Very, Many, and Too

These three words are easy to confuse. They intensify the amount or quality of something.

VERY

We use "very" to intensify adjectives. An adjective describes a noun. A red ball. A tall man. A sad boy.

• There is a very happy child.
  

MANY

We use "many" to intensify nouns. A noun is a person, place, or thing. A red ball. A tall man. A sad boy.

• There are many happy children.
  

You can even say: "There are many very happy children."

TOO

We use "too" instead of very or many when we don't like something. (It has a negative connotation.)

• There are too many cars on the road.
  
• I am too tired to go out tonight.
  

Practice

The box will turn green when you fill in the correct word.

1. There are many people on this bus. :(
2. There are children at the park today. :)
3. That man is kind. :)
4. She is talkative. :(
5. She is talkative. :)