说说how many和how much

2008-11-25 10:48罗贤龙
中学英语园地·教研版 2008年10期
关键词:助动词复数介词

罗贤龙

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

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