Much or Many?

We use use much and many in questions and negative sentences. They both show an amount of something.

Use 'Much' with uncountable nouns

We use much with singular nouns.

Question: "How much petrol is in the car?"
Negative clause: "We don't have much time left."

Use 'Many' with countable nouns

We use many with plural nouns

Question: "How many people were at the meeting?"
Negative clause: "Not many of the students understood the lesson."

Use a 'A lot of' and 'Lots of' with both

Both mean a large amount. We use them with countable and uncountable nouns. A lot of is a little more formal sounding than lots of.

Countable:

"A lot of people work here."
"Lots of people work here."

Uncountable:

"There was a lot of snow last night."
"There was lots of snow last night."

Now decide which word is needed to complete these sentences:

• 1 - How ___ kittens did your cat have?
  
  much
  many
  
  
• 2 - There are not ___ dishes left to clean.
  
  much
  many
  
  
• 3 - Why was there so ___ smoke in the room?
  
  much
  many
  
  
• 4 - There were so ___ people on the bus I got off and walked.
  
  much
  many
  
  
• 5 - We don't see ___ birds in winter.
  
  many
  much
  
  
• 6 - How ___ money should I save?
  
  many
  much
  
  
• 7 - We couldn't think of ___ good ideas.
  
  many
  much
  
  
• 8 - Does this TV use ___ electricity?
  
  many
  much
  
  
• 9 - Is our teacher going to give us ___ homework?
  
  many
  much
  
  
• 10 - There's ___ information to remember.
  
  much
  a lot of
  many