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Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. ======Much, many and a lot of/lots of: further information====== =====Introduction===== <html><p><img height="150" id="1803" style="width: 127px; height: 105px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1803_b1dafa8338c86df5073a7e27a37d7cfb.jpg"> <span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><strong>I don't have <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">much </span>money!</strong></span> </p></html> =====Definition===== <html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Much</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>,<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> many </span>and<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> a lot of/lots of</span> are quantifiers which we use with <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">uncountable nouns</span> and plural <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">countable nouns</span>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span></b><br> </p></html> =====Construction===== <html><table style="border: currentColor; border-collapse: collapse; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-border-alt: solid #4F81BD 1.0pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" table=""> <tbody> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"> <td width="205" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt medium medium 1pt; border-style: solid none none solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td> <td width="205" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154.05pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Plural countable nouns</span></b></p></td> <td width="205" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid solid none none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154.05pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Uncountable nouns</span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td width="205" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Much</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Negative and interrogative</span></u></b></p></td> <td width="205" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium; border-style: solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154.05pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB"><font face="Calibri"> </font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB"><img height="22" id="40" style="width: 25px; height: 22px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/40_457126aaf23a65c1331eea83d27fb7c4.jpg"></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td> <td width="205" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154.05pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I don't have <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">much</span> money.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Do you have <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">much</span> money?</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"> <td width="205" valign="top" style="border-width: medium medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none none solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Many</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Negative and interrogative</span></u></b></p></td> <td width="205" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(240, 240, 240); width: 154.05pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I don't have <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">many</span> books.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Do you have <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">many</span> books?</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td> <td width="205" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt medium medium; border-style: none solid none none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154.05pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB"><font face="Calibri"> </font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB"><img height="22" id="40" style="width: 25px; height: 22px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/40_457126aaf23a65c1331eea83d27fb7c4.jpg"></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"> <td width="205" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>A lot of/lots of<span style="color: fuchsia;"></span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Affirmative, negative and interrogative</span></u></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td> <td width="205" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium; border-style: solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154.05pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I have <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">a lot of</span> books.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: fuchsia;"></span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I don't have <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">a lot of</span> books.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Do you have <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">a lot of </span>books?</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: fuchsia; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td> <td width="205" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154.05pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I have <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">a lot of</span> money.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I don't have <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">a lot of </span>money.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Do you have <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">a lot of </span>money?</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td></tr></tbody></table> <p> </p></html> =====Uses===== <html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We use <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">much</span>,<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> many </span>and<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> a lot/lots</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">of </span>to talk about (often large) quantities and amounts. </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 176, 80); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><font color="#0000cc">I</font>n conversation it is rare to use <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">much </span>and <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">many </span>in affirmative sentences. They are used in formal, written English but <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">a lot of/lots of </span>is preferred for both <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">countable</span> and <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">uncountable nouns</span> in conversation and informal writing. For example: </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: fuchsia; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Does he have <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">much</span> money?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: fuchsia;"></span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>He doesn't have <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">much</span> money.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>He has <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">a lot of </span>money.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Does he have <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">many </span>friends?</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>He doesn't have <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">many</span> friends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: fuchsia;"></span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>He has <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">a lot of </span>friends.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>However, <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">much</span> and <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">many</span> are a little more acceptable in conversation at the beginning of a sentence:</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Much</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> of our food is exported.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Many</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> people drive too fast.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>If you are not sure, use <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">a lot of </span>in formal and informal situations with countable and uncountable nouns for affirmative, negative and interrogative sentences.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br></p></html> =====With 'of'===== <html> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>We can use 'of' with <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">much </span>and <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">many </span>when we are referring to a more specific quantity or amount. For example:</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Much </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>advice is available. [advice generally]</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Much </span></b><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>of</span></u></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'> the advice that we received was useful. [specific]</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Many</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'> emails arrive every day.<span style="color: red;"> </span>[emails generally, anywhere]<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Many </span></b><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>of</span></u></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'> my emails come from clients abroad. [specific]</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Note that </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>we can't use 'of' + noun. We need to use 'the', a <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">demonstrative</span>, a <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">pronoun </span>or a <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">possessive adjective</span>.