USE OF HOW MANY AND MUCH

USE OF HOW MANY AND MUCH

 

 

The use of 'much' and 'many' depends on whether a word is countable or uncountable. 'Much' is used with a singular verb for uncountable objects. 'Many' is used with countable objects with a plural verb conjugation. Complete the questions using much or many

Principio del formulario

• How much money do you have?
• How many people live in your city?
• How many does that book cost?
• How much rice is there?
• How many apples are there in the basket?
• How much petrol do we need?
• How many children are in the class?
• How many teachers do you have?

Final del formulario

Look at these rules

• We use "How many" for questions using countable or plural objects Example: How many books do you have?
• We use "How much" for questions using a non-countable or singular object Example: How much juice is left?
• We use "How much" for questions asking about ONE object Example: How much does the book cost?
• Most plurals are formed by adding "-s" to the noun or object Example: book -s = books. Some of the more important exceptions include: man - men, child - children, person - people, woman - women