Red Level Quiz #12 – A Few / A Little | |
Part A. Directions: Fill in the blank with “a few” or “a litttle.” (20 points) 1. She has ___________ money in her purse. 2. There are ___________ people in the store. 3. Please get ___________ oranges when you go to the store. 4. I have ____________ fruit with me if you’re hungry. 5. They bought ____________ books at the bookstore. 6. There were quite ___________ children on the playground. 7. Here’s ____________ information about Mount Rushmore. 8. It took _____________ hours to drive to the campground. 9. I need ____________ bucks. Can you lend me some money? 10. All but _____________ of the guests got sick after the party. 11. ___________ patience is all we need to get through the day. 12. This sitution is _____________ embarassing. 13. Call me back in ____________ minutes. 14. The movie was good for ____________ laughs. 15. We can all use ___________ laughter. 16. This soup needs ____________ salt. 17. There were quite ____________ bees outside this morning. 18. I saw ____________ deer in the woods this morning. 19. Can you give me ____________ help? 20. How about __________ coffee? Do you want some? | Part B. Directions: Fill in the blank with “few” or “little.” Notice the meanings of these words are different from those in Part A. (20 pts) 1. My boss has __________ patience for employees who are late. 2. In high school she had very ____________ friends. 3. There are __________ good schools in that city. 4. We have ____________ time to waste. Let’s go now. 5. She feels very ___________ sympathy for the poor. 6. There are too ___________ buses at this time of the day. 7. __________ people showed up at the party. 8. This is too ___________, too late. 9. The houses here are __________ and far between. 10. Very __________ marriages last longer than 50 years. 11. ___________ effort went into the production and it showed. 12. There was so __________ competition in the race, he won easily. 13. There are very ___________ fish in this part of the lake. 14. They put very ____________ sugar in these cookies. 15. ___________ bacteria can survive these kinds of temperatures. 16. The students put too ___________ effort into their homework. 17. ____________ shopping malls are open on Christmas day. 18. I know this is ____________ comfort, but I’m sorry. 19. There are ____________ women with her qualifications. 20. He gets ___________ exercise, so he’s put on a lot of weight.
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