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How Much vs How Many Spanish Guide
1.
2. How many:
• It means cuantos/asin Spanish.
• How many goes with countables
verbs and verbs in plural.
• How many brothers or sisters have
you got?
-Sisters and brothers are
countable nouns and they are in
plural.
3. How much:
• It means cuanto/ a in Spanish.
• How much goes with incontables nouns
and it always goes with singular nouns.
• For example:
How much cheese is there?
-Cheese is incontable and it is in
singular.
4. Quantifiers:
• A lot (of): it uses with contables and
uncontables nouns, for a big quantity.
• Quite a lot (of): it uses with contables
and uncontables nouns too, for quite a
big quantity.
5. • Not__much: it uses with only with
uncontables nouns, for a small quantity.
• Not__many: it uses with only contables
nouns and plural nouns, for a small
quantity.
• Not__any: it uses for zero quantity, but
it can´t use in short answers.
6.
7. A
• Complete the sentences with how much or how many:
-_____people were at holidays?
-_____glasses of water do you drink a day?
-_____water do you drink a day?
-_____eggs do a chicken put?
-_____sugar do you need?
• Complete this sentences with a quantifier:
-There aren´t _____ cups on the table.
-I don´t eat _____ cheese.
-They do____ exercises, they are very lazy.
-The dog loves eating ____ biscuits.
-Manuel hasn´t got ____ glass.
-i don´t drink___water.
9. B
• Underline the correct word:
-I ate a lot / quite a lot of biscuits, i like them!
-How many / how much wine is there in a bottle?
-They don´t drink a lot of / many tea.
-We use how much / how many with countable nouns.
-We use how much / how many with uncontable nouns.
• Underline the quantifiers.
There are a lot of children in the school, they don´t want to
do many exercises. They drink quite a lot of water on a day,
they prefer the sugar drinks. But…how many exercises do
they do? They aren´t very lazy, they love the football and
the handball.
10. B1
-A lot of.
-How much.
-Many.
-How many.
-How much.
B2
-A lot of children.
-Don´t want to do
many.
-Quite a lot of
water.
-How many
exercises.
-They aren´t many
lazy.
Solutions: