Quantifiers: Much, Many & A lot of (We use much money)

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Resultados de aprendizaje
Conocer el uso de cuantificadores en contextos de escritura formal.
Diferenciar el uso de cuantificadores contables e incontables en contexto de escritura formal.
Utilizar las diversas formas verbales de cuantificadores en contextos de escritura formal.

Contenidos
1. Much, Many & A lot of

Debo saber
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conocimientos de los siguientes tiempos verbales:

- Presente simple
- Presente continuo

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inglés del área de lectura y escritura, donde encontrarás guías de trabajo e introducción a los
tiempos verbales mencionados.

Go Quantifiers: Much, Many & A lot of

We use – much, many and a lot of to talk about large quantities, but every quantifier is used in a
different way.

LARGE QUANTITY

MANY A LOT OF MUCH

A lot of
1. We use a lot of in positive and negative sentences with countable and uncountable nouns.

We bought a lot of food.

Paula hasn’t got a lot of free time
We bought a lot of books.
Did they ask a lot of questions?

We say:

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 There is a lot of food/money/water… (singular verb)

There are a lot of trees/shops/people… (plural verbs)

A lot of people speak English (not speaks)

Many
2. We use many in positive, negative sentences and questions with countable nouns.

Did you buy many books?

We don’t know many people.

How many photos did you take?

A: Did you take any photo?
B: I took some, but not many.
Much
3. We use much in negative sentences and questions with uncountable nouns.

Did you buy much food?

I haven’t got much luggage.

How much money do you want?

A: Have you got any money?
B: I have got some, but not much.

POSITIVE NEGATIVE QUESTION

COUNTABLE NOUNS A LOT OF MANY (HOW) MANY

UNCOUNTABLE A LOT OF MUCH (HOW) MUCH

NOUNS

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 Exercises
1. In this exercise you have to say when you are going to do something.

Exercise 1: Circle countable nouns. Underline uncountable nouns.

Example:
1. There are many sandwiches in the kitchen.

2. I don’t drink much coffee.

3. There is a lot of salt in this meal.
4. Just a little sugar, please!
5. There aren’t many biscuits in the cupboard.
6. What a lot of people.

Exercise 2: Circle the correct quantity word or phrase.

Example:
1. I haven’t got much / many text messages today.

2. Do you drink many / a lot of tea, Mary?

3. The restaurant closes at midnight. There isn’t much / many time to look around.
4. There aren’t much / many people in the kitchen.

Exercise 3: Write much or many.

Example:
1. Did you buy much food?
2. Paula hasn’t got ________money.
3. There aren’t ________ cherries in the fridge.
4. Were there________ people in the train?

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Exercise 4: Complete the sentences. Use a lot of + these words:

Interesting things fun books accidents

1. I like reading. I have a lot of books.

2. We enjoyed visiting the zoo. We saw _____________________.
3. This street is very dangerous. There are ___________________.
4. We enjoyed our holiday. We had _____________.

Exercise 5: Write How much / How many.

1. How many people are coming to the party?

2. _________________ milk do you want in your coffee?
3. _________________ bread did you buy?
4. _________________ player are in the football team?

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 Key
Exercise 1

1. sandwiches
2. coffee
3. salt
4. sugar
5. biscuits
6. people

Exercise 2

1. many
2. a lot of
3. much
4. many

Exercise 3

1. much
2. much
3. many
4. many

Exercise 4

1. a lot of books
2. a lot of interesting things
3. a lot of accidents
4. a lot of fun

Exercise 5

1. How many
2. How much
3. How much
4. How many

Esta guía fue desarrollada por Ana Rodríguez, parte del equipo de tutores de Lectura y Escritura sub
área inglés 2016.

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