A Few/Few and A Little/Little An English-Zone.Com Quiz

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a few / few and a little / little

example:		meaning:
count nouns	a few I saw a few friends at the mall.	two or three (positive) I saw two or three friends at the mall.
count nouns	few He has few friends because he's so mean.	almost none (negative) He has almost no friends because he's so mean.
non count nouns	a little I have a little homework.	a small amount (positive) I have a small amount of homework.
non count nouns	little There is little pollution in that country.	almost none (negative) There is almost no pollution in that country.

1. 2.	Max: Do you have [ a few / few ] pieces of paper I can borrow? Lee: Sure. Here's [ a little / little ] paper for you.
3. 4.	Pat: I only have [ a little / little ] money for lunch. Let's go somewhere inexpensive. Jim: I can lend you [ a few / few ] dollars if you want.
5. 6.	Irene is really unfriendly. She has [ a few / few ] friends. She also has very [ a little / little ] patience with other people.
7. 8.	Pablo has many acquaintances, but he only has [ a few / few ] very close friends. He thinks that it's better to have [ a few / few ] close friends, than dozens of acquaintances.
9. 10.	Sara likes [ a little / little ] honey in her tea. Jan likes [ a few / few ] spoonfuls of sugar in hers.
11. 12.	Fran enjoys listening to [ a few / few / a little / little ] music when she gets home from school. She is thinking about buying [ a few / few / a little / little ] new CD's next week.
13. 14.	We got to the airport early because there was very [ a few / few / a little / little ] traffic at 3 am. Since we got there early, we had [ a few / few / a little / little ] time to catch a nap in the terminal.
15. 16.	Ben's pants are getting __________ too short for him. He's getting taller by the minute! I suppose we'll have to buy him __________ new pairs of pants this weekend.
17. 18.	Wait! I'm not finished yet. I need __________ more minutes. Can you give me __________ more time?
19. 20.	Dana: If you're hungry, I'd be happy to cook you __________ eggs. Tim: No thanks. I ate __________ fruit about 20 minutes ago.
21 22.	I stayed up too late last night; I got very __________ sleep. I wish I could sleep __________ longer.
23. 24.	Very __________ people are millionaires. I don't necessarily want to be a millionaire, but I'd like to have __________ more money in the bank.
25. 26.	Into every life, __________ rain must fall. May your joys be many and your troubles be __________.
27. 28.	Can I borrow your dictionary to look up __________ words? I always use a dictionary, so I make very __________ mistakes in spelling.
29. 30.	Tamara speaks very __________ Russian, but she knows __________ words.

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