How much/how many...

Much or many? How much How many

Can you count these things?

boat

rhino

flower

sand

water

grape

sugar

Do they make sensible plurals?

boats

rhinos

flowers

sands

waters

grapes

sugars

If you can count it, use ‘many’

• Too many flowers

a...a....chooo!

If you can count it, use ‘many’

• I ate so many grapes that I felt sick.

If you can count it, use ‘many’

• How many boats can you see?

If you can’t count it, use ‘much’

• How much sand do you need?

If you can’t count it, use ‘much’

There is too much water on the floor!

Clean it up!

Much or many?

• For countable things, use many
• For non-countable things, use much

How _________ orange juice do you want?

much

many

How _________ cookies do you eat?

There are too _____ people in line.

many

He put so _____ salt in the soup that it tasted horrible.

much

The teacher gave us too _____ homework.

much

I saw _____ toucans in the tree.

many

Now try these

• How _______ homework do you have?
• How _______ sugar do you want in your tea?
• How _______ apples are there?
• How _______ teachers do you see?
• How _______ milk do you want?
• How _______ desks do you see?
• How _______ books are on the desk?
• How _______ work do you have?