A lot much many

A a lot of money not much money a lot of books not many books

B We use much in questions and negative sentences, but not usually in positive sentences.

• Do you drink much coffee/ a lot of coffee?

• I don’t drink much coffee/ a lot of coffee.

but • I drink a lot of coffee. (not ‘I drink much coffee’)

• “Do you drink much coffee?” “Yes, a lot.” (not ‘much’)

We use many and a lot of in all types of sentences:

• Have you got many friends/ a lot of friends?

• We haven’t got many friends/ a lot of friends.

• We’ve got many friends/ a lot of friends.

C much and a lot without a noun

• Diane spoke to me but she didn’t say much.

• “Do you watch TV much?” “No, not much.” (= not often)

• We like films, so we go to the cinema a lot. (not ‘much’ – See section B)

• I don’t like him very much.

Exercises.

1. Put in much or many.

1) Did you buy ________ food?

2) There aren’t _______ hotels in this town.

3) We haven’t got _______ petrol.

4) Were there _______ people on the train?

5) Did _______ students fail the examination?

6) Paula hasn’t got _______ money.

7) I wasn’t very hungry. I didn’t eat ________

8) I haven’t seen George for _______ years.

Put in How much or How many.

9) ______________ people are coming to the party?

10) ______________ milk do you want in your coffee?

11) ______________ bread did you buy?

12) ______________ players are there in a football team?

2. Complete the sentences. Use much or many with one of these words.

books/ countries/ luggage/ people/ time/ times

1) I don’t read very much. I haven’t got _______________

2) Quick! We must hurry. We haven’t got ___________________

3) Do you travel a lot? Have you been to ____________________

4) Tina hasn’t lived here very long, so she doesn’t know _____________

5) “Have you got ______________?” “No, only this bag.”

6) I know Paris very well. I’ve been there _____________________

3. Complete the sentences with a lot of + one of these words:

accident/ books/ fun/ interesting things/ traffic

1) I like reading. I have ______________________

2) We enjoyed our visit to the museum. We saw ____________________

3) This road is very dangerous. There are _________________________

4) We enjoyed our holiday. We had ______________________________

5) It took me a long time to drive here. There was ___________________

4. In some of these sentences much is not natural. Change the sentences or write OK.

1) Do you drink much coffee? OK.

2) I drink much tea. A lot of tea

3) It was a cold winter. We had much snow. _______________

4) There wasn’t much snow last winter. _______________

5) It costs much money to travel around the world. _______________

6) We had a cheap holiday. It didn’t cost much. _______________

7) Do you know much about computers? _______________

8) “Have you got any luggage?” “Yes, much.” _______________

5. Write sentences about these people. Use much and a lot.

1) Jim loves films. (go to the cinema) He goes to the cinema a lot.

2) Linda thinks TV is boring. (watch TV) She doesn’t watch TV much.

3) Tina is a good tennis player. (play tennis) She ___________________

4) Martin doesn’t like driving. (use his car) He ____________________

5) Paul spends most of the time at home. (go out) _______________________

6) Sue has been all over the world. (travel) _______________________

(a) little (a) few

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