Hook

How much rice do you need for dinner? How many apples are in the basket? One question uses “much,” the other uses “many” — do you know why?

Notice

“There’s a lot of traffic today.” — “How much money do you have?” — “How many people came to the party?” — “There aren’t many apples left.”

Rule

Much goes with uncountable nouns (money, rice, time, traffic). Many goes with countable nouns (apples, people, books). A lot of works with both, and is more common in positive sentences. “Much” and “many” are more common in questions and negatives.

Practice

  1. How ______ (much/many) sugar do you want in your coffee? Answer: much
  2. How ______ (much/many) books did you buy? Answer: many
  3. There isn’t ______ (much/many) time left. Answer: much
  4. We have ______ (a lot of) homework this week. Answer: a lot of
  5. There aren’t ______ (much/many) seats available. Answer: many

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This lesson supports: I can handle numbers, quantities, and prices in everyday shopping situations.

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