This document discusses the differences between "how many" and "how much" in English. "How many" is used with countable nouns and plural verbs, while "how much" is used with uncountable nouns and singular verbs. It also discusses quantifiers like "a lot of", "quite a lot of", "not much", "not many", and "not any" and when each is used depending on whether the noun is countable or uncountable. Examples are provided to illustrate the differences. Readers are given exercises to practice using these terms correctly in sentences.

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.

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.

8. Solutions:
A1
-How many.
-How many.
-How much.
-How many.
-How much.
A2
-A lot of.
-Much.
-Quite a lot of.
-A lot of.
-Many.
-Any.

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: