Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate option:-

‘That coat is expensive, isn't it?’ ‘Yes, it costs _______ .’

too much money

The most appropriate option to fill in the blanks is too much money.

The sentence "That coat is expensive, isn't it? ‘Yes, it costs too much money .’" means that the coat is very expensive and that the speaker is not willing to pay that much for it. The other options are not appropriate because they do not convey the same meaning.

• The word "much" can be used to refer to a large quantity of something, but it does not have the same negative connotation as "too much".
• The word "too many" can be used to refer to a large number of something, but it does not make sense in the context of the sentence, as the coat is not a collection of many things.
• The word "a lot of" can be used to refer to a large quantity of something, but it does not have the same negative connotation as "too much".