1) That is the most incredible story I have ever heard
2) It is not always the brightest students who do well in tests
3) Terylene shirts are harder-wearing, but cotton shirts are much more comfortable.
4) Which is deeper, Lake Michigan or Lake Superior?
5) She is much more self-confident than she used to be.
6) The tallest man among the guests is a basketball player.
7) I like both of them, but I think Kate is easier to talk to.
8) Most people are better-off than their parents were.
9) She has a lot to be thankful for - the saddest thing of all is hat she does not realize it.
10) I want to buy a car - the most powerful one you have.
11) You look a lot better than you did last time I saw you.
12) There is nothing more irritating than locking yourself out of your own house.
13) Both roads lead to the city center, but the left-hand one is probably a bit shorter and more direct.
14) As I get older, I notice that the policemen seem to be getting younger!
15) The boys in our school are much better-looking/more good-looking and a lot better at football than the boys in other schools in the town.
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!
