How many or how much

Learn first about count and non-count nouns.

• How many = for count nouns.
• How much = for non- count nouns.

How many apples do you have?
wrong: How much apples do you have?

• Many asks for numbers.
• Much asks for size, weight, volume, etc.

More Examples:

How many gifts did you receive this Christmas?
How many girls are there in the classroom?
How much water should I drink everyday?
How much sugar should I add?
How much flour is needed for the cake?

“How many” for non-count nouns

• We can also say how many for water, milk, butter etc.
• Just add glasses of, cups of, teaspoon, scoops etc.

How many glasses of water should I drink everyday?
How many scoops of ice-cream should I add to the smoothie?
How many cups of flour?

“How much glasses of water” is wrong.

Pattern:

• How many + Count N
• How much + Non C.
• How many + glasses of + Non C.

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Count and Non-count Nouns

Count vs. Non Count Nouns

Count nouns are of course, those that you can count.
You can attach a number before it.

Example:
8 apples
5 dogs
1 bicycle
19 pens

Non-count nouns cannot be counted.
You can’t place a number before it.
You can’t say 8 milk, 5 water, 2 sugar.

But we can say:

8 glasses of milk
5 gallons of water
2 cups of sugar

Usually liquids, melting solids, grains and powdered things are non-count.

More non-count noun examples:

a dish of ice-cream
a scoop of ice-cream
a cup of flour
3 bottle of ketchup
9 packs of tomato sauce
a slice of cheese
a slice of butter

How much or how many
A few or a little

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