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><span><strong><font face="arial" size="2">Much of furniture in our office is modern. </font></strong><a class="various" href="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/40_457126aaf23a65c1331eea83d27fb7c4.jpg" rel="image_show"><font face="arial" size="2"><img width="37" height="36" id="40" style="width: 19px; height: 13px;" alt="red x, red cross" src="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/40_457126aaf23a65c1331eea83d27fb7c4.jpg"></font></a></span><span lang="EN-GB"></span></p><font face="arial" size="2"> </font><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><span><font face="arial"><font size="2"><strong>Many of people I know like Indian food. </strong><img width="37" height="36" id="40" style="width: 19px; height: 13px;" alt="red x, red cross" src="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/40_457126aaf23a65c1331eea83d27fb7c4.jpg"></font></font></span><span lang="EN-GB"></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><font face="Calibri"> </font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Much</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'> of <u>our</u> office furniture is modern.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Many</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'> of <u>the</u> people I know like Indian food.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>A lot of/lots of </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>is different from other quantifiers. It always includes 'of' when referring to nouns.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>I eat a<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> lot of </span>chocolate.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>She buys <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">lots of</span> DVDs.</span></b></p> <br></html> ====='Many' with times and numbers, etc.===== <html> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>We avoid using <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">a lot of/lots of </span>with nouns referring to periods of time and numbers, <u>including in informal situations</u>. For example:</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>She worked there for <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">many </span>years.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>They had <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">many</span> hundreds of applicants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Similarly, we often use <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">many </span>with the words 'ways' and 'times':</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: red; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>In <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">many</span> ways, this job is a lot better than my old one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>We visited Japan <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">many</span> times and always enjoyed it. </span></b></p> <br></html> =====Without nouns===== <html> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Much</span></b><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>,<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> many </span>and<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> a lot</span> can be used alone. </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>In these sentences, <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">much </span>= <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">a lot</span>:</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>The company is doing <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">much </span>to improve working conditions. </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Much</span></b><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'> remains unfinished.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Informally, <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">a lot </span>is more common:</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>He did <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">a lot</span> to improve the department. </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>There's still <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">a lot</span> that we need to do. </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>In the following sentences, <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">many</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>= <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">a lot</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">of:</span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Many</span></b><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'> believe that this year will be our best ever. [<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">a lot</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">of </span>people]</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>The food was great at the conference but there weren't <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">many</span> there to enjoy it.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>We solved some of the problems - but <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">many</span> remain. [<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">a lot</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">of </span>them]<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></p> <br></html> =====With verbs===== <html> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Much</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'> and <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">a lot </span>are used as adverbs of degree. We can use <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">a lot </span>with active verbs to indicate something that happens frequently: </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt; tab-stops: 7.0cm;"><strong><font face="arial" size="2">I travel <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">a lot</span>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I travel much.</font> </strong><span><a class="various" href="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/40_457126aaf23a65c1331eea83d27fb7c4.jpg" rel="image_show"><img width="36" height="37" id="40" style="width: 19px; height: 17px;" alt="red x, red cross" src="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/40_457126aaf23a65c1331eea83d27fb7c4.jpg"></a><strong> </strong></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt; tab-stops: 7.0cm;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>I don't travel <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">a lot</span>/<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">much</span>.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt; tab-stops: 7.0cm;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Do you travel <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">a lot</span>/<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">much</span>?</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Similarly, we can use <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">much </span>and<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> a lot </span>with some stative verbs to emphasise strong feelings - to intensify verbs such as 'enjoy', 'like', 'want' etc. There are variations depending on the verb. Here are some examples:</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"></p><span><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><font face="arial"><font size="2"><strong>I enjoy travelling <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">a lot</span>. </strong> </font></font></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><font face="arial"><font size="2"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">I enjoy travelling much. </span></b><span lang="EN-GB"></span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"> </p></span><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-no-proof: yes;'>I don't enjoy travelling (very) <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">much</span>. </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-no-proof: yes;'>Do you enjoy travelling (very) <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">much</span>?</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-no-proof: yes;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-no-proof: yes;'><strong>I trust him a lot. </strong><img width="21" height="16" alt="Tick Clip Art" src="data:image/png;base64,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" border="0" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_8"><strong> </strong><font color="#000000"><strong>I trust him <u>very</u> much. </strong><span><img width="20" height="20" style="width: 18px; height: 15px;" alt="Red X Cross Wrong Not Clip Art" src="data:image/png;base64,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" border="0" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_9"></span></font><span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-no-proof: yes;'>I don't trust him (very) <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">much</span>.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-no-proof: yes;'>Do you trust him (very) <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">much</span>?</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-no-proof: yes;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-no-proof: yes;'>I appreciate your help <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">a lot</span>/very <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">much</span>.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-no-proof: yes;'>I hate paperwork and administrative tasks <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">a lot</span>/very <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">much</span>.