Much or many

We use "many" with countable (A count noun is any noun that can be counted, for example, five cars, three children, four bottles):

I dont have many problems. I havent bought many apples.

You can also use "many" to replace the noun: If the identity of the noun is obvious we can be omitted and in its place the word "many" single.

-Does he have many books? -No, he doesnt have many.

We use "much" with uncountable nouns (An uncountable noun is any noun that can not be told, for example, oxygen. We can not say "two oxygens" for example.) They didnt eat much rice. I dont have much luck.

As "many", if the identity of the noun is obvious can be omitted:

-Do you have money?

-I dont have much.

Much/many Matching exercise What word do you need to complete the sentence? 1. How ______ people are you expecting? 2. How ______ money do you want for this? 3. I don't see ______ point in continuing. We're all very tired. 4. Thank you so ______ for your help. 5. We don't stock these. We don't get ______ demand for them. 6. I feel ______ better today, thank you. 7. I like that dress very ______ . 8. There are so ______ things I want to ask you. 9. There are too ______ paintings to see in one visit. 10. I'm talking too ______ . I'll be quiet. 11. I've got so ______ news to tell you. 12. Do you have ______ work to do? 13. Thank you very ______ for coming. 14. It looks good but so ______ things could still go wrong. 15. I don't have ______ friends. 16. Please be quick. I don't have ______ time to spare. 17. It's been a poor summer. We haven't had ______ good weather. 18. There haven't been ______ sunny days. 19. Happy birthday. ______ happy returns! 20. I don't know ______ about English but I am learning fast.

1. How many people are you expecting? 2. How much money do you want for this? 3. I don't see much point in continuing. We're all very tired. 4. Thank you so much for your help. 5. We don't stock these. We don't get much demand for them. 6. I feel much better today, thank you. 7. I like that dress very much . 8. There are so many things I want to ask you. 9. There are too many paintings to see in one visit. 10. I'm talking too much. I'll be quiet. 11. I've got so much news to tell you. 12. Do you have much work to do? 13. Thank you very much for coming. 14. It looks good but so many things could still go wrong. 15. I don't have many friends. 16. Please be quick. I don't have much time to spare. 17. It's been a poor summer. We haven't had much good weather. 18. There haven't been many sunny days. 19. Happy birthday. Many happy returns!

20. I don't know much about English but I am learning fast.