Fill in the blanks with few or little.
1There are only ............... mangoes on the tree.
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Use "a few" after "only" with the plural countable noun "mangoes."
2I have got very ............... money.
Wrong!
Use "little" with the uncountable noun "money" after "very."
3He has ............... patience.
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Use "little" with the uncountable noun "patience."
4I scored ............... points than my friend.
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Use "fewer" in comparisons with the plural countable noun "points."
5We traced him with ............... difficulty.
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Use "little" with the uncountable noun "difficulty."
6There is very ............... water in the pond.
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Use "little" with the uncountable noun "water" after "very."
7I can speak ............... French.
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Use "a little" for a small amount of ability with a language.
8I now have far ............... problems than I used to have.
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Use "fewer" in comparisons with the plural countable noun "problems."
9He has got very ............... friends.
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Use "few" with the plural countable noun "friends" after "very."
10It takes ............... time to get there by car than on foot.
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Use "less" in comparisons with the uncountable noun "time"; "than" shows that this is a comparison.
11We received ............... applications than we expected.
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Use "fewer" in comparisons with the plural countable noun "applications."
12He has ............... concern for me.
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Use "little" with the uncountable noun "concern."
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- There are only a few mangoes on the tree.
- I have got very little money.
- He has little patience.
- I scored fewer points than my friend.
- We traced him with little difficulty.
- There is very little water in the pond.
- I can speak a little French.
- I now have far fewer problems than I used to have.
- He has got very few friends.
- It takes less time to get there by car than on foot.
- We received fewer applications than we expected.
- He has little concern for me.