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S t u d y t h e s e

e x a m p l e s :

• T h e h a v e g o t

a l o t o f b o o k s .

• L o t s o f p e o p l e

c o m e t o

m y p a r t y .

• D o y o u h a v e

m a n y

f r i e n d s ?

• W e d o n ´ t

h a v e

m u c h

t i m e !

M

A

N

Y

U S E :

W i t h p l u r a l c o u n t a b l e n o u n s –

n e g a t i v e a n d q u e s t i o n f o r m s .

E x a m p l e s :

• D o y o u h a v e m a n y f r i e n d s ?

• N o , I d o n ´ t h a v e m a n y

f r i e n d s M

U

C

H

U S E :

W i t h u n c o u n t a b l e n o u n s —

n e g a t i v e a n d q u e s t i o n f o r m s .

E x a m p l e :

• C o m e o n ! W e d o n ´ t h a v e m u c h t i m e .

A

L O

T

O

F

/

L

O

T

S

O

F

U S E :

W i t h p l u r a l c o u n t a b l e n o u n s a n d u n c o u n t a b l e n o u n s — a f f i r m a t i v e

a n d s o m e t i m e s n e g a t i v e a n d

i n t e r r o g a t i v e .

E x a m p l e s :

• L o t s o f p e o p l e c o m e t o m y p a r t y

• I ´ v e g o t a l o t o f w o r k t h i s w e e k .

In

affirmative

sentence

smuch

and

manyareonl y

usedinfor

malstyle.

N

O T

E :

• W e d o n ´ t h a v e _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ m i l k ,

s o w e h a v e t o b u y s o m e .

( m a n y / m u c h )

• T h e r e a r e n ´ t _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ b o y s i n

m y c l a s s . ( m a n y / m u c h )

• S h e ´ s v e r y b u s y ; S h e h a s _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ w o r k t o d o t o d a y .

( a l o t o f / m u c h )

• L i s b o n h a s _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ i n t e r e s t i n g

p l a c e s t o v i s i t . ( m u c h / a l o t

o f )

• I c a n ´ t b u y a n e w d r e s s . I d o n ´ t

h a v e _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ m o n e y . ( l o t s

o f / m u c h )

• I t h i n k y o u d r i n k t o o _ _ _ _ _ _ c o f f e e .

• M y g r a n d f a t h e r g a v e m e c h o c o l a t e s a n d s w e e t s .

• I m a d e _ _ _ _ _ _ f r i e n d s i n s u m m e r s c h o o l .

• W e d o n ´ t h a v e _ _ _ _ _ _ b r e a d . I ´ l l g e t s o m e .

• D o y o u w r i t e _ _ _ _ _ _ p o e m s ?

• T h e y d i d n ´ t h a v e _ _ _ _ _ _ m o n e y , s o t h e y d i d n ´ t g o t o t h e p a r t y .

• I d o n ´ t h a v e _ _ _ _ _ _ p a t i e n c e f o r b a b i e s .

• I t h i n k h e h a s _ _ _ _ _ _ g i r l f r i e n d s .



A ) C h o o s e t h e m o s t s u i t a b l e w a y t o

B ) F i l l i n t h e b l a n k s w i t h m a n y , m u c h , a l o t o f o r

l o t s o f .

• H u r r y u p ! W e d o n ´ t h a v e _ _ _ _ _ _ t i m e .

• O u r g a r d e n ´ s g o t _ _ _ _ _ _ p r e t t y f l o w e r s .

• T h e r e a r e n ´ t _ _ _ _ _ _ p e o p l e a t t h e c i n e m a . •

Study these examples:

• The have got a lot of books.

• Lots of people come to my party.

• Do you have many friends?

• We don´t have much time!

MANY

USE:

With plural countable nouns–

negative and question forms.

Examples:

• Do you have many friends?

• No, I don´t have many friends

MUCH

USE:

With uncountable nouns—negative

and question forms.

Example:

• Come on! We don´t have much

time.

A LOT OF / LOTS OF

USE:

With plural countable nouns and

uncountable nouns—affirmative and

sometimes negative and

interrogative.

Examples:

• Lots of people come to my party

• I´ve got a lot of work this week.

In affirmative sentences much and

many are only used in formal style.

NOTE:



A) Choose the most suitable way to complete each sentence.

• We don´t have ________ milk, so we have to buy some. ( many /

much)

• There aren´t ________ boys in my class. (many/ much)

• She´s very busy; She has ________ work to do today. (a lot of /

much)

• Lisbon has ________ interesting places to visit. ( much / a lot of)

• I can´t buy a new dress. I don´t have ________ money. (lots of /

much)

B) Fill in the blanks with many, much , a lot of or lots of.

• Hurry up! We don´t have ______ time.

• Our garden´s got ______ pretty flowers.

• There aren´t ______ people at the cinema.

• Do you have ______ friends? Not ______ but they are good

friends.

• I think you drink too ______ coffee.

• My grandfather gave me chocolates and sweets.

• I made ______ friends in summer school.• We don´t have ______ bread. I´ll get some.

• Do you write ______ poems?

• They didn´t have ______ money, so they didn´t go to the party.

• I don´t have ______ patience for babies.

• I think he has ______ girlfriends.

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