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Complete the sentences with either a few or few.
1. They're going to buy their son...........new pairs of trousers next weekend.
2. I've got...............minutes to talk to you
3. Yesterday i read................newspapers. I found some of the articles informative.
4. There are............interesting programmes in TV today. Let's go to the cinema.
5. He friend..........eggs for himself because he was hungry.
6. Samara has................strawberries. She can't make any jam.
7. Emil thinks his life isn't very interesting. He has............adventures.
Ответы
Сначала о главном, да о грамматике, без неё никуда.
(a) few – используется с исчисляемыми существительными: cats, dogs…
(a) little – соответственно с неисчисляемыми: milk, money…
Когда же использовать few/little, а когда a few/a little?
Здесь весь фокус в том, какой смысл мы вкладываем в предложение:
a few – немного, несколько, но есть// few – очень мало, почти нет.
a little - немного, но есть// little - очень мало, почти нет.
Возьмём первый пример:
1. Не has got a few friends – у него есть несколько друзей
1. Не has got few friends – у него почти нет друзей
Почувствовала разницу?
А дальше можно так:
2. I drink little coffee. I don’t like it.
3. We must hurry. We’ve got very little time.
4. There are very few scholarships for students in this university.
5. The Smiths have a little money. They aren’t rich.
6. The theatre was almost empty. There were very few people there. (a person-people=plural noun)
7. There was (a) little lemonade in the bottle. There were (a) few peaches in the basket.
8. I have little time, so I can’t go with you. (time – uncountable/ может быть исчисляемым в значении «сколько раз – how many times»)
9. There is little ink in my pen. Have you got any ink?
10. There are a few bears in the zoo.(хочется надеяться, что a few, а не few)
Комментарий: в выражения very little и very few артикль не используется, но если другими словами, то по значению very little = little,а very few = few.
Good Luck!