ALittle/A few. Use little or few when the amount is small and unsatisfactory—"an insufficient amount". Little water is left in my glass. (I want more.) Few people ever call me. (Poor me.) Use a little or a few when the amount is small but still satisfactory—"a sufficient amount". A little water is all I need.
littletranslations: pequeño, pequeño, sin importancia, poco, pequeño/ña [masculine-feminine, singular], muy poco/ca. Learn more in the Cambridge English-Spanish Dictionary.
fromEnglish Grammar Today ( A) little and ( a) few are quantifiers meaning 'some'. Little and few have negative meanings. We use them to mean 'not as much as may be expected or wished for'. Compare A little, a few with a noun We use a little with singular uncountable nouns. We use a few with plural countable nouns:
more most. Many/much (and few/little) are unusual determiners because they have comparative and superlative forms.The comparative form of many/much is more; and the superlative form of many/much is most.We can use more and most with countable and uncountable nouns.. Look at these example sentences: Many people use the Internet and more people join every year.
Discusssome of the more problematic quantifiers such as the difference between "a few" and "few", "a little" and "little". Discuss which quantifiers can be used in the question, positive and negative forms. Have students complete the multiple choice fill in dialogue in pairs or small groups. Correct worksheet as a class.many a few , very few, few. much, a little, very little, little. a lot of, lots of. a lot of. many. much. 6. Choose the correct words. 1- There are a few / a little active volcanoes in the world. 2- We have little / few knowledge about other galaxies. 136 views • 5 slidesIntermediateLevel - Intermediate English Grammar Tests category consists of tests with multiple choice questions. Before taking the tests here, be sure that your English level is intermediate or else study the previous levels. Try to solve all the tests one by one so that you can see whether you have completed intermediate English grammar 2 a little more cities 3) a little more of the city 4) more than a little city AFAIK 1,2,4 are wrong and 3 is correct. But my question is if there's an obvious reason of using "a little" in #3? Is "a few more of the city" wrong? Can both be correct? Let me try few words to see if little/few both can work!!dfp1LG.
