Introduction

We use use much and many in

questions and negative
sentences. They both show an
amount of something.
Objective

The objective for this lesson is

to identify the difference
between MUCH and MANY
and learn when to use which.
Use 'Much' with uncountable nouns

We use much with singular nouns.

 Question: "How much petrol is in the car?”

 Negative clause: "We don't have much time left."

Use 'Many' with countable nouns

We use many with plural nouns

Question:
 "How many people were at the meeting?”

 Negative clause: "Not many of the students

understood the lesson."
 Countable:
"A lot of people work here.”
"Lots of people work here."
Uncountable:
"There was a lot of snow last night.”
"There was lots of snow last night."
Activity
Decide whether to use MUCH or
MANY in the following
sentences:
1 - How kittens did your cat have?

much

Many

2 - There are not dishes left to clean.

much

many
3 - Why was there so smoke in the room?
• many
Much

4 - There were so people on the bus I got off and

walked.
• much
many