Fundamentals Of English Grammar

11-5 Using several, a lot of, manylmuch, and afowla little

FE WlA LITTLE I

I COUNT I NONCOUNT I I

0 I Several is used only with count nouns. I

EXERCISE 11. SEVERAL, A LOT OF, and MANYJMUCH. (Charts 11-1 + 1 1-5)

Directions: Correct the mistakes. Some sentences contain no errors. One sentence

contains a spelling error.

@) a lot of chairs

(c) many chairs

(d) a feu, chairs

SOW

1. Jack bought +eved furniture.


2. He bought several chairs. Ok (no change)

a lot of furniture

much furniture

a little furniture

3. Ted bought a lot of chairs.


4. Sue bought a lot of furniture, too.

A lot of is used with both count and noncounr nouns.

Many is used with count nouns.

Much is used with noncount nouns.

A fi is used with count nouns.

A little is used with noncount nouns.

5. Alice bought too much furniture.


6. She bought too much chairs.


7. Dr. Lee bought a few furniture for his new office.


8. He bought a few chairs.


9. He has several new furnitures in his office.


10. He has several new chairs in his office.


11. There is dot of desk in this room.


12. There are a lot of furnitures in Dr. Lee's office.