HOW MUCH/HOW MANY

Countable and uncountable nouns

Countable nouns	Uncountable nouns
oranges, carrots, onions, pineapples, pears,  bananas, sweets, noodles, tomatoes, mushrooms,  grapes, strawberries, apples, eggs, snacks, potato   chips, vegetables, cakes, pounds	bread, lettuce, milk, cheese, rice, beef, oil, garlic, meat, salt, ice-cream, sugar, pork, food, water, chicken(meat), butter, soup, tea, coffee, money
Sometimes countable and sometimes uncountable
egg, ice-cream, lettuce, coke, chocolate, chicken,
Words used with countable nouns	Words used with uncountable nouns
many, a few, few(close to zero), fewer	much, a little, little(close to nothing), less
Words used with both countable and uncountable nouns
some, a lot of (=lots of) , plenty of, enough, any, more

How to count the uncountable nouns

When we want to count the uncountable nouns, you have to put a phrase in front of the word.

Examples:

a bar of  white chocolate,   3 bars of white chocolate

a bottle of milk / juice,   four bottles of milk / juice

A jar of coffee / jam, three jars of coffee / jam

a carton of milk / juice,   4 cartons of milk / juice

a bowl of ice,   a few bowls of rice