Lesson 16. A lot of - Much - Many

 A lot of - Much - Many

• We use a lot of  with plural countable nouns (e.g. cars, books, apples...) and uncountable nouns (e.g. milk, sugar, chocolate...) in positive statements. (мы употребляем a lot of с исчисляемыми существительными во множественном числе и с неисчисляемыми существительными  в повествовательных предложениях)

 She's got a lot of books.

There is a lot of milk in the fridge.

•  We normally use much with uncountable nouns in questions and negations.(мы обычно употребляем much с неисчисляемыми существительными в вопросительных и отрицательных предложениях)

How much cheese have you got?

 

There isn't much soup in the bowl.

 

• We normally use many with plural countable nouns in questions and negations. (мы обычно употребляем many с исчисляемыми существительными множественного числа в вопросительных и отрицательных предложениях)

 

Are there many pupies in the box? 

There aren't many books on the shelf.

•  In questions we use how much to ask about the amount of something and how many to ask about  the number of things.

How much + uncountable noun            How many + countable noun  

How much honey do we need? - A kilo (We want to know the amount.)

                                            

How many girls are there in your class? - Twenty.(We want to know the number.) 

 

                                     Affirmative     Interrogative     Negative

Countable nouns          a lot of             (how) many      many

Uncountable nouns       a lot of             (how) much      much

 

 

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