Much, Many and A Lot Of Exercises with Answers

Sample questions with answers

1. 1.We didn't have ____ time to visit the museum.

   • A. many
   • B. much✓(correct answer)
   • C. a lot
   • D. lots

   Why: Time is uncountable, and the sentence is negative — the two conditions that make much the natural word. A lot of time would also be correct; a lot without of cannot stand in front of a noun.

2. 2.How ____ brothers and sisters have you got?

   • A. much
   • B. a lot of
   • C. many✓(correct answer)
   • D. lot of

   Why: Brothers and sisters are countable, so the question opens with How many. How much would ask about an amount you cannot count, such as How much time have you got?

3. 3.There are ____ people at the market this morning.

   • A. much
   • B. a lot of✓(correct answer)
   • C. a lot
   • D. much of

   Why: People is a countable plural, so much is impossible; a lot of fits both kinds of noun and is the usual choice in a positive sentence. Many people would also be correct, and sounds a little more formal.

Lessons on this topic

• Much, Many and A Lot Of

  Many with countable nouns, much with uncountable nouns, a lot of with both, How much and How many, and why much is rare in positive sentences.

• A Few, A Little, Few and Little

  A few with countable nouns, a little with uncountable nouns, why dropping the a turns the meaning into almost none, and quite a few.

• Articles: A, An and The

  A and an with singular countable nouns, why the choice follows sound not spelling, the for something already known, and the cases that take no article.

• Countable and Uncountable Nouns, Some and Any

  Which nouns take a plural and a/an, how to count them with a piece of, and when to use some and any — including the offers that break the usual rule.

• Much, Many or A Lot Of?

  When to use much and many and when to use a lot of, by sentence type: negatives, questions, much and a lot at the end, short answers, and How much for prices.

• Someone, Anyone, Something, Anything

  Some- in positive sentences and offers, any- in negatives and questions, nobody and nothing, and why I don't know nothing is wrong.

• There Is / There Are

  There is with singular and uncountable nouns, there are with plurals, negatives, questions, short answers, and why the verb agrees with what follows it.

• There Was and There Were

  There was with singular and uncountable nouns, there were with plurals, negatives with any, questions, short answers, and when to use had instead.

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