1 Complete the questions using much or many. 1 How people are there in the room?
2 How money do you have in your pocket?
3 How cigarettes do you smoke?
4 How petrol is there in the car!
5 How apples do you want?
6 How wine is there in the fridge?

2 Choose an answer for each question in exercise 1.
a A kilo.
b There are two bottles.
c Ten a day.
d Just fifty pence.
e Twenty. Nine men and eleven women.
f I’s full.

3 Correct the sentences.
1 How much apples do you want?
How many apples do you want?
2 I don’t like an ice-cream,
3 Can I have a bread, please?
4 I’m hungry, I like a sandwich.
5 I don’t have many milk left.
6 I’d like some fruits, please.
7 How many money do you have?
8 We have lot of homework today.

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1 How many people are there in the room?
- The word "people" is countable, so we use "how many" instead of "how much".

2 How much money do you have in your pocket?
- The word "money" is uncountable, so we use "how much" instead of "how many".

3 How many cigarettes do you smoke?
- The word "cigarettes" is countable, so we use "how many" instead of "how much".

4 How much petrol is there in the car!
- The word "petrol" is uncountable, so we use "how much" instead of "how many".

5 How many apples do you want?
- The word "apples" is countable, so we use "how many" instead of "how much".

6 How much wine is there in the fridge?
- The word "wine" is uncountable, so we use "how much" instead of "how many".

2 Choose an answer for each question in exercise 1.
- a A kilo.
- b There are two bottles.
- c Ten a day.
- d Just fifty pence.
- e Twenty. Nine men and eleven women.
- f It's full.

3 Correct the sentences.
1 How many apples do you want?
- "Apples" is countable, so we use "how many" instead of "how much".

2 I don't like ice cream.
- We don't use an article "an" before "ice cream".

3 Can I have some bread, please?
- We use "some" instead of "a" before uncountable nouns.

4 I'm hungry, I would like a sandwich.
- We use "a" before countable nouns, but "would like" in this sentence is more appropriate.

5 I don't have much milk left.
- "Milk" is uncountable, so we use "much" instead of "many".

6 I'd like some fruit, please.
- We use "some" instead of "a" before uncountable nouns.

7 How much money do you have?
- "Money" is uncountable, so we use "how much" instead of "how many".

8 We have a lot of homework today.
- The phrase "a lot of" is used before uncountable nouns or plural countable nouns.