1、Few、a few 、little 、a little 的区别
虽然都表示“少”,但它们有着很大的区别:
few(否)“几乎没有”“有几个”= not many; hardly any
可数 +可数名词复数
a few(肯)“有几个”= some; several; a small number of
little(否)“没有多少”“几乎没有”(反:much)
不可数
2、 +不可数名词单数
a little(肯)“有点儿”(反:none)
注:(1)not a few = no few = quite a few = a good few = many
(2)当 few受 every, last, past, next, some, very等词所修饰时,表示肯定意义,few之前 不再有冠词。如:
In the last few minutes, he checked up his paper again.
It took us some few days to r
3、epair the machine.
They are very few in number.
There were too few of them.
He goes to see his grandma every few weeks.
(3)在非正式英语中,一般很少用little,常用not much, only a little来代替,如:
We haven’t got much money / time.
一、填空。
1. He has _________ friends there.
2. The lake is not near,so
4、there’s ____ people going swimming there.
3. I like a _______ sugar in my tea.
4. There are a _______ students eating lunch now.
5. There are a _______ chocolates left in the box.
6. I usually only eat a _______ at lunch time.
7. There are only a _______ ships left .
8. A _______ pe
5、ople were waiting for the bus.
9. Can I have a _______ jam on my bread, please?
10. Very _______ children like getting up a 5 o'clock in the morning.
11. I've only got a _______ money left to spend at the shop.
12. I've only got a _______ money in my bag
13. You have to hurry to school, there’s _______ time left.
14. He wanted to drink __________ orange juice