</span></b></p> <br></html> =====Asking questions with 'how'===== <html> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>We use 'how'<span style="color: fuchsia;"> </span>with <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">much</span> and <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">many</span> to ask about amounts and quantities:</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>How <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">much</span> time do you need?</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>How <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">many </span>people are there in your team?</span></b></p> <br></html> =====Intensifiers===== <html> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>We can use intensifiers with <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">much</span> and <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">many </span>to give extra information. Here are some examples: </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'> </span></b></p> <table style="border: currentColor; border-image: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-border-alt: solid #4F81BD 1.0pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"> <td width="257" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt 0px 0px 1pt; border-style: solid none none solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;'> </span></b></p> </td> <td width="257" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt 0px 0px; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 154.05pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;'>Much</span></b></p> </td> <td width="257" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt 1pt 0px 0px; border-style: solid solid none none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154.05pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;'>Many</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td width="257" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 154pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>'so'</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'> </span></b></p> </td> <td width="257" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 0px; border-style: solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154.05pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>I enjoyed it <u>so</u> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">much</span>.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>He has <u>so</u> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">much</span> money.</span></b></p> </td> <td width="257" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 154.05pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>We have <u>so</u> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">many </span>problems.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'> </span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2; ;"> <td width="257" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: none none solid solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-top-alt: solid #4F81BD 1.0pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>'too'</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>More than is necessary or desired</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'> </span></b></p> </td> <td width="257" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 0px 1pt; border-style: none none solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 154.05pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-top-alt: solid #4F81BD 1.0pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>He has <u>too</u> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">much</span> money.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>He travels <u>too</u> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">much</span>.</span></b></p> </td> <td width="257" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154.05pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-top-alt: solid #4F81BD 1.0pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>We have <u>too</u> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">many </span>problems.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'> </span></b></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;'> </span></b></p></html> =====Introduction===== <html><p><a class="various" href="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/139_5d4f7cc3123d5e919abbb225b7e06d7d.jpg" rel="image_show"><img width="479" height="320" id="139" style="width: 121px; height: 77px;" alt="traffic jam cars on the road" src="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/139_5d4f7cc3123d5e919abbb225b7e06d7d.jpg"></a> <span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ;'><strong>There was <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">a lot of </span>traffic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong></span></p><p><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ;'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><a class="various" href="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/270_02802f47d21b326ecc0de66cb4c5cdd5.jpg" rel="image_show"><img width="261" height="240" id="270" style="width: 122px; height: 109px;" alt="airport baggage luggage conveyor belt boarding pass chek in" src="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/270_02802f47d21b326ecc0de66cb4c5cdd5.jpg"></a> <span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ;'><strong>I don't have <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">much</span> luggage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong></span></span></span></p><p><a class="various" href="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1717_58719a01017ce0e0a1abf012153abd6a.jpg" rel="image_show"><img width="425" height="282" id="1717" style="width: 116px; height: 85px;" alt="photos" src="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1717_58719a01017ce0e0a1abf012153abd6a.jpg"></a> <b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Did you take <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">many</span> photos on holiday?</span></b></p><p><a class="various" href="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1082_c86fbb934d2f3e4fa0c098a2b9a5a4a2.png" rel="image_show"><img width="313" height="240" id="1082" style="width: 126px; height: 114px;" alt="canteen, eating, lunch cafeteria" src="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1082_c86fbb934d2f3e4fa0c098a2b9a5a4a2.png"></a> <span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ;'><strong>There aren't very <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">many</span> tables in the canteen.</strong></span></p><p><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ;'><a class="various" href="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/120_bfc8654ecd6da1a54bac6b9f7cea2a72.jpg" rel="image_show"><img width="399" height="599" id="120" style="width: 95px; height: 112px;" alt="Money bank note profit revenue cash bill cost" src="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/120_bfc8654ecd6da1a54bac6b9f7cea2a72.jpg"></a> <span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ;'><strong>Did the company make <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">a lot of </span>money last year?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong></span></span></p><p><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ;'><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ;'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><a class="various" href="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/447_29c603ce40d0bfea15b2a38d336edde2.jpg" rel="image_show"><img width="359" height="261" id="447" style="width: 106px; height: 80px;" alt="retired people on bikes" src="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/447_29c603ce40d0bfea15b2a38d336edde2.jpg"></a> <span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ;'><strong>We cycle <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">a lot </span>in the summer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong></span></span></span></span></p><p><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ;'><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ;'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ;'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><a class="various" href="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/349_73c64d4e1e38c9ac259848c4fa20cadb.png" rel="image_show"><img width="243" height="147" id="349" style="width: 119px; height: 72px;" alt="meeting" src="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/349_73c64d4e1e38c9ac259848c4fa20cadb.png"></a> <span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ;'><strong>We could spend <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">many</span> weeks debating this; it's time to make a decision.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ;'><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ;'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ;'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ;'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><a class="various" href="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/563_aa0f9249bbbcb43a533b1a0b67539e39.jpg" rel="image_show"><img width="330" height="363" id="563" style="width: 110px; height: 138px;" alt="Proposal, propose, engage, ring, marry fiancé" src="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/563_aa0f9249bbbcb43a533b1a0b67539e39.jpg"></a> <span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ;'><strong>They love each other very <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">much</span>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ;'><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ;'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ;'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ;'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ;'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><a class="various" href="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/496_01554585359c154058581f7c773ed0ab.png" rel="image_show"><img width="171" height="136" id="496" style="width: 114px; height: 93px;" alt="market, shopping, souvenirs, travel" src="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/496_01554585359c154058581f7c773ed0ab.png"></a> <span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ;'><strong>I love it - how <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">much</span> is it?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong></span></p><p></p></html>