Hello everyone, and welcome back to my channel, Sparkle English, where I teach you how to improve
your level of English. In today's video, I'm going to teach you the difference between
much and many. I'm also going to teach you when we use a lot of, or lots of.
First let's look at these two sentences. Lorena has many friends. Joey doesn't earn much money.
We use many before friends because friends is a countable noun. Countable nouns have a singular
and a plural form. In plural, these nouns can be used with a number, which is why they are called
countable nouns. We could say I have one friend, or I have 10 friends.
However, in the second sentence, we use much before money, and that is because
money is an uncountable noun. Uncountable nouns can only be used in singular,
they cannot be used with a number. We can say I have money, but we can't say I have one money, or
I have two money. So remember, we use many before countable nouns, like dollars, apples, people,
cups for animals. And we use much before uncountable nouns like money, time, water, sugar,
love, homework, etc. We can also use a lot of, or lots of, to replace both much, or many in both of
these sentences. So we could say Loreena has a lot of friends, or Morena has lots of friends.
We could also say, Joey doesn't earn a lot of money, or Joey doesn't earn lots of money.
A LOT OF or LOTS of are both interchangeable, and you can use them both with uncountable or
countable nouns. So now let's review much and many in a bit more detail. And then we're going to do
a practice quiz. So let's get started. Okay, so let's compare much and many, much is used with
uncountable nouns. It is mainly used in negative sentences and questions. Again, uncountable nouns
are nouns that we cannot count, like coffee, rice, or sugar. We cannot count sugar, but we can count
teaspoons of sugar. So teaspoons would be a countable noun. But sugar is an uncountable
noun. Examples. I didn't have much fun at the party. The teacher gave us too much homework.
How much time do we have left? You can see that fun. Homework and time are all uncountable nouns,
which is why we use much in front of them. We usually use much in negative sentences
and questions. With affirmative sentences, we prefer to use a LOT OF or LOTS of. So for example,
if you said I have much time, it doesn't sound correct. That is not natural. We would say
I have a lot of time or I have lots of time. Examples. The lawyer earns a lot of money,
or the lawyer earns lots of money. We wouldn't say the lawyer earns much money.
Now let's look at many. Many is used with countable nouns, and many is used in affirmative
and negative sentences and questions. Again, countable nouns are nouns that we can count:
dogs, chairs, hats. Examples, Sarah has many skills. Diana went on many dates last year.
Jesse has many video games. Skills, dates, and video games are all countable nouns, so we use
many in front of them. We can also use a LOT OF or LOTS of with countable nouns, just like we can
with uncountable nouns. For example, my sister has a lot of friends,
or my sister has lots of friends. Dean has a lot of problems. Or Dean has lots of problems.
And many we can use with affirmative sentences. So we could also say my sister has many friends,
or Dean has many problems. So now let's do an eight question quiz. I'm going to read them all
to you first, and then correct them together with you. Number one: Jake doesn't have ____ friends.
Number two, my boyfriend doesn't drink ____ coffee.
Number three, Bernice has been to ____ countries. Number four, Santa gave me ____ presents.
Number five. You put too ____ sugar in my tea.
Number six. How ____ time do we have? Number seven. Do you drink ____ water?
Number eight. Does Michael go to ____ parties.
So now let's correct these together. So number one, Jake doesn't have
many friends. Friends is a countable noun, so we have to use many.
Number two, my boyfriend doesn't drink much coffee. Coffee is an uncountable noun.
So we have to use much. Number three. Bernice has been to many countries.
Again, countries is countable. Number four: Santa gave me many presents. Number five. You put too
much sugar in my tea. Sugar is uncountable, so we use much. Number six, how much time
do we have? Again time is uncountable. Number seven. Do you drink much water?
Again, water is uncountable, so we use much. And finally number eight. Does Michael go
to many parties? Parties is countable, so we use many. So let me know in the comments section
how many you got correct out of eight. Thank you guys for watching. Make sure to subscribe to
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