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#few #a_few #little #a_little @fluencyinenglish @ieltsstrategies ❇️Little, a little, few, a few @fluencyinenglish @ieltsstrategies (A) little and (a) few are quantifiers meaning ‘some’. Little and few have negative meanings. We use them to mean ‘not as much as may be expected or wished for’. ✅Compare All she wanted was a few moments on her own. some, a small number She had few moments on her own. not many/almost none She saves a little money every month. some, a small amount They had little money to spend. not much/almost nothing A: Have you got any money? B: Yes, a little. some, a small amount A: Have you got any money? B: No, very little. not much/almost nothing @fluencyinenglish @ieltsstrategies A little, a few with a noun ❇️We use a little with singular uncountable nouns. We use a few with plural countable nouns: Mary said nothing, but she drank some tea and ate a little bread. We stayed a few days in Florence and visited the museums. @fluencyinenglish @ieltsstrategies Little, few with a noun ❇️We use little with uncountable nouns. We use few with plural countable nouns. They are used in formal contexts: I’m not very happy about it but I suppose I have little choice. Few cities anywhere in Europe can match the cultural richness of Berlin. [talking about a period of history] At that time few people travelled who didn’t have to. @fluencyinenglish @ieltsstrategies (A) little, (a) few without a noun ❇️We can use (a) little and (a) few as pronouns. We can use them to substitute for a noun when it is obvious from the context: After that, she began to tell them a little about her life in Scotland, particularly her life with the Rosenblooms. Don’t take all the strawberries. Just have a few. (Just have a few strawberries.) @fluencyinenglish @ieltsstrategies ❇️Little and few are not very common without a noun. We use them in formal contexts: Little is known about his upbringing and education. Few would be in favour of police officers carrying weapons. @fluencyinenglish @ieltsstrategies