lunes, 26 de mayo de 2014

How many and how much

We useHow much with  uncountable nouns (nouns that you cannot count such as money, wine, oil etc)...You cannot make them plural . You can't say one money, or three oils.
We useHow many with  countable nouns (nouns that you can count such as books, countries etc). We can make these nouns plural. You also  use how many with a plural verb.
Countable nouns

Noun

A dog An apple
An apple
A car
A car
A car
An umbrella
An umbrella
An umbrella
An umbrella
A glass
A glass
A glass
A glass
A glass
A candle
A candle
A candle
A candle
A candle
A candle

Countable

A dog
You can count dogs.
An apple
You can count apples.
A car
You can count cars.
An umbrella
You can count umbrellas.
A glass
You can count glasses.
A candle
You can count candles.

Question

How many dogs are there? How many apples are there? How many cars are there? How many umbrellas are there? How many glasses are there? How many candles are there?

Answer

There's one dog. There are two apples. There are three cars. There are four umbrellas. There are five glasses. There are six candles.

Uncountable nouns do not take an article and do not have a plural form.
 

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