Fill in the blanks.
1We have got ............... time before the train leaves, so let's go and have a coffee.
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Use "a little" to mean a small but useful amount of time.
2When was the last time you saw him? ............... days ago.
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Use "A few" to mean a small number of days.
3Our guide spoke ............... English, so it was difficult to communicate with him.
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Use "little" to mean not much English, with a negative idea.
4I speak ............... Bengali, so I was able to talk to the local people when I visited Kolkata.
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Use "a little" to mean enough Bengali to help in the situation.
5I don't have many friends here, but I can depend on ............... I have.
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Use "the few" to refer to the small number of friends already mentioned.
6Don't make him angry. He has ............... patience.
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Use "little" with the uncountable noun "patience" to mean not much patience.
7We have met only once or twice. We ............... know each other.
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Use "hardly" to mean almost not in "We hardly know each other."
8I am not surprised that he didn't get the job. He ............... tried.
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Use "hardly" to mean that he almost did not try.
9She is not very friendly to me. She ............... speaks to me.
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Use "hardly" to mean that she almost never speaks to the speaker.
10The cat drank ............... milk I had.
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Use "the little" to mean all of the small amount of milk available.
11There are ............... public restrooms in this town.
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Use "few" with the plural countable noun "public restrooms" to mean not many.
12There are hardly any public restrooms in this town, and ............... that exist are not properly maintained.
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Use "the few" to refer to all of the small number of public restrooms that exist in the town.
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- We have got a little time before the train leaves, so let’s go and have a coffee.
- When was the last time you saw him? A few days ago.
- Our guide spoke little English, so it was difficult to communicate with him.
- I speak a little Bengali, so I was able to talk to the local people when I visited Kolkata.
- I don’t have many friends here, but I can depend on the few I have.
- Don’t make him angry. He has little patience.
- We have met only once or twice. We hardly know each other.
- I am not surprised that he didn’t get the job. He hardly tried.
- She is not very friendly to me. She hardly speaks to me.
- The cat drank the little milk I had.
- There are few public restrooms in this town.
- There are hardly any public restrooms in this town, and the few that exist are not properly maintained.