Study Guide 4A
Teacher Julio César Cháirez
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Table of How much / How many
Contents
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There is there are
Likes and dislikes
How much / How much y how many son dos
How many construcciones interrogativas que sirven
para preguntar sobre una cantidad de
elementos: cuánto, cuánta, cuántos, cuántas.
How much se utiliza en los casos en los que
tenemos un nombre incontable. En español
podría traducirse como cuánto, cuánta.
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Examples
How many days do you have to wait for your package ?
How much time do you have to wait for your package?
How much milk does he drink every day?
How many glasses of milk does he drink every day?
Do you know how much sal they use for the soup?
Do you know how many table spoons of salt they use for
the soup?
***Notice how we use much or many depending if the thing is
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Common Mistakes
Some are:
Using “much” for countable things. How much
jackets do you have?/How many jackets do you
have?
Using “many” for uncountable things. How many
money does it cost?/How much money does it
cost?
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There is/There are
Affirmative.
We use there is to say that something exists or is in a place.
We use there is for singular nouns and there are for plural nouns.
When we are speaking informally and make a list of things, we often use
there is or there's instead of there are.
Negative
For negatives, we use there isn't or there's not (= there is not) for singular an
there aren't (= there are not) for plural.
We often use there isn't a + singular noun, there isn't any + uncountable nou
and there aren't any + plural noun.
Questions
For questions, we say Is there for singular nouns and uncountable nouns
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and
Are there for plural nouns.
Affirmative
There is a bridge in the park.
Examples There is a restaurant in the station.
There are two cafés in the shopping centre.
Negative
There isn't a pharmacy near the hotel.
There aren't any restaurants near the hotel.
There isn't a café near here.
There aren't any toilets in the park.
Questions
Is there a café near here? Yes, there is. / No, there isn't.
Is there any milk in the fridge? Yes there is. / No, there isn't.
Are there any toilets in the park? Yes, there are. / No, there
aren't.
Common Mistakes
Some are:
Using “There is” with plurals. There is a lot of apples on the
table/There are a lot of apples on the table.
Using “There are” with singular thigns. There are a cellphone on the
table/There is a cellphone on the table.
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Likes and dislikes
We use so, either, neither and too to demonstrate a similarity with
what has just been said.
So and too express positive similarities and neither and not..
either express a negative similarity.
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Likes and dislikes
So
We use so to express positive similarity in conversations. It is normally in
response to what someone else has said and we use the auxiliary verb
from the sentence we are responding to in our answer.
A: I am from the UK. B: So am I!
A: I like pizza. B: So do I!
Too
We can use too in the same way as we do so to show similarity, but the
structure changes. With too we have a simple option, a short option and a
long option.
A: I can speak five languages. B: Me too!
A: I lived in Germany for two years. B: I lived in Germany for two years
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too!
Likes and dislikes
Neither
In simple answers, we use neither in the same way as we use too. The structure is the
object pronoun plus neither.
A: I didn’t go to Spain on holiday. B: Me neither!
We can also use neither in the same way as we use so. The structure is neither +
auxiliary verb + subject.
A: I have never been to Argentina. B: Neither have I!
Either
In short answers with the auxiliary verb, there is an important change. We use the
negative form (not), and we do not put the ’n’ at the front of either.
A: I didn’t go to Spain on holiday. B: I didn’t either!
In the full sentence form, the rule is the same as too, we just need to add either at the
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A: I didn’t go to Spain on holiday. B: I didn’t go to Spain on holiday either!
Common Mistakes
Some are:
Using too with negative sentences. I don't like coffee too. (or Me
too. after a negative)
.Using either with positive sentences A: I love pizza. B: I love pizza
either. / A: I love pizza too. B: So do I. Me too.
Double negatives with neither. A: I didn't see the movie. B: Neither
didn't I. / Neither I didn't. // Neither did I. I didn't either.
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The End
T H A N K YO U!
Teacher César
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