MUCH + uncountable noun (question) – English Grammar Profiler

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