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!
7. Write the words in the correct order to make questions.
2 Why is England so green?
3 Why do you drive so fast?
4. Why is Harriet crying?
5. Why did we get lost?
6. Why does Frank score a lot of goals?
7. Why do you and Jason enjoy camping?
8. Why did Penny and Tina arrive late at the concert?
9. Why is Cara always tired?
Look of exercise 7. Write answers. Use "because", a pronoun and the words from the box.
not leave home on time, go to bed late, go the wrong way,
be in a hurry, like being outside, be a good player, it rain a lot there, be sad
2 Because it rains a lot there.
3 Because I am always in a hurry.
4. Because she is sad.
5. Because we went the wrong way.
6. Because he is a good player.
7. Because we like being outside.
8. Because they did not leave home on time.
9. Because she goes to bed late.
