how much, how many

How many asks about things you can count. The noun after it is plural.

How much asks about things you can't count, like water, time or money. The noun after it has no -s.

Asking the price

How much also asks what something costs. You don't need the word money.

Word order

After how much or how many and the noun, use question order: do, does or be before the subject.

When the noun is the subject of the sentence, there's no do or does.

The answer can be a number or words like a lot, not many or not much.

Common mistakes

• × How many money have you got? → How much money have you got?
• × How much people are there? → How many people are there?
• × How many book do you have? → How many books do you have?
• × How much costs it? → How much does it cost? / How much is it?