Intermediário 11. QUANTITY 2: much, many, a lot of

 QUANTITY 2: much, many, a lot of

 

1) Use A LOT OF with positive statements.

Example: He kept a lot of money / She keeps a lot of cats at home.

2) A LOT OF is used with countable and uncountable nouns.

3) Use MUCH and MANY with negative statements.

Example: He hasn't got much money / She doesn't keep many books at home.

4) MUCH is used with uncountable nouns.

Example: money, information, etc.

5) MANY is used with countable nouns.

Example: flowers, cars, etc.

6) Use MUCH and MANY with questions.

Example: Do you have much money? / Did you see many films in New York?

7) When you are offering something or expected the answer to be "yes", you can use A LOT OF for questions.

Example: He's acted in Hollywood. Does he have a lot of money?

8) There is no need to repeat the noun.

Example: Did you make many friends in New York? Oh yes, a lot. (In this sentence we understand that the second speaker is referring to friends.)

9) OF is not used with A LOT when there is no noun.

 

MUCH / MANY + OF + DETERMINER

When there is a determiner (the, his, her, our, my, your, this, that, etc.) before the noun, we put OF after MUCH or MANY.

Examples:

Where many of the students late for the exam?

I haven't read many of his books.

Has she given away much of he money?

 

Exercises:

Write MANY or MUCH.

1) … books

2) … coffee

3) … films

4) … money

5) … vegetables

6) … houses

7) … food

8) … sheep

9) … noise

10) … fruit

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