Too

much / too many / too + adjective EXERCISES

W hat word(s) do you need to complete the sentences?

1. Put on the heater. It's ________________

too cold.
too much
2. I've eaten ________________ . I feel sick

3. You look drunk. You've had ________________

too much beer.

4. It's very crowded. There are ________________

too many people.

5. I don't want him on my team. He works ________________

too slowly. (adverb)
too
6. Relax. You work ________________ hard. (adverb)
7. I don't want to buy it. It costs ________________
too much .

8. That jacket is ________________

too big for you.
too much
9. I hate driving in London. There is ________________ traffic.

10. This coffee is ________________

too hot to drink.
too much
11. I cannot come out this evening. I've got ________________ work to do.
too many
12. I don't want to buy it. There are ________________ problems with it.
too
13. I don't have time to come. I'm ________________ busy.
too
14. I’m not buying that. It’s ________________ expensive.
too much
15. I am not enjoying my job at the moment because I have ________________ work.
too much
16. I don't like the soup because there is ________________ salt in it.
too many
17. Her English is not good. She makes ________________ mistakes.
too many
18. I didn't see her because there were ________________ people at the party.
too much
19. I can't sleep because they are making ________________ noise next door.
too
20. I don’t feel like going out tonight. I am ________________ tired.
too much
21. I don't like the weather here . There is ________________ rain.
too ______hard. (adverb)
22. You are always tired. I think you work __________

23. You drink ________________

too much coffee. It's not good for you.
too many
24. There was nowhere to sit on the beach. There were ________________ people.
too many
25. Our team didn't play well. We made ________________ mistakes.
too
26. I don't like the weather here. It's ________________ cold.
too much
27. There's__________________ smoke in here, I can't breathe.

28. I know I eat __________________,

too much but I need a lot of energy for my job.
Too much
29. ___________________ money can do harm to young people. Some advice is always necessary.
too many
30. The kid ate __________________ sweets and felt sick afterwards.
too much
31. I think I've eaten _______________________. I need a 'siesta'. (English nap)
too many
33. There aren't __________________ Western people who can speak Chinese.
too much
33. I know it is very good, but it's __________________ money for me.
too many
34. When we got to the cinema, we saw that there were __________________ people in the queue,

so we left.
Adapted from:

http://www.better-english.com/grammar/toomuch.htm
http://www.ejerciciodeingles.com/ejercicios-distinguir-too-much-too-many-enough/
http://www.tolearnenglish.com/cgi2/myexam/voir2r.php?id=6980
ANSWER KEY
1. Put on the heater. It's too cold.

2. I've eaten too much. I feel sick

3. You look drunk. You've had too much beer.

4. It's very crowded. There are too many people.

5. I don't want him on my team. He works too slowly.

6. Relax. You work too hard.

7. I don't want to buy it. It costs too much.

8. That jacket is too big for you.

9. I hate driving in London. There is too much traffic.

10. This coffee is too hot to drink.

11. I cannot come out this evening. I've got too much work to do.

12. I don't want to buy it. There are too many problems with it.

13. I don't have time to come. I'm too busy.

14. I’m not buying that. It’s too expensive.

15. I am not enjoying my job at the moment because I have too much work.

16. I don't like the soup because there is too much salt in it.

17. Her English is not good. She makes too many mistakes.

18. I didn't see her because there were too many people at the party.

19. I can't sleep because they are making too much noise next door.

20. I don’t feel like going out tonight. I am too tired.

21. I don't like the weather here . There is too much rain.

22. You are always tired. I think you work too hard.

23. You drink too much coffee. It's not good for you.

24. There was nowhere to sit on the beach. There were too many people.

25. Our team didn't play well. We made too many mistakes.

26. I don't like the weather here. It's too cold.

27. There's too much smoke in here, I can't breathe.

28. I know I eat too much, but I need a lot of energy for my job.

29. Too much money can do harm to young people. Some advice is always necessary.

30. The kid ate too many sweets and felt sick afterwards.

31. I think I've eaten too much. I need a 'siesta'.

32. There aren't too many Western people who can speak Chinese.

33. I know it is very good, but it's too much money for me.

34. When we got to the cinema, we saw that there were too many people in the queue, so we left.