Fill in the blanks with appropriate degree modifiers.
1There is too ............... noise in the street.
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Use "much" with the uncountable noun "noise".
2How ............... people do you want to help you?
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Use "many" with the countable plural noun "people".
3They do ............... a lot of business in the Middle East.
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The natural phrase is "quite" in "quite a lot of business".
4He speaks ............... a few languages.
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The natural phrase is "quite" in "quite a few languages".
5There are ............... too many weapons in the world.
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Use "far" to intensify "too many".
6............... of philosophy is concerned with questions nobody can answer.
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Use "Much" for a large amount or part of an uncountable area such as philosophy.
7............... of the city was without electricity last night.
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Use "Most" to mean the largest part of a specific place or group; "many" is used only with plural countable nouns.
8We have bought too ............... butter.
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Use "much" with the uncountable noun "butter".
9I think you have made ............... a lot of mistakes.
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The natural phrase is "rather" in "rather a lot of mistakes".
10This weather ............... gets on my nerves.
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Use "kind of" as an informal adverb meaning slightly or somewhat.
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- There is too much noise in the street.
- How many people do you want to help you?
- They do quite a lot of business in the Middle East.
- He speaks quite a few languages.
- There are far too many weapons in the world.
- Much of philosophy is concerned with questions nobody can answer.
- Most of the city was without electricity last night.
- We have bought too much butter.
- I think you have made rather a lot of mistakes.
- This weather kind of gets on my nerves.