文档介绍: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
a few
(肯)“有几个”
+
= some; several; a small number of
可数名词复数
little
(否)“没有多少” “几乎没有” (反:
much)
不可数
+
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
few 之前 不再有冠词。如:
等词所修饰时,表示肯定意义,
In the last few minutes, he checked up his paper again.
It took us some few days to repair 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
如:
来代替,
We haven’t got much money / time.
一、填空。
has _________ friends there.
lake is not near,so there ’ s ____ people going swimming there.
I like a _______ sugar in my tea.
There are a _______ students eating lunch now.
There are a _______ chocolates le