BY: C A R M E N B A Z U RT O

HOW MUCH /HOW MANY

•Countable nouns are nouns (things) we can count.

E.g. flowers, tomatoes, etc.

We usea/an before a noun we can count.e.g. a potato, an orange. (It means one potato, one orange.)

How

man

y?

•Uncountable nouns are nouns (things) we cannot count.

E.g. sugar, rice, etc.

We use some before a noun we cannot count.

E.g. some sugar, some cheese.

How

mu

ch

?

CIRCLE THE FOOD THAT WE COUNT

• Coffee• Bread• Pizza• Cheese• Tomato• Rice• Orange• Potato• Cake• Sandwich• Tea• Chocolate

TIP! 

•We use MANY with the plural form of the verb “To Be” (“are”)!

•We use MUCH with the singular form of the verb “To Be” (“is”)!

LOOK AT THE ANSWER. FINISH THE QUESTION.

• E.g. How much sugar do you need?-Half a kilo.• How ………. oranges are there? (There are twenty

oranges.)• How ……….………. do we need? (We don’t need any

sugar.)• How ………. potatoes did you buy? (Two kilograms.)• How ………. rice is there? (Not much.)• How ………. apples are there in your basket?

(Seven.)• How ………. bread do you eat? (Oh, I eat a lot of

bread.)

UNDERLINE THE CORRECT WORD.

• E. g. I don’t have many/ much apples.• We don’t have that many/ much potatoes.• Yesterday I bought so many/ much sugar.• How many/ much tomatoes are there in the

basket?• How many/ much rice did you buy?• There is too many/ much coffee in the cup.• How many/ much water do you drink every day?• Are there many/ much bananas?• There isn’t many/ much tea.