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    Life

    Upper Intermediate Unit 4b(1)


    Expressions of quantity (1): lots, much, many, little, few

    Presentation
    You use lots of (or a lot of ), much, many, a little and a You can use many in affirmative statements which are
    few to talk about quantities: more formal (and often written): Many people agree
    on the solution (formal). A lot of people waste water
    Uncountable Plural nouns
    (everyday).
    nouns
    Questions How much …? How many …? little / a little / few / a few
    Large quantities lots of / a lot of lots of / a lot of, many
    You use little/a little and few/a few to talk about small
    Small quantities (a) little, not (a) few, not many quantities in affirmative statements. A little and a few
    much
    have a positive meaning. Little and few have a negative
    meaning:
    lots of / a lot of
    There’s a little water left in the jug. J
    Use lots of or a lot of to talk about large quantities. Lots
    of is less formal than a lot of: There’s little water left in the jug. L
    Lots of experts agree. = A lot of experts agree. A few experts believe there is no water shortage. J
    Do not use of when there is no noun, for example, in Few experts believe there is no water shortage. L
    short answers:
    not
    TIP   much/not many have a similar meaning to very
    How many people believe this? Say A lot. (don’t say A lot of.) little/very few:

    much / many There isn’t much time. = There’s very little time.
    You usually use much/many in:
    too many / too much / too few / too little
    • questions: How many countries are affected? How
    Use too much/too many to talk about a bigger quantity
    much water do they have?
    than you want or need: Too much water is wasted. Too
    • negative statements to talk about small quantities: many countries will have a water shortage. You’ve got too
    People don’t pay much money for water. Not many much food on your plate. Put some back.
    countries have a lot of water.
    Use too little/too few to talk about less than you want
    You can also use not much and not many in short answers: or need: Too little sleep can be very bad for you. Too few
    How many countries will have a lot of water? Not many. senior jobs in the world of finance go to women.
    You don’t normally use much in affirmative statements.
    You normally use a lot/lots. Say We’ve got a lot of juice in
    the fridge. (don’t say We’ve got much juice in the fridge.)

    1 © National Geographic Learning


    Upper Intermediate Unit 4b(1)
    Exercises

    Exercises
    1 Complete the pairs of sentences using the words in bold.
    little / a little 6 They go to of nightclubs.
    1 I ’ve got sympathy with anyone too many / a lot of
    who breaks the law! They should go to prison!
    7 people take courses throughout
    2 I ’ve got time, so tell me what’s their lives to improve their qualifications.
    on your mind.
    8 people are looking for the
    much / many same job as me. It’s really annoying!
    3 How people visit your blog? few / not much
    4 H
     ow time do you spend 9 There are wild animals left in
    online? this part of the world.
    lot / lots 10 money is given to protecting
    5 A
     of people their age also go to animals in this part of the world.
    nightclubs.
    2 Look at the pictures. Use the words in the box to complete the sentences.

    a few a lot of lots not many too too many too much

    1 2 3

    4 5 6

    1 people came to watch 4 There are few signposts


    the fireworks. round here.
    2 The roads have cars but 5 people came but not
    cyclists. very many.
    3 for me, please! 6 That’s for me.
    3 There is one word missing in each sentence or conversation. Write it in.
    a
    1 I think there’s little cheese left. Would you like some?
    Λ
    2 Count how questions you answered correctly.
    3 There are many people here. I only invited ten. Who are the other fifteen?
    4 A lot new mobile technology comes out every week.
    5 There are only a possibilities left to us. Which should we choose?
    6 A: Do you like her new album?   B: I like lot of the songs but not all of them.
    2 © National Geographic Learning

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