[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"grammar-exercise-01a0e1ab-db96-7baf-9636-867ded5bb462":3,"grammar-exercise-lesson-019b603d-95d6-7714-9dc2-2128e5b7d6d5":98},{"id":4,"grammarPage":5,"title":6,"instructions":7,"seoTitle":8,"seoDescription":9,"displayOrder":10,"type":11,"questions":12,"ogImageUrl":97},"01a0e1ab-db96-7baf-9636-867ded5bb462","\u002Fapi\u002Fgrammar_pages\u002F019b603d-95d6-7714-9dc2-2128e5b7d6d5","Sort Much Patterns, Negatives and Short Answers","Tap a tile, then tap the matching column. Use the sorting rule on each board and place every tile.","Much and many: sort patterns and answers","Practise much and many through sorting boards on positive patterns, negative amounts and spoken answers, using sentences about everyday situations.",6,"word_sort",[13,40,59,78],{"id":14,"sentenceTemplate":15,"displayOrder":16,"explanation":17,"blanks":18,"payload":19},"01a0e1ab-db96-7ca7-9636-867dee07596a","Sort these positive sentences by whether much is bare or appears in one of the modified patterns from the lesson.",0,"Bare positive much stands directly before an uncountable noun without the modifying patterns taught here. It is grammatical but very formal. Too much, so much, as much as and much of the are natural alternatives in conversation when their meanings fit. For example: Our daughter needs as much sleep as our son does.",[],{"items":20,"categories":39},[21,24,26,28,30,33,35,37],{"text":22,"category":23},"You added too much oil.","Modified positive much",{"text":25,"category":23},"There is so much rain!",{"text":27,"category":23},"He has as much money as I do.",{"text":29,"category":23},"Much of the bread is dry.",{"text":31,"category":32},"We have much luggage.","Bare positive much",{"text":34,"category":32},"She showed much patience.",{"text":36,"category":32},"The plan requires much effort.",{"text":38,"category":32},"They offered much support.",[23,32],{"id":41,"sentenceTemplate":42,"displayOrder":43,"explanation":44,"blanks":45,"payload":46},"01a0e1ab-db96-7cfb-9636-867dee6dd1cb","Sort these quantity phrases by what they mean: a number or amount that is not large, or almost none.",1,"Not many and not much say that a quantity is not large. Hardly any makes the stronger claim that there is almost none. A small quantity could fit either description in real life, but the phrases do not express the same strength. For example: There is hardly any petrol in the car, so we must stop soon.",[],{"items":47,"categories":58},[48,51,53,56],{"text":49,"category":50},"not many tickets","Not a large quantity",{"text":52,"category":50},"not much furniture",{"text":54,"category":55},"hardly any passengers","Almost none",{"text":57,"category":55},"hardly any sugar",[50,55],{"id":60,"sentenceTemplate":61,"displayOrder":62,"explanation":63,"blanks":64,"payload":65},"01a0e1ab-db96-7d37-9636-867def640f6f","Sort these sentences by whether the verb form with hardly any follows standard English.",2,"Hardly already carries a negative meaning, so standard English uses a positive verb form with hardly any. Adding not to the verb creates the double-negative pattern excluded here. For example: The baby made hardly any noise during the journey.",[],{"items":66,"categories":77},[67,70,72,75],{"text":68,"category":69},"I have hardly any bread.","Standard: positive verb",{"text":71,"category":69},"She bought hardly any vegetables.",{"text":73,"category":74},"I don't have hardly any butter.","Non-standard: extra negative",{"text":76,"category":74},"He didn't buy hardly any potatoes.",[69,74],{"id":79,"sentenceTemplate":80,"displayOrder":81,"explanation":82,"blanks":83,"payload":84},"01a0e1ab-db96-7d6f-9636-867defecdbbc","Sort these complete spoken short answers to questions with much or many. Assume each answer refers to the matching noun type.",3,"Not much and not many are natural complete short answers. Much and many alone are not normally used as whole answers, even when they match the noun type. For example: Do you have many relatives nearby? — A lot.",[],{"items":85,"categories":96},[86,89,91,94],{"text":87,"category":88},"Much.","Not normally a whole answer",{"text":90,"category":88},"Many.",{"text":92,"category":93},"Not much.","Natural whole answer",{"text":95,"category":93},"Not many.",[88,93],"\u002Fuploads\u002Fimages\u002Fgpimg_0fac6024-e391-424d-b7f2-d1f4c4e4f56e_hero.webp?v=1790492531",{"title":99,"slug":100,"language":101,"level":102},"Much \u002F many \u002F a lot of \u002F too many \u002F too much \u002F a little with nouns","much-many-with-nouns","en","A2"]