Much / Many / A lot

Complete the sentences with much or many:

1. Did you buy food?
2. There aren't hotels in this town.
3. We haven't got petrol.
4. Were there people on the train?

5. Did students fail the exam?
6. Paula hasn't got money.
7. I wasn't very hungry. I didn't eat .
8. I haven't seen George for years.

Complete the sentences using How much or How many:

9. people are coming to the party?
10. milk do you want with your coffee?
11. bread did you buy?
12. players are there in a football team?

Complete the sentences using much or many plus one of the following words:

books - countries - luggage - people - time - times

1. I don't read much. I don't have .
2. Quick! We must hurry. We don't have .
3. Do you travel a lot? Have you been to ?
4. Rita hasn't lived here very long, so she doesn't know .
5. "Have you got ?" "No, only this bag."
6. I know Paris very well. I've been there .

Complete the sentences with 'a lot of' plus one of the following words:

accidents - books - fun - interesting things - traffic

1. I like reading. I have .
2. We enjoyed our visit to the museum. We saw .
3. This road is very dangerouns. There are .
4. We enjoyed our holiday. We had .
5. It took me a log time to drive here. There was .

'Much' is misused in some of these sentences. Write OK if it is correct, or write the correct alternative using 'a lot (of)':

1. Do you drink much coffee?
2. I drink much tea.
3. It was a cold winter. We had much snow.
4. There wasn't much snow last winter.
5. It costs much money to travel around the world.
6. We had a cheap holiday. It didn't cost much.
7. Do you know much about computers?
8. "Have you got any luggage?" "Yes, much."

Complete the sentences with much or a lot:

1. Jim loves films. He goes to the cinema .
2. Linda thinks TV is boring. She doesn't watch TV .
3. Tina is a good tennis player. She plays tennis .
4. Martin doesn't like driving. He doesn't use his car .
5. Paul spends most of his time at home. He doesn't go out .
6. Sue has been all over the world. She travels .

Much / Many / A lot

Gap-fill exercise