5. As much as
• Much
• Uncountable nouns: much time, much effort, much energy.
• As much as I love Mel Gibson, this movie is just too
• violent for me.
•
• He drinks as much as three bottles of milk a day.
•
• The pizza company delivers over a wide area –
• over a radius of as much as ten miles in some
• places.
6. As many as
• Countable nouns: many books, many coins, many girls..
There weren’t as many people
there as I expected.
There were as many as 50 people
crowded into the tiny room.
7. As few as
• countable nouns for example few books, few pencils, few tickets...
The doctor will be in to talk to you in as few
minutes as is possible.
She had to move as few things as to make
room, but that wasn't too hard.
8. As little as
• uncountable for example little sugar, little rain, little water...
As little as 2 grammes of it is
enough to kill you.
9. Exercises
• 2 grammes of it is enough to kill you.
• I have water as juice for my party.
• There were 50 people crowded into the tiny room.
• Scientists have discovered a planet which weighs 2,500 times the
weight of Earth.
• Greg makes money as Mick but not as much as Neil
• There weren’t people there as I expected.
• The company hopes to export 500,000,000 pounds of rice next
year.
• Madison could spend $5,000 on one shopping trip.
As little as
As little
As little as
as much as
as much
as many
as much as
as much as
10. • Gertrude wants five children.
• Henry watches twenty-five television programs per week.
• My sister has pencils as her friend
• This bookshop has books about Spanish history
• I don't have paintings in my flat
• Carole never stops eating. She’ll gain fifty pounds this year if she
doesn’t change her habits.
as many as
as many as
as few
few
many
as much as