Much - Many - A lot ofThese quantifiers are used to express the quantity of things or people.. We usually use much and manywith negative sentences and questions.. In positive sentences,
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These quantifiers are used to express the quantity of things or people We usually use much and manywith negative sentences and questions In positive sentences, we use a lot of or lots of
Many is used with only countable nouns It is used only with negative
sentences and questions:
• He doesn't have many books
• Can you speak many languages ?
• We didn't see many children there.
• Do you have many friends here?
• I don't have many problems.
Much is used with only uncountable nouns It is used only with negative
sentences and questions:
• She didn't drink much milk today.
• Do you have much work ?
• Did she have much money ?
• I've gained a lot of weight over the last year because I haven't been
doing much exercise.
• Larry doesn't have much experience.
• They don't have much time.
A lot of or lots of is used with both countable and uncountable nouns A lot
of can be used in allsentences: positive, negative and question
Trang 2• You don't need to get lots of sleep.
• Can they earn a lot of money?
• We drank a lot of cold water
• My sister spends lots of money
• Lots of dogs and cats exhibit strange behaviors before earthquakes.
• Lots of animals on this planet are facing extinction.
• It can take a lot of years to master a foreign language.