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Answer — Exercise 4

7.1 - Food for thought·New Total English Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book

Question

  1. Look at the quantifiers in bold in the Active grammar box and match them with the rules (A-C).
  2. Look again at the quantifiers in bold from the Active grammar box. Which group (a-c) does each quantifiers belong to?
  3. What is the difference between few / a few and little / a little in the sentences (1-4) below?

Answer

a)

  1. a large number of; many; a few
  2. a great deal of; a little; much; a piece of; a bit of

b)

  1. a large number of; a lot of; a great deal of; many; much; lots of
  2. a little; a few
  3. some; a bit of; a piece of; any

c)

  • few and little (without a) are used in a rather negative way, meaning not as many / much as you expected or wanted
  • a few and a little are used in a more positive way
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