Few and little mean not many/much-- they are negative in connotation.

	Positive	Negative	Question
A lot of / lots of (Uncountable + Countable)	X
Much (Uncountable)		X	X
Many (Countable)		X	X

*Too much / too many in positive sentence.

There is too much traffic in this town. There are too many cars in this town.

( With Countable Nouns ) ( With Uncountable Nouns )

Few and little mean not many/much-- they are negative in connotation.

I am sad because I have few friends.
A few and a little mean some-- they are positive in connotation.

I just moved here, but I am happy because I have a few friends

Fill in “much” or “many” 1. How____________water?                 4. How_______bread?                 7. How________tea? 2. How____________boys?                    5. How________money?             8. How________girls? 3. How____________books?                 6. How______pencils?                 9. How_______glasses? 10. How ……… …. cheese?                       11: How ………salt?                     12. How ………. pears?

Fill in the blanks with “much”, “many” or “a lot of” 1- I haven´ t got__________friends.                    6- Are there__________children on the beach? 2- Susan hasn´ t got__________money              7- Have you got_________books in your bag? 3- There aren´ t___________cars in the street. 8- There are___________pencils in the pencilcase. 4- Are there___________apples in the basket? 9- We´ ve got__________exercises today.

Fill in the blanks with “a few”, “few”, “a little” or “ little” 1: I'm sorry, I can't pay for your lunch. I have ---- ---- money. 2: May I please have -------- more coffee? 3: I need to talk to you. Do you have ---- ---- minutes? 4: Greg is always busy; he has -------- free time. 5: Not many children like vegetables. For example, ---- children eat squash. 6: Let's go to the movies. I have ---- money 7: Joe is always angry. That's why he has ---- friends 8: 'How's your father? - -------- better, thanks. 10: This boy isn't very popular at school. He's got very -------- friends. 11: They live in a very small flat because they have -------- money. 12: I really need to see him. I've got   --------    questions to ask. .

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