QUANTITY 2: much, many, a lot of

1) Use A LOT OF with positive statements.

Example: He kept a lot of money / She keeps a lot of cats at home.
2) A LOT OF is used with countable and uncountable nouns.
3) Use MUCH and MANY with negative statements.
Example: He hasn't got much money / She doesn't keep many books at
home.
4) MUCH is used with uncountable nouns.
Example: money, information, etc.
5) MANY is used with countable nouns.
Example: flowers, cars, etc.
6) Use MUCH and MANY with questions.
Example: Do you have much money? / Did you see many films in New
York?
7) When you are offering something or expected the answer to be
"yes", you can use A LOT OF for questions.
Example: He's acted in Hollywood. Does he have a lot of money?
8) There is no need to repeat the noun. Example: Did you make many
friends in New York? Oh yes, a lot. (In this sentence we understand
that the second speaker is referring to friends.)
9) OF is not used with A LOT when there is no noun.

MUCH / MANY + OF + DETERMINER

When there is a determiner (the, his, her, our, my, your, this, that,
etc.) before the noun, we put OF after MUCH or MANY.
Examples:
Where many of the students late for the exam?
I haven't read many of his books.
Has she given away much of he money?

Exercises:
Write MANY or MUCH.
1) … books
2) … coffee
3) … films
4) … money
5) … vegetables
6) … houses
7) … food
8) … sheep
9) … noise
10) … fruit