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Time for more grammar. This time we’re going to look at the words much, many, and a lot of.
The key to knowing when to use these words is remembering your count and non-count nouns. To review count and noun-count nouns, click here.
Basically, you use “many” with plural count nouns. For example: many people, many apples, many problems, many friends. You can use “many” in statements and questions, affirmative or negative.
“Much,” on the other hand, is used with non-count nouns. For example: much money, much homework, much coffee, much trouble. But we only use “much” in questions and negative statements. For example: “I don’t have much money. How much money do you have?” We do not say “I have much money.”
In this case, we say “I have a lot of money.” “A lot of” can be used with count or non-count nouns – it doesn’t matter! It can also be used in questions and statements, negative or affirmative. But if we begin the question with “how,” then we have to use either “much” or “many.” We can’t say “How a lot of money do you have?’
Watch this video for some extra practice, then take the quiz to test your knowledge:
We just studied this in class. I hope my students will see it!
I can use ‘much’, ‘many’, and ‘a lot of’ but why ‘I have much money’ is incorrect?
I have a deeper understanding of these. Most of them are regular, but some are just idiomatic
I can use those words.
There are a lot of people
Good question, Amy. You can use “much” for questions (How much money do you need?) or negative statements (I don’t have much money left.) but not for affirmative statement. Instead, use “a lot of” or “lots of”: We have a lot of/lots of money left.
I have two wrongs out of the ten sentence.
“Wrong” is non-countable. There you have two wrong…
Much is used in questions and is no countable while many is countable and can be used in questions and statements.
Why not try again and score 100!
For some questions, there could be more than one answer.
That’s correct.
In a question, when the noun is countable use “many”, when the noun is uncountable use “much”. Both of much and many can use a lot of or alots of. But alot of is more informal.
Exactly.
I finished it three times and finally realized that some questions had two answers.
It is important to read the directions before starting a quiz!
The vidio is good for me ！I know how to use ＂much ，many and a lot of ＂after I read it ．
Why do I get the question wrong if I get it partially correct?
The instructions indicate there may be more than one correct answer. To score a point, you need to get both.
The video is good for me . I know how to use : much . Many . and a lot of .
I’m so glad it helped you to understand this better.
benefit a lot