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how many意为“多少”,用来询问可数名词的数量,后面跟可数名词的复数形式,常出现在“How many + 可数名词复数 + 助动词/情态动词 + 主语 + 动词原形 + ...?”结构中。例如:
How many books do you have? 你有多少本书?
How many cakes would you like to buy? 你想买多少个蛋糕?
它还出现在“How many + 可数名词复数 + are there + 介词短语?”结构中。例如:
How many hours are there in a day? 一天有多少个小时?
How many birds are there in the tree? 树上有多少只鸟?
how much的意思也是“多少”,但它后面跟不可数名词。它有两种用法。第一,用来询问不可数名词的数量,后面跟不可数名词。例如:
How much water is there in the bottle? 瓶子里有多少水?
How much bread do you usually have for breakfast? 你早餐通常吃多少面包?
第二,用来询问价格,意为“多少钱”。常出现在“How much + is/are + 主语?”结构中。当句子的主语含单数意义时,用is; 主语含复数意义时,用are。 例如:
How much is the watch? 这块手表多少钱?
How much are the pants? 这些裤子多少钱?
巩固练习:用how many或how much填空。
1._______birds can you see in the tree?
2.________orange juice is there in the bottle?
3.________ is the chicken? —Five yuan a kilo.
4.________classrooms are there in your school?
5.________are all these things?
—They are twenty yuan altogether.
Key: 1. How many2. How much3. How much
4. How many5. How much