Much or many How much How many Can

Much or many? How much How many

Can you count these things? boat rhino flower sand water sugar grape

Do they make sensible plurals? boats rhinos flowers sands waters sugars grapes

If you can count it, is countable and we use MANY (MUCH@S) • Too many flowers a. . . . chooo! • I ate so many grapes that I am sick.

If it´s countable we use the question HOW MANY? ¿Cuánt@s? • How many boats can you see?

If you can NOT count it, it’s uncountable and we use MUCH (Much@) There is too much water on the floor! Clean it up!

If you can NOT count it, we use the question HOW MUCH (Cuánt@) • How much sand do you need?

Much or many? • For countable things, use many • For non-countable things, use much

much How _____ orange juice do you want?

many How _____ cookies do you eat?

There are too many _____ people in line.

He put so much salt in _____ the soup that it tasted horrible.

The teacher gave us too much _____ homework.

I saw _____ many in toucans the tree.

Now try these 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. much homework do you have? How _______ much sugar do you want in your tea? How _______ many apples are there? How _______ many teachers do you see? How _______ much milk do you want? How _______ many desks do you see? How _______ many books are on the desk? How _______ much work do you have?