Question

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate word.
How _______ have you been to Germany?
A. Much time
B. Long for
C. Many times
D. Long ago for

Answer 1

Hint: How is generally used to calculate the quantity of any object or thing or how much an object weighs or costs.
Example 1- “How many chocolates do you have?” asked Snita.
Example 2- How much does this purse cost for?
                     How much do you weigh?
Moreover, ‘been to Germany’ shows or points out the visiting of Germany by the second person and here, it indicates the number of times the person has been to Germany.

Complete answer:
-Option A- much is not paired with time
 We don’t use much to calculate the time period of anything. Much time here indicates for what period of time the person had been to Germany, so it is grammatically incorrect.
-Option B-long for- this indicates from what to what period of time the person had been to Germany. The time interval for being to Germany is indicated here.
-Option C- many times- is grammatically correct because here how indicates the number of times the person has been to Germany.
-Option D-long ago for- is grammatically wrong because it indicates that the person had been to Germany before for a long period of time.

Hence the correct answer is option ‘C’.

Note:How is used as a question to know the whereabouts of a person like we say to someone How are you?, How was your day?, How will it work ? and so on.
When we use been to, it indicates the number of times the person has travelled.
How is used as a question in direct speeches.