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How Many vs. How Much
how many how much interrogative determiners
Now, let's see what we can learn about these two. Le time ask you something. How about you tell me their differences?
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What Is Their Main Difference?
Both of these phrases are used to ask about the quantity of something. However, we use 'how much' with uncountable
nouns. These nouns are always singular and they cannot be counted. 'How many', on the other hand, is when the noun we
are talking about is countable and has a plural form.
Differences
We mainly use 'how much' with uncountable nouns. These nouns are words that are always singular and they do not have
a plural form. Look at the examples below:
How much money is left?
How much sugar do you need for your tea?
We use 'how many' to show the quantity of a countable noun. These nouns have plural forms. Look at the following
examples:
How many books have you read so far?
How many plates do we need for tonight?

Activity 1 – Use “how many / how much” to complete the questions.

stars are there in the sky?

1. people live on islands?

2. birds are there?

3. water is in the ocean?

4. money is in a bank?

5. countries are there in the world?

6. bread is eaten per day?

7. bones are there in the human body?

8. sand is in the deserts?

9. information is on the internet?