BASIC-GRAMMAR-U-13.4

	13.4.	much, many and a lot
		Countable and uncountable nouns

 

A : OK. How much rice have we got? B : We’ve got a lot. We’ve got 10,000 kilos. A : And how many tins of vegetables? B : Not many. Just 2,500 tins. A : That’s not good. How much flour   have we got? B : Not much. Just 1,000 kilos.

PRESENTATION

 

Countable and uncountable nouns

• Some nouns are countable: one tin, two tins, three tins…

Countable nouns have singular and plural forms.

• Some nouns are uncountable: rice, flour …

Uncountable nouns are always singular.

 

Much, many and a lot

• Use much with uncountable nouns.
• Use many with countable nouns.
• Use much and many in questions (with how) and in negatives: How much rice? There isn’t much rice. How many tins? There aren’t many tins.
• Use a lot with both countable and uncountable nouns: a lot of tins, a lot of rice.

 

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