Task | There are _________ students in the class. (formal written English) |
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Answer | 1 |
a | many |
b | much |
c | a lot of |
d | a little |
comment | In everyday English (natural English) English people do not use ‘much’ and ‘many’ in positive sentences, they prefer ‘a lot of’: There are a lot of tourists here in the summer. They usually use ‘much’ and ‘many’ in negative sentences and questions: Are there many students here from Japan? In spoken English and informal writing we tend to use: a lot, a lot of, lots of with countable and uncountable nouns.Example: How many students are there in the classroom? - There are a lot. In formal written English it is also possible (and preferable) to use many and much rather than a lot of, lots of and a lot. Example:There are many students. |
topic | some,any, a lot of , many , much ,etc.. |
level | 1 |
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