MUCH + uncountable noun (question)

In the English Grammar Profile, B1 point 40 in the category of DETERMINERS/quantity is defined as:

‘much’ with uncountable nouns in interrogative contexts.


A search in iWeb corpus for:

much _NN1 ?

1 MUCH MONEY ? 942

2 MUCH FUN ? 462
3 MUCH WATER ? 400
4 MUCH DIFFERENCE ? 352
5 MUCH POWER ? 289
6 MUCH TROUBLE ? 282
7 MUCH INFORMATION ? 220
8 MUCH ATTENTION ? 216
9 MUCH WORK ? 205
10 MUCH WEIGHT ? 155
11 MUCH STUFF ? 146
12 MUCH PAIN ? 134
13 MUCH SPACE ? 133
14 MUCH EFFORT ? 125
15 MUCH SUGAR ? 109
16 MUCH DAMAGE ? 104
17 MUCH DETAIL ? 101
18 MUCH PROTEIN ? 101
19 MUCH OIL ? 100
20 MUCH PRESSURE ? 99
21 MUCH ENERGY ? 97
22 MUCH NOISE ? 92
23 MUCH RIGHT ? 92
24 MUCH DEBT ? 86
25 MUCH SALT ? 81
26 MUCH FOOD ? 75
27 MUCH LIGHT ? 69
28 MUCH CAFFEINE ? 67
29 MUCH SENSE ? 62
30 MUCH CASH ? 61
31 MUCH FAT ? 60


32 MUCH TRAFFIC? 60

Why is there so much traffic?

 


33 MUCH ALCOHOL ? 59
34 MUCH HASSLE ? 58
35 MUCH SUCCESS ? 56
36 MUCH SUN ? 56
37 MUCH MEMORY ? 55
38 MUCH HEAT ? 51
39 MUCH LOVE ? 50
40 MUCH HAIR ? 45
41 MUCH STRESS ? 45
42 MUCH HATE ? 44
43 MUCH EXERCISE ? 44
44 MUCH AIR ? 44
45 MUCH CHOICE ? 43
46 MUCH INTEREST ? 41
47 MUCH COMPETITION ? 39
48 MUCH COFFEE ? 39
49 MUCH SNOW ? 37
50 MUCH RISK ? 35
51 MUCH SLEEP ? 35
52 MUCH RAM ? 34
53 MUCH TV ? 34
54 MUCH ROOM ? 33
55 MUCH INFO ? 32
56 MUCH BLOOD ? 32
57 MUCH CREDIT ? 32
58 MUCH FORCE ? 32
59 MUCH FLOUR ? 31
60 MUCH MEAT ? 31
61 MUCH CONTENT ? 30
62 MUCH GOLD ? 30
63 MUCH MILK ? 30
64 MUCH SUFFERING ? 30
65 MUCH VALUE ? 30
66 MUCH DIFFICULTY ? 28
67 MUCH CONTROVERSY ? 27
68 MUCH HARM ? 27
69 MUCH MOISTURE ? 27
70 MUCH SEX ? 26
71 MUCH LIQUID ? 25
72 MUCH RAIN ? 25
73 MUCH HYPE ? 24
74 MUCH FUEL ? 24
75 MUCH CHOCOLATE ? 24
76 MUCH BUTTER ? 23
77 MUCH EMAIL ? 23
78 MUCH GAS ? 23
79 MUCH FREEDOM ? 23
80 MUCH EXPERIENCE ? 22
81 MUCH EXCITEMENT ? 22
82 MUCH CHANGE ? 22
83 MUCH CONTROL ? 22
84 MUCH CPU ? 22
85 MUCH RESPONSIBILITY ? 22
86 MUCH TAX ? 22
87 MUCH THOUGHT ? 22
88 MUCH GRIEF ? 21
89 MUCH HOMEWORK ? 21
90 MUCH JOY ? 21
91 MUCH MUSCLE ? 21
92 MUCH CANDY ? 20
93 MUCH FIBER ? 20
94 MUCH EMOTION ? 19
95 MUCH MATERIAL ? 19
96 MUCH TALENT ? 19
97 MUCH VIOLENCE ? 19
98 MUCH CONFUSION ? 18
99 MUCH CRAP ? 18
100 MUCH STORAGE ? 18


A2 Vocabulary:

air, alcohol, blood, cash, competition, detail, difference, exercise,

gas, gold, hate, information, memory, oil, pain, space, traffic

B1:

attention, choice, control, credit, damage, difficulty, effort, energy, excitement, experience, flour, fuel,

heat, interest, liquid, material, power, sense, sex, stress, stuff, success, talent, tax, trouble, value, weight

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