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The words much and many mean a lot of.

If a noun is in singular, we use much Example:much money


If a noun is in plural, we use many Example:many friends

Use of much / many


In everyday English, we normally use much / many only in questions and
negative clauses.
Example:
How much money have you got?
Carla does not have many friends.
In positive clauses with so, as or too, we also use much / many.
Example:
Carla has so many friends.
She has as many friends as Sue.
Kevin has too much money.
In all other positive clauses, however, we prefer expressions like a lot of / lots
of.
Example:
Carla has a lot of / lots of friends.
Kevin has a lot of / lots of money.
In formal texts, however, much / many are also common in positive clauses.
This you will notice for example when you read English news.

Countable / Uncountable Nouns


In connection with much / many people often speak of countable nouns and
uncountable nouns.
Countable nouns have a singular and a plural form. In plural, these nouns
can be used with a number (that's why they are called 'countable nouns').
Countable nouns take many.
Example:
100 friends many friends
Uncountable nouns can only be used in singular. These nouns cannot be
used with a number (that's why they are called 'uncountable nouns').
Uncountable nouns take much.
Example:
100 money much money
Note: Of course you can count money but then you would name the
currency and say that you have got 5 euro (but not 5 money).

.................. cars
.................. music
.................. pictures
.................. flowers

.................. milk
.................. numbers
.................. money
.................. tea
.................. girls
.................. pencils

Decide whether you have to use much or many.

Jane hasn't got .................. time.


Do you know .................. words in English?
He didn't eat .................. meat.
There isn't .................. butter in the fridge.
How .................. eggs did the hens lay?
Samantha has as .................. money as Bruce.
How .................. lessons do you have on Mondays?
There was too .................. noise in the streets.
I cannot see .................. stars in the sky tonight.
Do you have .................. friends abroad?

Comparative and Superlative Adjectives


Comparatives are used to compare two things:
Leopards are faster than tigers.
Superlatives are used to compare one thing against a group of others:
The leopard is the largest of the four big cats.

Superlative adjectives:
We use the with a superlative:
It was the happiest day of my life.
Everest is the highest mountain in the world.
Thats the best film I have seen this year.
I have three sisters, Jan is the oldest and Angela is the youngest
.
Here are the basics of how they are formed:

Example

Comparative

Superlative

Words with one syllable

Word
high

Words with three syllables or more

productive

more productive
less productive

Words ending in y
Short words ending with a
consonant/vowel/consonant
Irregular

wealthy

wealthier

the highest
the most
productive
the least
productive
the wealthiest

hot

hotter

the hottest

good

better

the best

higher

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