Objetivo: emplear las expresiones «How much and How many» para hacer preguntas

relacionadas con cantidades, incorporando cantidades relacionadas con su entorno y su

vida diaria.
 Let’s review: How much and how many?
¿Cómo preguntamos “cuánto vino bebió”? O “¿Cuántas manzanas Pedro se comió?”

How much wine did you drink? How many apples did Pedro eat?

Recuerda que vino es un sustantivo no Recuerda que manzanas es un sustantivo

contable por ende debemos utilizar la contable por ende debemos utilizar la
expresión “how much”. expresión “how many”.

Cuando preguntamos por sustantivos no Cuando vamos a preguntar por sustantivos

contables, utilizamos la estructura: how contables empleamos: how many, que se
much, que se traduce = Cuánto – cuánta traduce = Cuántos – cuántas

Ejemplo: Ejemplo:
¿Cuánta agua bebes? ¿Cuántos libros tiene Pedro?
How much water do you drink? How many books does Pedro have?

¿Cuánto arroz compró Antonio? ¿Cuántas botellas de jugo hay en la nevera?

How much rice did Antonio buy? How many bottles of juice are there in the fridge?

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 Let’s review: How much and how many?
Tanto how much como how many How much/many + sustantivo + auxiliar + Sujeto + Verbo + Complemento
usualmente están acompañados por el Según el tiempo en infinitivo
sustantivo por el cual se pregunta, por
ejemplo:

¿Cuánto dinero tiene usted?

How much money do you have?

¿Cuántos patos están en el lago?

How many ducks are in the lake?

Cuando se involucra la expresión “hay”,

ésta se debe utilizar teniendo en cuenta
que son preguntas con there + be, así:

How much soda is there in the fridge?

How many tomatoes are there in the fridge?

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 How much and how many? + there be
Las respuestas a estas preguntas son sencillas, empleando las alternativas
vistas anteriormente para acompañar a los sustantivos, ya sean contables o no
contables.

How much soda is there in the fridge? How much bread is there in the fridge?
There is a bottle of soda. There is a loaf of bread in the fridge.
There is some soda in the fridge. There is some bread in the fridge.

How many tomatoes are there? How many eggs are there in the fridge?
There are three tomatoes. There are four good eggs in the fridge.
There are some tomatoes. There are some eggs in the fridge.

Subject – verb agreement:

Recuerde que con los sustantivos no contables debemos utilizar el verbo to be “is”; mientras que
con los sustantivos contables o expresiones de cantidad (bottle of / pieces of / slices of, etc) puede
utilizar “is” para singular y “are” plural.

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 Let’s practice
Look at the picture and answer the questions or create the questions. Observe la imagen y conteste las preguntas o
cree las oraciones.
1. How many girls are there?

2. How many boys are there?

3. How much water is there?

4. How many cars are there?

5. How much painting is there?

6. There are eight men.

7. There is some cheese.

8. There is one police officer.

9. There are two balloons.

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 Answer key
Look at the picture and answer the questions or create the questions. Observe la imagen y conteste las preguntas o
cree las oraciones.
1. How many girls are there? There are two girls.

2. How many boys are there? There are five boys.

3. How much water is there? There is some water.

4. How many cars are there? There are two cars.

5. How much painting is there? There is a little painting.

6. How many men are there? There are eight men.

7. How much cheese is there? There is some cheese.

8. How many police officers are there? There is one police officer.

9. How many balloons are there? There are two balloons.

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Autor de la metodología: Francisco González Cifuentes
Supervisión académica: Mayra Teresa Hurtado Mendoza
Diseño y adaptación: Diana Paola Pérez Muñoz
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