Cómo utilizar” How much” y “How many”
How much y How many únicamente se utilizan en la forma interrogativa, y las reglas son:
1.- How many…? lo empleas para preguntar zcerca de sustantivos contables.
- How many cups of coffee do you drink a day?
- How many pants did you buy in the last sale?
- How many apples are there in the fruit bowl?
- How many pictures did you take last summer?
Si observas bien, el sustantivo contable está siempre en plural: cups, pants, apples, pictures.
2.- How much…? lo empleas para preguntar acerca de sustantivos incontables.
- How much coffee do you drink in the morning?
- How much wine did France produce last year?
- How much electricity do they consume every month?
- How much work do you have?
Si observas bien, el sustantivo incontable siempre está en singular: coffee, wine, electricity, work.
Ahora que ya sabes cómo formular la pregunta, veremos como responder:
1.- How many…?
Puedes responder con una cantidad precisa: one, two, three, one hundred, million, etc.; de forma relativa: few (pocos), some (algunos), many (muchos), none (ninguno), a lot (muchos), etc.
- How many candies do you have in your pocket?
- Just a few!
- How many suitcases are you going to take in your next trip to Europe?
- I am going to take only one.
- How many bars of chocolate did you eat?
- Two of them.
- How many songs did Pink Floyd play in his last concert?
- Many of them, and the concert was awesome!
2.- How much…?
Las respuestas son relativas: some (algo), a lot (mucho), a little (un poco), none (nada), much (mucho), etc. También podemos responder con unidades de medida, peso, volumen, etc. para especificar la cantidad cuando se requiera.
- How much flour is there in the bowl?
- There is some flour in the bowl.
- How much time do you need to finish your work?
- Just a few more hours.
- How much money do you have?
- Not too much.
- How much milk is there in the fridge?
- There is a bottle/there is a litre…
- How much electricity do you need to make it work?
- I need 2,800 Watts.
Aquí algunos ejemplos más:
| How many…? | How much…? |
| songs | music |
| jobs | work |
| bottles | wine/milk/water |
| cups | coffee/tea |
| chairs | furniture |
| suitcases | luggage |
| batteries | electricity |
| tips | advice |
| dollars | money |
| views | scenery |
| carrots | vegetable |
| bananas | fruit |
| rings | jewelry |
| letters | |
| pants |
clothing
|
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