Sentence Agreement

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Read & Review

 

"Much" and "Many"  Usage

  • in questions
  • in negative sentences
  • in affirmative sentences (usually scientific or scholarly contexts)

 

QUANTIFIER NEGATIVE AFFIRMATIVE

Many
(count nouns)
Not many languages borrow words from Finnish.
Many languages borrow words from Latin. (scholarly context)
*There are many snacks in the refrigerator . (*Sounds awkward; use "several")
Much
(non-count nouns)		 Not much water can be found in the dessert. Much water can be stored by cacti (cactus).  (scholarly context)
*Drink much water each day.    (*Sounds awkward; use "a lot of")

 

"So much" and "So many"

 

QUANTIFIER NEGATIVE AFFIRMATIVE
So Many Not so many students were there. So many students came that we had to add chairs.
So Much Not so much work was required. So much work had to be done that we had to work all night..

 

Quantity vs. Quality

SO MUCH -  EMPHASIS ON QUANITITY SUCH  - EMPHASIS ON QUALITY
We will learn so much interesting information that it wil take years to process it. We will learn such interesting information that we will want to read more.
We will see so many beautiful stars that it will be hard to count them. *We will see so beautiful stars that we will want to photograph them.
We will see such beautiful stars that we will want to photograph them.

 

MORE INFORMATION:  Count and Non-count Nouns   |  So_that & Such_that 

 

 
 

Practice 1

 

Using on "Many" and "Much"

  1. Decide whether the sentence needs the quantifier "much" or "many" (You will need to know if the noun is count or non-count.)
  2. Use the "Check" button to see if your guess is right.

 

# YOUR RESPONSE CHECK ANSWER
e.g. I'm almost bald.
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Practice 2

 

"Much"

Select the nouns that can be used after "much" (non-count nouns).     * indicates an incorrect response.

 

# FEEDBACK YOUR RESPONSE
11.
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Practice 3

 

"Many"

Can the noun be used after "many"?    * indicates an incorrect response.
 

# FEEDBACK YOUR RESPONSE
27.
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*cheese, lettuce = cheese or lettuce is countable if referring to different types or varieties.

 

 
 

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Julie Sevastopoulos -   College of San Mateo - San Mateo, CA 94402 USA