Class Objectives

Using “Much”

Much and Many

Opposite of Much
 Much
The word “much” is used very often in the English language.

It’s used in different sentences.

Much: used to ask questions about uncountable nouns.

How much money do you need?

How much bread is in the oven?
How much music do you listen to?
 Much and Many
Much: used to ask questions about uncountable nouns.

How much money do you need?

How much bread is in the oven?
How much music do you listen to?

Many: used to ask questions about countable nouns.

How many dollars do you need?

How many apples are in the frigde?

How many songs are on your playlist?

 Quick review of “uncountable” and
“countable” nouns!
uncountable countable
*liquids such as “water”, 
 *fruits that can be counted “apple”,
“soda”, “beer”,”coffee” “banana”, “kiwi”

*abstract nouns such as *nouns that can be counted

“music”, “money”, “fun”
*some food such as “rice”, “sugar”
“flour”, “honey”
*some processed foods such as
“bread”, “cake”, “chocolate”.
“ice cream”
“a song”, “a coin”, “a dollar bill”
“one peso, two pesos”
*the word “grain” is countable:
“one grain of rice.” “beans”, and
“lentils”are also countable.
*fragments of these foods, such as
“one slice of bread”. “two slices of
pizza”

*group words like “clothes” * particular items like “one

sweater”, “one pair of jeans”
 “much” or “many”?

I ate too _________cake yesterday.

How ________clothes should I bring?

How ________sweaters should I take?

How ________pesos are in the cash register?

I had too _________slices of pizza, I’m full.

I had too _________fun on the trip! It was delightfull!

 “much” or “many”?

I don’t have _________pairs of jeans. I must buy more.

I don’t have ________clothes in my wardrobe!

I don’t want ________cake, I’m on a diet.

I can’t have too ________cookies, I must eat healthy.

I shouldn’t drink _________coffee, I need to sleep early today.

I felt _______happyness when I heard the good news!

 Opposites
Much talks about “abundance”
but….what is the opposite of much??

Too much Too little

This food has too much fat!

This food has too little nutrients!

I have too much knowledge about science.

I have too little knowledge about sports.
 Opposites: too much / too little
This pair of opposites depend a lot on the context, and
frequent usage. It’s often used for actions and verbs

“Americans Still Eat Too Much Processed Meat

and Too Little Fish”

“We often hear about what we get too much of.

But we also get too little of some nutrients.”

“she’s very shy. She talks too little”

“I go to bed late, and wake up early. I sleep too little”

Opposites: too much / don’t have too much
If you’re talking about possesions, it’s more appropiate to say “don’t
have too much” if you want to say the opposite of “too much”

I don’t have much money.

I don’t have too much money. I have just

enough.

we didn’t have much fun on the theatre.

I don’t have much sugar.

 Too much? Too little? Don’t/doesn’t have
much? or have much?

This cake is very healthy! It ____________butter.

I’ve been staying at home all week. I have walked_________.

My car is on the repair shop. I’m tired, I have walked_________.

The theatre play we saw yesterday was great. We

had________fun!

I’m nervous about the exam today, because I studied_________.

 Other words to talk about quantity

“A lot of” can be used like “too much”

These cookies are delicious! But, it has a lot of butter.

These cookies are delicious! But, it has too much butter.

“Plenty of”
I had plenty of fun yesterday!
I had plenty of sleep last night!