How many pencils do you have? 你有多少支铅笔?
(1)how many是“多少,几个”的意思。how many用来修饰可数名词的复数,它的句式是:How many + 复数名词 + 一般疑问句+?
(2)how many的用法:
对there be句型中主语的数量如:some, five, only one等提问时,如果主语是可数名词,不管主语是单数还是复数一般都用复数形式提问,因为问话人不知道具体的数量是多少,而且many只能接可数名词复数形式,所以be一定要用are,即用“how many + 可数名词复数 + are there + 地点/时间状语?”的句型结构。
e.g. There is a book on the desk.(用how many改为特殊疑问句)
How many books are there on the desk?
There are seven days in a week.(对划线部分进行提问)
How many days are there in a week?
(3)记忆口诀
how many在句首,名词复数跟着走,一般问句紧相随,其它成分不要丢。