fill in the blanks with few, fewer, fewest, little, less or least.
1She seemed the ............... concerned.
Wrong!
Use "least" after "the" to show the lowest degree of concern.
2She has got very ............... friends.
Wrong!
Use "few" with plural countable nouns such as "friends" to mean not many.
3She has got only ............... friends.
Wrong!
Use "a few" with plural countable nouns to mean a small number.
4............... students attended the class today than yesterday.
Wrong!
Use "Fewer" before a plural countable noun when comparing numbers.
5I now have ............... problems than I used to.
Wrong!
Use "fewer" with plural countable nouns in comparisons.
6"She is upset with you." "I couldn't care ..............."
Wrong!
The fixed expression is "less" in "I couldn't care less."
7He paid ............... attention to what I was saying.
Wrong!
Use "little" with the uncountable noun "attention" to mean hardly any.
8He finished the job with ............... difficulty.
Wrong!
Use "little" with the uncountable noun "difficulty" to mean not much.
9The task was ............... difficult than I thought.
Wrong!
Use "less" before an adjective in a comparison with "than."
10He was the ............... popular among them.
Wrong!
Use "least" after "the" to show the lowest degree in a group.
11She has ............... concern for name or fame.
Wrong!
Use "little" with the uncountable noun "concern" to mean not much.
12I know very ............... people in this town.
Wrong!
Use "few" with plural countable nouns such as "people" to mean not many.
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- She seemed the least concerned.
- She has got very few friends.
- She has got only a few friends.
- Fewer students attended the class today than yesterday.
- I now have fewer problems than I used to.
- “She is upset with you.” “I couldn’t care less“
- He paid little attention to what I was saying.
- He finished the job with little difficulty.
- The task was less difficult than I thought.
- He was the least popular among them.
- She has little concern for name or fame.
- I know very few people in this town.
