Much, many, little, few, a lot, plenty

Exercise 1 

In some of these sentences much is incorrect or unnatural. Change much to many or a lot (of ) where necessary. Write 'OK' if the sentence is correct.

1) We didn't spend much money.   ________

2) Sue drinks much tea.   ________

3) Joe always puts much salt on his food.   ________

4) We'll have to hurry. We don't have much time.   ________

5) It cost much to repair the car.   ________

6) Did it cost much to repair the car?   ________

7) I don't know much people in this town.   ________

8) Mike travels much.   ________

9) There wasn't much traffic this morning.   ________

10) You need much money to travel round the world.   ________

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1)

1  OK

2  a lot of tea

3  a lot of salt

4  OK

5  It cost a lot

6  OK

7  many people or a lot of people

8  Mike travels a lot.

9  OK

10  a lot of money

Exercise 2 

Complete the sentences using plenty or plentyof + the following:

hotels     money     room     time     to learn     to see

1) There's no need to hurry. There's ________

2) He doesn't have any financial problems. He has ________

3) Come and sit with us. There’s ________

4) She knows a lot, but she still has ________

5) It's an interesting town to visit. There ________

6) I'm sure we'll find somewhere to stay. ________

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2)

1  There’s plenty of time.

2  He has (got) plenty of money.

3  There's plenty of room.

4  … she still has plenty to learn.

5  There is plenty to see.

6  There are plenty of hotels.

Exercise 3 

Put in much/many/little/few (one word only).

1) She isn't very popular. She has ________ friends.

2) Ann is very busy these days. She has ________ free time.

3) Did you take ________ pictures when you were on holiday?

4) I'm not very busy today. I don't have ________ to do.

5) This is a very modern city. There are ________ old buildings.

6) The weather has been very dry recently. We've had ________ rain.

7) 'Do you know Rome?' 'No, I haven't been there for ________ years.'

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3)

1  few   2  little   3  many   4  much

5  few   6  little   7  many

Exercise 4

Put in a (a fewa little ) where necessary. Write 'OK' if the sentence is already complete.

1) She's lucky. She has few problems.   ________

2) Things are not going so well for her. She has few problems.   ________

3) Can you lend me few dollars?   ________

4) There was little traffic, so the journey didn't take very long.   ________

5) I can't give you a decision yet. I need little time to think.   ________

6) It was a surprise that he won the match. Few people expected him to win.   ________

7) I don't know much Spanish – only few words.   ________

8) I wonder how Sam is. I haven't seen him for few months.   ________

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4)

1  OK

2  a few problems

3  a few dollars

4  OK

5  a little time

6  OK

7  only a few words

8  a few months

Exercise 5

Put in littlea littlefewa few .

1) Gary is very busy with his job. He has ________ time for other things.

2) Listen carefully. I'm going to give you ________ advice.

3) Do you mind if I ask you ________ questions?

4) It's not a very interesting place to visit, so ________ tourists come here.

5) I don't think A would be a good teacher. She has ________ patience.

6) 'Would you like milk in your coffee?' 'Yes, ________ .’

7) This is a very boring place to live. There's ________ to do.

8) 'Have you ever been to Paris?' . 'Yes, I've been there ________ times.’

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5)

1  little

2  a little

3  a few

4  few

5  little

6  a little

7  little

8  a few

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