Lesson

Much – багато, безліч, немало, велика кільсть

Many – дуже, чимало, багато.

-This words are used when there is a large quantity of something. They are used
in negative sentences and questions.

Exmp:
‘How many umbrellas can you see?’
‘Too many to count.’
‘How much sand can you see?’
‘Not much.’
bread

petrol

roses  

How much stamps  

How many tickets do you want?

  money  

 2 How many tickets do you want?

3 How many roses do you want?
4 How much money do you want?
5 How much bread do you want?
6 how much petrol do you want?

Many is used with countable nouns.

• I don’t have many CD’s at home.
(Negative sentence and CD is countable – you can say one CD, two CDs, etc)
• How many brothers and sisters do you have?
(Question and brothers and sisters is countable)
Much is used with uncountable nouns.
• Is there much milk in the fridge?
(Question and milk is uncountable – you can’t say one milk, two milks, etc)
• They don’t have much money to buy food this week.
(Negative sentence and money is uncountable)
For positive sentences we use a lot of. It is used with countable and uncountable
nouns.
• I have much money. WRONG
(The sentence is positive so we can’t use much)
• I have a lot of money. CORRECT
• There are a lot of snakes in Asia. CORRECT
(Snakes is countable, and the sentence is positive)
• I have a lot of time to help you. CORRECT
(Time is uncountable, and the sentence is positive)
• So you may ask me, what is the difference?
-We use much with singular uncountable nouns and many with plural nouns:

I haven’t got much change. I’ve only got a ten euro note.

Are there many campsites near you?

to make you remember better

Remember: Much and many for negative sentences and questions. A lot of for positive sentences.

•Choose the appropriate answer. Much or many?

1. They have too (many/much) furniture in the room.
2. There are too (many/much) books on your desk.
3. You have too (many/much) mistakes in the test.
4. You must drink (many/much) coffee.
5. You put too (many/much) vegetables in the soup.
6. You put too (many/much) fruit in the salad.
7. Must we learn (many /much) words for today?
8. We have got (many /much) sandwiches.

1 much, 2 many, 3 many, 4 much, 5 many, 6 much, 7 many, 8 many.

speaking
How much tea did you buy yesterday?
Скільки Чаю ви купили вчора?
How many cups of tea do you drink every day?
Скільки чашок чаю ви п’єте кожен день?

How much petrol do I need to get there?

Скільки бензину мені потрібно, щоб добратися туди?
How many liters of petrol do you need?
Скільки літрів бензину тобі потрібно?