Ya estudiamos el uso de la palabra "how" en su

significado "cmo".
Pero en ingls cuando "how" va acompaado de
palabras como "many, much, long, old" se convierte
en "cunto", as:

How much + noun = cunto.

How much sugar do you need? = Cunta azcar

necesitas?
How much flour do you put in the cake? =
Cunta harina pones en el pastel?
 How much+
uncountable
noun
In questions How much Puedes definir
we use how sugar do que un sustantivo
es contable
much to ask
we need? cuando:
about the Puedes formar su
amount of A kilo. plural: Cake =
cakes.
something Se pueden usar
How much is
and nmeros delante de
this? =
therefore, l: One cake.
Cunto es esto?
Se pueden usar
with artculos a/an
How much is the
uncountable delante de
milk?
nouns l: A cake.
Cunto cuesta
la leche?
 How many +
plural
countable
Puedes definir que
We use how noun un sustantivo es
How many incontable cuando:
many to ask No puedes formar su
about the boys are plural: Milks (no es
number of there in your correcto).
things and class? No se pueden usar
nmeros delante del
so, with Twenty. sustantivo: Two milks
plural (no es correcto).
How many eggs
No se puede usar
countable are there? =
a/an delante del
nouns Cuntos huevos sustantivo: A milk (no
hay? es correcto).
 To ask about a period of time.

How long does it take to get to London?

How long will the journey take? About two hours.
 To ask about the distance from one place
to another.

How far is your house from the library?

How far is it from Santander to Madrid?
 To ask about the number of times
something happen.

How often do you go to the cinema?

How often does your brother play tennis?
 To ask about someones age.

How old are you? 47 next birthday.

How old were you when you went to live in
Edimburgh? I was twelve.
 To ask about the degree of a quality that
someone or something has.

How tall / How good / How deep /

How hot / How wide / How long /
How well / How big / How high ?
 How tall is John? Very tall, nearly two metres.
How deep is the Mediterranean Sea?
How hot is the surface of the Sun?
How well do you know your Spanish History?
How wide does the Amazon river get?
How high is Mount Everest?
How fast can you run the 100 metres?