Quantifiers: How many and

How much

Irma Janet Rodrguez Uras

Recursos y Materiales II
Profesora Mireya Yanes
 Introduction
In this lesson we will review the
use of much and many. Along with
this we will also review about
count and noncount nouns.
 Objective
Ss will be able to use much and many correctly.
Ss will be able to identify with which nouns to use much or
many.
Ss will have a clearer idea of the terms of count and noncount
nouns.
Ss will practice the use of this grammar point.
Definition:

Much and many mean:

A large quantity of something.

Examples:
There are many apples at my house.

We dont have much coffee.

 When to use many?
We use many for countable nouns. (Ex. apples, shirts, restaurants,
houses, dogs, bones, etc.)

Example:
There are many restaurants around my house.
There are 10 restaurants around my house.

Interrogative:

How many restaurants are there?

- There are 10 restaurants.
 When to use much?
We use much for noncountable nouns. (Ex. coffee, bread, rice,
water, juice, jam, etc.)

Example:
I have not gotten much money.
Much time was spent studying for the exam

Interrogative:

How much money do you have?

- I have a few money.
How much water is there?
- There is a lot of water.
Instructions:
Fill in the blanks using much/many depending on the noun.

1. Have you got _______books?

2. I don't have _______time to do sport.
3. How _______ people came to the meeting?
4. Are there _______ students in the class?
5. I didn't see _______ of the film because I fell asleep.
6. How _______ coffee did you buy?
7. How _______ cups of coffee did you buy?
8. Not ________ students passed the exam.
9. They didn't give me ________ information.
References:

Much, Many, and A lot. (n.d.). Retrieved from

http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-
lesson-many-much.php#.VCxkkGd5PTp

Englishexercises.org Retrieved from

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.as
p?id=5469