Questions with how much? and how many?

1 We use how many with countable plural nouns.

How many bags/apples/books have you got?
How many books does Kenneth read each week?

2 We use how much with uncountable nouns.

How much money/honey do you have?
How much tea/juice/ do you drink each week?

3 How much/how many/ and there is/there are:

We use there are with countable plural nouns.
We use there is with uncountable nouns.
How many people are there in the UK?
There are about sixty million.

How much money is there in my wallet?

There’s not much, only £1.17.

Note: We use how much to ask about prices.

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