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He has littlemoney. > He doesn't have very muchmoney.

She had fewfriends. > She didn't have manyfriends.

a little / a bit

A little, a bit anda little bit are often used as adverbsincolloquial British English with little or no difference in meaning.Compare the following:

You're driving too fast. Could you please drive a little

(bit) more slowly?

It was a long journey and I was feeling a bit/ a little(bit) tired.

Bitcan also combine with ofbefore nounsto suggest a limitedamount of something. Compare the following:

Let me give you a bit of advice. Don't drive so fast inbuilt-up areas.

I'm not very hungry after the journey. I'll just have a bitof bread and cheese.

I've gota bit of a problem. The car has overheated, sowe'll have to wait for it to cool down.

If we use it with a determineror pronoun, littlecan also beused in this way:

Would you like to try a bit of this / a little of thisvery

sweet dessert?

I'd love a bit of your / a little of yourapple and walnutcake. It looks and smells delicious.


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fewer / less

Fewerand lessare the comparative forms of few andlittleand are used with countableand uncountablenouns,respectively. Compare the following:

I've got a little (bit of)money in the bank. Not verymuch. Lessthan I had last year.

The weather was awful and fewer childrentook part inthe procession this year.

too much / too many

Much andmanycan be used as an alternative to a lot of.Muchis used with singular nouns and manyis used with pluralnouns. They can be used without nouns if the meaning is clear.Tooexpresses the idea of more than enoughor more thannecessary. Compare the following:

There were many/ a lot ofpeople in the dining room,but there wasn't very much / a lot offood left on the

breakfast buffet tables.

I haven't eaten very much! ~ You've eaten far too

muchin my view. Much too much.

I had put too muchsalt in the soup and nobody ate it.

too or very

Make sure you can distinguish between too andvery. Learnersof English often confuse these two adverbs. Verymeansextremelyand toomeans more than is wanted. Tooisoften followed by adjective + infinitive clause. Compare thefollowing:

The maths problem was very difficult. It was too

difficult for me tosolve.

We arrived at the hotel very late - too late tohave

dinner there.

The lake wasvery muddy. It wastoo muddytoswimin.A pity! It was perfect weather for swimming. Not toohot.

as much / many as

We can use asmuch / many aswhen we are talking aboutquantity and want to compare things or people that are more orless equal. Muchand manycan be used in this way as

determinersor pronounsor as an adverbin the case of


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many. Compare the following:

Share prices were falling and she didn't have as much

moneyas she thought she had.

She won't be able to buy as many clothesthis year as

she bought last year.

The breakfast buffet at the hotel was great. You could

eat as much as you wanted.

Would you like some strawberries with your cereal? Take

as many asyou like.

I don't expect you to finish the report. Just do as much

asyou canthis evening.

You can criticisemy lifestyle as much asyou like. But

it's my life!


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AND NOW WORK OUT YOUR PIECE OF MI ND

COUNTABLE NOUNS UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

There are _______________ cars.

There arent _______________ buses.

We need _______________ subway lines.There should be _______________ cars.

There is _______________ traffic.

There isnt _______________ parking.

We need _______________ publictransportation.

There should be _______________

pollution.

1. There are _______________ police officers.

2. There should be _______________ cars in the city.

3. There is _______________ public transportation.

4. The government needs to build _______________ highways.

5. There should be _______________ noise.

6. .We should have _______________ public parking garages.

7. There is _______________ air pollution in the city.

8. There are _______________ cars on the streets.

Complete these statements with the correct missing words:

1. There ___ factory workers. We need to hire ten more workers by tomorrow.

too many

aren't enough

too much

fewer

more

2. There should be ___ factories in this town. It will definitely help decrease pollution.

fewer

too many

aren't enough


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too much

more

3. There is ___ industrial pollution. We need to do something urgently!

fewer

too many

more

aren't enough

too much

4. The government needs to encourage ___ environmentally friendly energy sources.

more

aren't enough

too much

fewer

too many

5. There should be ___ emissions. Traffic is a major concern!

too many

too much

aren't enough

fewer

more

6. We should have ___ alternative energy sources, so that we can protect our environment.

fewer

too many

too much

aren't enough

more


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7. There is ___ industrial waste dumped in the ocean. It's a big problem!

more

too much

too many

fewer

aren't enough

8. There are ___ old appliances left by the playground. It's a complete mess!

more

too many

aren't enough

too much

fewer

9. There is too much ___ pollution.

option

industrial

food

sugar

10. There are too many cars with too many ___.

pipes

rain

petrol

emissions

11. I want to ___ my energy so I can finish my work.

eat

conserve


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throw

jump

12. Can you give me any ___ ways to solve this problem?

drive

duck

solid

alternative

13. The government tries to ___ businesses to use clean energy.

hope

pull

start

encourage

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