1.

food

2.

evenings

3.

websites

4.

sugar

5.

women

6.

cheese

7.

children

8.

time

9.

mice

10.

information

Decide whether you have to use much or many.


1.

Jane hasn't got

2.

Do you know

3.

He didn't eat

4.

There isn't

5.

How

time.
words in English?
meat.
butter in the fridge.
eggs did the hens lay

Decide whether you have to use much or many.


1.

There is too

2.

How

3.

I don't receive

4.

How

5.

I put too

water in the bath tub.


brothers and sisters has Anne got?
letters nowadays.
rice do you eat per week?
salt in the soup.

6.

How

people were at the party?

7.

It doesn't make

8.

There wasn't

9.

My grandfather does not have

10.

How

sense.
traffic on the motorway.
hair, anymore.

Decide whether you have to use much or many.


1.

She has so

friends!

2.

Too

3.

Hurry up. I don't have so

4.

We went to a dairy yesterday. I had never seen so

5.

It's also quite amazing how

6.

You have too

7.

There are so

8.

There are too

9.

My father doesn't drink

10.

How

cooks spoil the broth.


time.
cows before.

milk these cows produce every day.

money. Won't you share it with me?


poor people in the world.
children in the house.
coffee.

Present Progressive and Simple Present to express


Future Time
1. Present Progressive
a. My wife has an appointment with a doctor. She is seing Dr
North next Tuesday.
b. Sam has already made his lans. He is leaving at noon
tomorrow.
c. A : What are you going to do this afternoon?
B : After lunch I am meeting a friend of mine. We are going
shopping. Would you like to come along ?
When the idea of the sentence concerns a planned event.
Indicated either by future time words in the sentence or by
context.
2. Simple Present
a. The museums opens at ten tomorrow morning.
b. Classes begin next week.
c. Johns plane arrives at 6:05 p.m. next Monday.

Practice :
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

I am taking four courses next semester. In the future


I am taking four courses this semester. Now
Students usually take four courses every semester.
Habitually
Ill mail this letter at the corner when I take Susan home.
My brothers birthday is next week. I am giving him a sweater.
Shhhh. The broadcaster is giving the latest news about the cisis in
England. I want to hear wht shes saying.
7. When I graduate, Im going to return home.
8. When students graduate, they receive diplomas.
9. Im tired. Im going to bed early tonight.
10.
When I am in New York, I am going to visit the Museum of
Modern Art.

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