"A LITTLE AND A FEW"

WORK PRESENTED BY :

MARIA CAMILA PINTO CALDERON

NATALIA ANDREA DUSSAN PEREZ
AURA CRISTINA RAMIREZ FARFAN

JOB PRESENTED TO:

GERMAN MAURICIO BERMDEZ TRUJILLO

1 SEMESTER
UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION MARIA CANO
NEIVA-HUILA
2017
A Little A Few
 A LITTLE A FEW

(A)LITTLEAND (A)FEWARE QUANTIFIERS MEANING

SOME.LITTLEANDFEWHAVE NEGATIVE MEANINGS. WE USE THEM TO MEAN
NOT AS MUCH AS MAY BE EXPECTED OR WISHED FOR.
 A LITTLE

WITH "LITTLE" (FEW OR FEW) ARE REFERRED TO SINGULAR NOUNS AND CAN
NOT BE COUNTED AS QUANTITIES
LITTLE LIGHT (POCA LUZ) LITTLE WORK (POCO
TRABAJO)

LITTLE GAS (POCO GAS) LITTLE INK (POCO TINTA)

LITTLE SUGAR (POCA AZUCAR)

 A FEW

WITH "FEW" (FEW OR FEW) WE REFER TO PLURAL NOUNS THAT CAN BE COUNTED

FEW STUDENTS
FEW ORANGES
FEW ANIMALS
FEW BOOKS
FEW WORDS
 A little, a fewwithanoun

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
 (A) LITTLE, (A) FEWWITHOUT A NOUN
We can use (a)littleand (a)fewas pronouns. we can use them to substitute for
a noun when it is obvious from the context:

after that, she began to tell thema littleabout her life in scotland,
particularly her life with the rosenblooms.
dont take all the strawberries. just havea few.(just have a few
strawberries.)
littleandfeware not very common without a noun. we use them in formal
contexts:
littleis known about his upbringing and education.
fewwould be in favour of police officers carrying weapons.
 (A) LITTLE OF,(A) FEW OF

We useofwith(a) littleand(a) fewwhen they come before articles (a/an,

the), demonstratives (this, that), possessives (my, your) or pronouns (him,
them):
Put the flour into a bowl, blend witha little ofthe milk, beat in the egg
yolks, then the sugar and the rest of the milk.
A few ofhis films were seen abroad.

 A little: adverb

WE Usea littleas an adverb of degree. It is more formal thana bit:
He smiled justa little.
Her hands were shakinga little.
 A LITTLEWITH ADJECTIVES,
DETERMINERS, ADVERBS

We usea littlebefore adjectives and adverbs to modify them. it is more

formal thana bit:
she seemed to be gettinga littlebetter.
what you need isa littlemore romance.
we often usea littlewithbit:
i find thata littlebit hard to believe.
 LITTLE: ADJECTIVE

We uselittleas an adjective to mean small:

youre going to have alittlebaby brother, martha, her mother told her one day.
i know alittlerestaurant not far from here.
littleorsmall?
littleandsmallhave similar meanings. we usesmallto refer only to size. we
uselittleto refer to size, but also to express a positive emotion (especially with
words likebeautiful, lovely, wonderful):
hes asmallbaby.(hes smaller than average.)
hes a lovelylittlebaby.(hes lovely and small.)
theres a wonderfullittlecaf a the end of the street.(preferred to:theres a
wonderful small caf at the end of the street.)