Fill in the gaps and use the correct form of the words. whisper, relieve, confuse, cut power, stormy

She felt when we found out that she went to the men’s dressing room.

My dog ran away in during our morning walk. I felt so when I saw him near my door two hours later.

“Please be quiet, the baby is finally asleep,” mom .

Oh no. I lost all my files. It was a , so my computer switched off.

Look at the window. It’s getting . I’m going to stay here.

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!

1. We did not imagine yesterday the meeting would take so long.
2. I am afraid my friend is still in hospital.
3. He has not finished medical training. He is twenty-five.
4. Some days ago I was going through my wardrobe and picked out all the clothes which were small for me.
5. She picked the magazine from the floor where it had fallen.
6. Have you already seen this play? - We saw it last Friday. It was a bit boring at first but it picked up later on.
7. Now scientists are predicting that by the year 2025 the population will have risen to eight billion and by the year 2050 it will have reached ten billion.