Fill in the blanks with much or many.
1. I didn't do ............................ work yesterday.
Correct!
Wrong!
Use much with uncountable nouns; use many with plural nouns.
2. She didn't show ............................. interest in my work.
Correct!
Wrong!
3. How ........................... people were there?
Correct!
Wrong!
4. How .......................... the house needs repairing?
Correct!
Wrong!
5. We haven't got ............................ time.
Correct!
Wrong!
6. Not ....................... Canada is inhabitable.
Correct!
Wrong!
7. I have been learning French for six months. But I haven't learned .......................... so far.
Correct!
Wrong!
8. I don't know ........................... people here.
Correct!
Wrong!
9. I have been in this country for only two days and I haven't seen ........................... it.
Correct!
Wrong!
10. How ......................... time will you need to finish the job?
Correct!
Wrong!
11. How ........................... you are interested in this offer?
Correct!
Wrong!
12. Not ............................ people can speak a foreign language perfectly.
Correct!
Wrong!
Answers
1. I didn’t do much work yesterday.
2. She didn’t show much interest in my work.
3. How many people were there?
4. How much of the house needs repairing?
5. We haven’t got much time.
6. Not much of Canada is inhabitable.
7. I have been learning French for six months. But I haven’t learned much so far.
8. I don’t know many people here.
9. I have been in this country for only two days and I haven’t seen much of it.
10. How much time will you need to finish the job?
11. How many of you are interested in this offer?
12. Not many people can speak a foreign language perfectly.
