a lot A lot of money much Not much money many A lot of books Not many books A We use much + uncountable noun: Much food/ much money / etc • • • • • • • • Did you buy much food? We haven’t got much luggage How much money you want? A: Have you got any money? B: I’ve got some but not much We use a lot of + all types of noun: • • • • We use many + countable noun: Many books/ many people / etc Did you buy many books? We don’t know many people How many photographs did you take? A: Did you take any photographs? B: I took some but not many? Note that we say: We bought a lot of food Paula hasn’t got a lot of free time We bought a lot of books Did they ask you a lot of questions? • • There is a lot of food/ money/ water… (singular verb) There are a lot of trees/ shops/ people… (plural verb) B We use much in questions and negative sentences, but not usually in positive sentences: • • • Do you drink much coffee? I don’t drink much coffee I drink a lot of coffee (not “I drink much coffee”) We use many and a lot for all types of sentences: • Have you got many friends? • • We haven´t got many friends We’ve got many friends Exerci ses Put in much or many Did you buy food? There aren’t hotels in this town We haven’t got petrol Where there people in the train? Did students fail in the exam? Paula hasn’t got money I wasn’t very hungry I didn’t eat I haven’t seen George for _ years Complete the sentences Use much or many with one of these words Books countries people time luggage times I don’t read very much I haven’t got _ Quick! We must hurry We haven’t got _ Do you travel a lot? Have you ben to _ Tina hasn’t lived here very long, so she doesn’t know Have you got _? “No, only this bag.” I know Paris very well I have been there Complete the sentences with a lot of + one of these: I like reading I have … We enjoyed our visit to the museum We saw… This road is very dangerous There are … We enjoyed our holiday We had … It took me a long time to drive here There was… Accidents books fun interesting things traffic