羅賢龍
how many意為“多少”,用來詢問可數(shù)名詞的數(shù)量,后面跟可數(shù)名詞的復(fù)數(shù)形式,常出現(xiàn)在“How many + 可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù) + 助動詞/情態(tài)動詞 + 主語 + 動詞原形 + ...?”結(jié)構(gòu)中。例如:
How many books do you have? 你有多少本書?
How many cakes would you like to buy? 你想買多少個蛋糕?
它還出現(xiàn)在“How many + 可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù) + are there + 介詞短語?”結(jié)構(gòu)中。例如:
How many hours are there in a day? 一天有多少個小時?
How many birds are there in the tree? 樹上有多少只鳥?
how much的意思也是“多少”,但它后面跟不可數(shù)名詞。它有兩種用法。第一,用來詢問不可數(shù)名詞的數(shù)量,后面跟不可數(shù)名詞。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,用來詢問價格,意為“多少錢”。常出現(xiàn)在“How much + is/are + 主語?”結(jié)構(gòu)中。當(dāng)句子的主語含單數(shù)意義時,用is; 主語含復(fù)數(shù)意義時,用are。 例如:
How much is the watch? 這塊手表多少錢?
How much are the pants? 這些褲子多少錢?
鞏固練習(xí):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