MUCH : with MANY : with A LITTLE : with A FEW: with countable
uncountable countable nouns uncountable nouns. It has a nouns. It has a positive
nouns in in questions and positive meaning. “A little” meaning. “A few” shows
questions and in in negative indicates that the quantity that the quantity is enough
negative statements. In is enough → I have a little → There are a few eggs
statements. In affirmative time left if you’d like me to in the fridge. You can
affirmative statements we
statements we help you. make a cake
prefer a lot of,
prefer a lot of, lots of, plenty LITTLE - with uncountable FEW - with countable
lots of, plenty of. → There nouns. It has a negative nouns. It has a negative
of. → I haven’t meaning. “A little” meaning. “Few” indicates
aren’t many indicates that the quantity that the quantity is not
got much money apples left. is not enough- we’d prefer enough- we’d prefer more.
so let’s stay Remember to more. → Hurry up! There’s → Mary has few close
home tonight buy some, please little time left. We’ll miss friends. She is often lonely
the train.
A lot of, lots of, plenty of – to talk about large quantities with both uncountable and countable nouns
in the plural in affirmative sentences. → There are lots of hotels in the city centre.
→ We have lots of restaurants in our town. →John has plenty of money so he can afford long holidays.
REMEMBER We omit of when a lot / lots is not followed by a noun.
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Choose the correct answer
1. Jake has had --- wine. He’s drunk.
a) much b) a lot of
2. Keith hasn’t got ---- work today.
a) much b) lot of
3. There were --- pretty girls at the beach.
a)much b)a lot of
4. Mike hasn’t got --- grandchildren.
a) many b) a lot
5. We picked --- apples at the farm.
a) lots of b) much
6. Mr Burns didn’t get --- sleep last night.
a) much b) lot of
7. Mr. and Mrs. Jones have got a --- children.
a)many b) lot of
8. There were --- people on the queue at the
bank.
a) many b) lot of
Complete the sentences with much, many or a lot (of).
1) There are _______ of children in the art competition this year.
2) Helen hasn’t got _______ friends. She’s very shy.
3) Don’t buy any more potatoes. We’ve got a _______.
4) I didn’t get _______ gifts for my birthday
5) There aren’t _______ tourists here this summer.
6) How ________ people came to your party? Not ______ . I was very sad.
7) There isn’t _______juice in the fridge. Did you drink it all?
8) We don’t get _______ snow here in winter but we get _______ rain.
9) John eats _______ of fish. He loves it.
10) I don’t have _______ money with me. Can you give me some?
Complete the sentences with much, many, a few or a little.
1) There aren’t ____________ pencils on the table.
2) There are ____________ chairs in the classroom. I don’t think we need any
more.
3) I have _______________ money left so I can lend you some.
4) There isn’t ____________ coffee in the pot. Can you make some more?
5) Do you know ____________ people in this village?
6) I’ve got ____________ flour so I can make a cake.
7) She has ____________ free time so she can help you.
8) My sister has a stamp collection but she hasn’t got ____________ stamps yet.
9) Do you drink ____________ milk? No I don’t. I drink only ____________.
10)There’s ____________ meat in the fridge. We can make something for lunch.
Complete the sentences with much, many, a few, few, a little or little
1. There isn’t ____________ time left. We have to leave now!
2. Have you got ____________ minutes? I’d like to talk to you.
3. Be quiet children! You’re making too____________ noise and I can’t hear anything!
4. There’s only ____________ butter left. You must buy some more!
5. There are ____________ eggs left in the fridge. Who ate them all?
6. Helen’s made ____________ notes for the history tests but she needs to make more.
7. It’s ____________ chilly out today. Take your sweater!
8. I’ve got ____________ eggs. Would you like me to make an omelet for you?
9. _______________ people went to John’s party. Not many people like him.
[Link] can’t go on holiday this year as he’s got ______________ money.
[Link]’s not ____________ hope for Kit. He’s got a fatal disease.
12. There aren’t ____________ forests left in Europe .
[Link] was really windy so there were ____________ people at the beach today.
[Link] test was really difficult so only ____________ students passed.
15.I like driving early in the morning as there is very ____________ traffic on the roads.
Complete the sentences with much, many, a few, few, a little, little or a lot
Yesterday was a beautiful day. The sun was bright and there were (1) __________
clouds in the sky. Ashley and Brian went to the beach for a picnic. They took a picnic
basket with (2) ____________ of food. The packed (3) __________ sandwiches and
(4)__________ bottles of water. They also took (5)__________ apples and some orange
juice.
On the way to the beach they ate (6)__________ biscuits and (7)__________
chocolate. When they arrived they saw that the beach was very crowded. There
weren’t (8)_________ places left to put their beach umbrellas. They got back in their
car and drove (9)__________ further to the next beach but it was no better. There
wasn’t (10)__________ space there for them to sit down. Finally they returned to the
car and went home and ate their food in the garden!