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A. Complete these sentences with either a few or a little:
1. ____________ friends of ours are coming to dinner this evening. For dessert, I’m going to serve
____________ strawberries with ____________ cream on top.
2. I can’t give you a decision immediately. I’ve got ____________ things to do before I can look at the
project, and I’ll need ____________ time to think about it.
3. We could have ____________ wine with the cheese. I bought ____________ bottles the other day, so I’ll open one.
4. There are ____________ people in the class who would pass the exam if they were prepared to make____________ effort and do ____________ work at home.


B. Complete the sentences with either few or a few:
1. I’ve invited ____________ people to a party this evening. It should be a pleasant evening.
He invited a lot of people to the party, but ____________ came.

2. I hope this new job will give me ____________ opportunities to travel. I’d like to visit foreign countries.
He changed his job because the old one gave him ____________ opportunities to travel and he was bored, always working in the same office.

3. The party did badly in the elections. Very ____________ people voted for it.
The party did badly in the elections. Only ____________ people supported it.

4. ____________ writers have described the situation in the country accurately, and only ____________ of those really understand
the reason for it.

5. Very ____________ delegates at the conference filled in the questionnaire, so I’d be grateful for___________ suggestions from
the audience.

C. Complete the sentences with few, a few, little or a little:
1. There’s very ____________ work to be done here at weekends. We sometimes get ___________________
urgent messages to deal with, but in general the office is quiet.

2. ____________ people would put up with working conditions like that. He earns very ______________________
money, and gets _________________ satisfaction from it.

3. It’s a difficult process, and very ____________ operators learn it straightaway. You need___________
patience. When you’ve worked with the machine ____________ times, and gained____________ experience,
you won’t find it so hard.

4. ____________ climbers would have attempted to climb that mountain in winter. They knew they had
____________ chance of success, but with ____________ luck they would have reached the top. It’s sad that
the snowstorm forced them to turn back when they were only ____________ metres from the summit.

5. I was so cold that there was very ____________ feeling in my legs. I could move my feet ___________ , but when
I tried to take ____________ steps I almost fell down.

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