How much / How many

📘 How much / How many

On utilise how much et how many pour poser une question sur une quantité. Le choix dépend du type de nom : dénombrable (C) ou indénombrable (U).

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HOW MANY

Avec les noms dénombrables (C), toujours suivi d'un nom au pluriel.

How many books have you got ?

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HOW MUCH

Avec les noms indénombrables (U), toujours suivi d'un nom au singulier.

How much water do you need ?

Pour répondre, on peut exprimer la quantité de différentes façons :

A LOT (OF)

Pour une grande quantité.

QUITE A LOT (OF)

Pour une quantité assez importante.

NOT MUCH / MANY

Pour une petite quantité.

NOT… ANY (NONE)

Pour une quantité nulle.

✏️ A. Complete with How much or How many

1. euro is the book ?

2. books did you read last month ?

3. old cars have your parents got ?

4. time do you need ?

5. money has Julia got ?

6. butter does she eat every week ?

📘 Quantifiers : much / many

Comme "how much" et "how many", much et many s'accordent avec le type de nom. On les utilise surtout dans les phrases négatives et interrogatives (comme "any").

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MANY

Avec les noms dénombrables (C), au pluriel.

Are there many Italians in your school ?

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MUCH

Avec les noms indénombrables (U), au singulier.

I haven't got much time.

✏️ B. Put in much or many

1. I haven't got time.

2. Do you know songs ?

3. Was there traffic on the road ?

4. I don't eat meat.

5. We don't have rain in summer.

6. She doesn't speak English.

7. Are there Italians in your school ?

8. Have you travelled in countries ?

9. Not tourists visit our town.

10. I don't buy clothes.

✏️ C. Write questions. Do you know the answers ?

Utilise "how many" ou "how much" pour former la question.

1. plays / Shakespeare / write

2. symphonies / Beethoven / write

3. kilometres / in a mile

4. states / in the USA

5. blood / in a person's body

6. air / we breathe / every minute

✏️ D. Circle the correct answer

1. Lots of people ___ computer.

have

has

2. There ___ lots of cinemas here.

are

3. Lots of snow ___ fallen today.

has

have

4. A lot of my friends ___ in London.

work

works

5. There ___ lots of food in the fridge.

are

6. A lot of things ___ to change.

need

needs

✏️ E. Put in a little or a few

1. I know English.

2. I'll be on holidays days.

3. Ann will be ready in minutes.

4. I'd like to ask you questions.

5. The soup needs more salt.

6. I speak words of Spanish.

7. Can you give me help ?

8. Could I have more coffee ?

9. I'm having trouble with the police.

10. I'm going away for weeks.

📘 Récapitulatif des quantifieurs

✅ Avec les noms C

Many
A few
Few
Several
A couple of
None of the

🚫 Avec les noms U

Not much
A little
Little
A bit of
No

🔁 Avec C et U

All the
Some
Most of the
Enough
A lot of
Lots of
Plenty of
A lack of