Much or many

Much or many?

Can you count these things?

flower sand

boat

water

sugar grape

Do they make sensible plurals?

flowers sands

boats

waters

sugars grapes

If you can count it, use ‘many’

• Too many flowers a...a....chooo!

• I ate so many grapes that I felt sick

If you can count it, use ‘many’

• How many boats can you see?

If you can count it, use ‘many’

• How much sand do you need?

If you can’t count it, use ‘much’

If you can’t count it, use ‘much’

There is too much water on

the floor! Clean it up!

Much or many?

•For plurals, use many•For non-countable things, use much

How _________ orange juice do you want?

much

How _________ biscuits did you eat?

many

There were too _____ people in the queue, so I didn’t wait.

many

He put so _____ salt in the soup that it tasted horrible.

much

The teacher gave us too _____ homework.much

I saw _____ toucans in the tree.

many

Now try these

1. You are making too _____ noise!2. How _____ sugar do you want in your tea?3. How _____ apples are there?4. Why are there so _____ policemen here?5. How _____ chicken do you want?6. How _____ chickens did you buy?7. He has told me that so _____ times!8. I have too _____ work to do.