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How much ....? = uncountable nouns |
For example: How much coffee do you drink? |
How many ....? = countable nouns |
For example: How many cups of coffee do you drink? |
How do you countuncountable nouns? You can't, but you can measure them. You have to use ‘counters’ |
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Uncountable | Sugar | Jewellery | Cheese | Wine | Furniture | Money |Uncountable Question | How much sugar is there? | How much jewellery is there? | How much cheese is there? | How much wine is there? | How much furniture is there? | How much money is there? |
Answer |There's a lot of sugar. | There's some jewellery. | There's a lot of cheese. | There's some wine. | There's some furniture. | There's a lot of money. |
Add a word | bowl | piece | round | bottle| piece | bag |
Make it Countable | A bowl of sugar. | A piece of jewellery. | A round of cheese. | A bottle of wine. | A piece of furniture. | A bag of money. |
Countable Question | Howmany bowls of sugar are there? | How many pieces of jewellery are there? | How many rounds of cheese are there? | How many bottles of wine are there? | How many pieces of furniture are there? | Howmany bags of money are there? |
Answer | There's one bowl of sugar. | There are two pieces of jewellery. | There are three rounds of cheese. | There's only one bottle of wine. | There are twopieces of furniture. | There are four bags of money. |
Other words you can add to make uncountable nouns countable:-
You can put something into a container to count it, but the thing you're countingdoesn't take the plural form. The container takes the plural form:- |
bag | A bag of money. | |
barrel | Two barrels of beer. | |
bottle | Three bottles of wine. | |
bowl | Four bowlsof sugar. | |
box | Five boxes of cereal. | |
bucket | Six buckets of water. | |
can | Seven cans of Coke. | |
carton | Eight cartons of milk. | |
cup | Nine cups of coffee. | |...