Exercise 1. Fill in MUCH or MANY.

1. King Midas lived very ___________ years ago. 2. The King wanted to have very
__________ gold. 3. Midas hadn’t __________ children, he had only one daughter.
4. God Mercury said to Midas, “Now you will have as __________ gold as you
wish”. 5. Midas touched too _______________things and they all turned into gold.
6. There was not _________ tea in the tea pot. 7. There were so __________ tea
leaves on the plate. 8. The old woman did not know ___________ about making tea.
9. Cats or dogs don’t live as ___________ years as elephants or crocodiles. 10. Cats
don’t eat as __________ food, or drank as __________ water as dogs.
Exercise 2. Use LITTLE and FEW instead of MUCH and MANY as shown in the
examples.
I haven’t got many books. I have got a few books.
I haven’t much work to do. I have little work to do.

1. There isn’t much water in the kettle. 2. There aren’t many chairs in the room. 3. I
haven’t much spare time now. 4. He hasn’t got many real friends in his school. 5.
Marry doesn’t make many mistakes in grammar exercises. 6. I don’t eat much meat.
7. He doesn’t get much money for his writing. 8. We don’t get many letters from
them. 9. I don’t know many people here. 10. There isn’t much that I can say.

Exercise 1. Fill in MUCH or MANY.

1. King Midas lived very ___________ years ago. 2. The King wanted to have very
__________ gold. 3. Midas hadn’t __________ children, he had only one daughter.
4. God Mercury said to Midas, “Now you will have as __________ gold as you
wish”. 5. Midas touched too _______________things and they all turned into gold.
6. There was not _________ tea in the tea pot. 7. There were so __________ tea
leaves on the plate. 8. The old woman did not know ___________ about making tea.
9. Cats or dogs don’t live as ___________ years as elephants or crocodiles. 10. Cats
don’t eat as __________ food, or drank as __________ water as dogs.
Exercise 2. Use LITTLE and FEW instead of MUCH and MANY as shown in the
examples.
I haven’t got many books. I have got a few books.
I haven’t much work to do. I have little work to do.

1. There isn’t much water in the kettle. 2. There aren’t many chairs in the room. 3. I
haven’t much spare time now. 4. He hasn’t got many real friends in his school. 5.
Marry doesn’t make many mistakes in grammar exercises. 6. I don’t eat much meat.
7. He doesn’t get much money for his writing. 8. We don’t get many letters from
them. 9. I don’t know many people here. 10. There isn’t much that I can say.