grammar much and many

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• Middelbare school
• vmbo t, havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Many kisses and much love.

much and many

much = veel
many = veel
Wanneer gebruiken we much en wanneer many?

Week 3 

grammar Much and many

finish lesson 4 

study the words and expressions

Kijk naar de voorbeelden

wat zou de regel kunnen zijn?

I don't have much money.
How many friends do you have?
He has got many books.
They drink much coffee.

de regel

Much gebruik je voor "uncountable" nouns = znw die geen meervoud hebben bv money
Many gebruik je voor "countable"nouns = znw die een meervoud hebben bv coins

Is there much unemployment in that area?

How many eggs are in this cake?

Do you think many people will come?

It was pouring with rain but there wasn’t much wind.

There aren’t many women priests.

a lot of

In bevestigende zinnen wordt veel meestal vertaald met
a lot of. A lot of is wat informeler. There will be a lot of my friends there today. 

In vragende en ontkennende zinnen gebruik je altijd
much of many. 

I have got ...................................sisters.

1. MANY
2. MUCH

There is .........................wind today.

1. MANY
2. MUCH

This city has ... beautiful buildings.

1. much
2. many

7. Are there .... customers in the shop?

1. much
2. many

We haven't got ... work to do.

1. much
2. many

5. There wasn't ..... sun.

1. much
2. many

MUCH/MANY

1. How .... sugar do you need?

1. much
2. many

There are............................people in New York.

1. MANY
2. MUCH

I don't have ....... friends.

1. much
2. many

3. There isn't .... space left.

1. much
2. many

Do you have ....... cars?

1. much
2. many

EZELSBRUGGETJE

Het verschil kun je onthouden aan de hand van de zin

Many kisses and much love

Many --> kun je tellen

Much --> kun je niet tellen

summary

Je gebruikt much en many alleen bij vragen (?) en ontkennende zinnen (-). Je gebruikt a lot of alleen bij positieve zinnen (+).

(?) Why did you eat many cookies before lunch?

(?) Do you have much homework to make?

(-) She doesn't have many things to do.

(-) No, I don't want much advice from you!

(+) I want to do a lot of exercises if that is possible.

(+) I have a lot of luggage to carry.

Practice

check exercise 8

do exercises 9 and 10 

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