I need ____ days to finish this report.
- A. a few(correct answer)
- B. a little
- C. much
- D. a lot
Why: You can count days: a few. A little is for nouns you can't count, and a lot needs of.
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A Few, A Little, Few and Little Exercises with Answers
A few eggs or a little rice? Few or a few? Practise small amounts with countable and uncountable nouns, what happens when the a goes, and quite a few. A reason follows every answer.
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Sample questions with answers
There's ____ coffee in the pot. Do you want it?
- A. a few
- B. a little(correct answer)
- C. few
- D. many
Why: You can't count coffee, and the speaker is offering some. That is a little.
Hoa is new in town. She knows ____ people here, so she often feels lonely.
- A. a few
- B. few(correct answer)
- C. a little
- D. little
Why: She feels lonely, so she knows almost no people here. That is few, with no a.
Lessons on this topic
- A Few, A Little, Few and Little
A few with countable nouns, a little with uncountable nouns, why dropping the a turns the meaning into almost none, and quite a few.
