Местоимения much, many, a lot of

Местоимения much, many, a lot of обозначаютбольшое количество (много).
Much употребляется с неисчисляемыми существительными. 
I don't eat much butter. — Я не ем много масла. 
Do you have much time? — У вас много времени? 
Many употребляется с исчисляемыми существительными. 
We don't need many apples. — Нам не нужно много яблок. 
Do you have many friends? — У вас много друзей?
Как правило, much и many не употребляются в утвердительных предложениях.
A lot of употребляется как с исчисляемыми, так и с неисчисляемыми существительными.
We have a lot of time today. — Сегодня у нас много времени. 
We need a lot of apples. — Нам нужно много яблок.

Вопросы, начинающиеся со слов How much? / How many? (Сколько?)

Если вопрос задается к исчисляемым существительным, то он начинается с How many?
How many books do you have? — Сколько книг у вас есть?
Если вопрос задается к неисчисляемым существительным, то он начинается с How much?
How muchbutter is there in the cake? — Сколько масла в торте? 

Выполни следующие упражнения.

1.    Fill in the gaps. Use much, many, a lot of.

1.    Your friend doesn't ask ... questions.
2.    We don't have ... water.
3.    Is there...sugar in your tea?
4.    There isn't ... jam in the jar.
5.    There aren't ... shops in this street.
6.    Do you have ... books about animals?
7.    Will you invite... people to your birthday party?

2    Fill in the gaps. Use much, many, a lot of and the words: people, sweets, meat, books, museums, food.

Model:I have a lot of friends. I know many people in this town.

1.    We're not hungry. We don't need...
2.    I'm allergic to sugar. I don't eat...
3.    I don't like reading. I don't have... in my room.
4.    This town isn't very interesting for tourists. There aren't... in it.
5.    He doesn't eat meat very often. There isn't... in his fridge.

3   Choose the correct variant, open the brackets and complete the sentences. Sometimes both variants are correct.

1.    I read (many / a lot of) books.
2.    Do you know (many / a lot of) funny songs?
3.    Is there (much / a lot of) coffe in your mug?
4.    There's (much / a lot of) cheese in my sandwich.
5.    I don't need (many / a lot of) potatoes.
6.    He likes (much / a lot of) salt in his food.
7.    There're (many / a lot of) new pipils in our class this year.

 4 Ask the questions. Start with How much or How many. Model: How much coffee do you drink?

1.    ... books about animals do you have?
2.    ... pens are there in your bag.
3.    ... chocolate can you eat in an hour?
4.    ... salt do you like in your soup?
5.    ... water is there in the mug?
6.    ... sugar do you want in your tea?

 5 hoose the correct variant in brackets and complete the sentences.

1.1 eat (much/a lot of) sugar.
2.    They don't eat (much/a lot of) meat.
3.    Do you need (much/a lot of) milk?
4.    How (much/a lot of) salt do you need?
5.    There is (much/a lot of) ham and (much/a lot of) butter in my
6.    There isn't (much/a lot of) salt in the salad.
7.1 don't know (many/a lot of) people in this room.
8.    How (many/a lot of) streets are there in your town?
9.    (Many/A lot of) children like ice cream. 
10. How (many/much) juice do you want? 

6 Translate the sentences into English.

1.    Сколько у тебя друзей?
2.    Эта зима принесет много снега.
3.    В кувшине много воды.
4.    Сколько яблок тебе нужно?
5.    Я иду в магазин. Сколько хлеба тебе нужно?
6.    Сколько мороженого ты можешь сьесть?
7.    Я не хочу пить много чая.