JoinedApr 7, 2011. 71 Posts. Discussion Starter · #1 · Jul 22, 2013. My ac unit turns on for a few seconds, then shuts off. I'm not sure if the actual outside unit kicks on, but I can hear the blower turn on inside. Shuts right back off. I had a repair man come out a month or 2 ago and he replaced the blower motor and capacitor. few= hardly any. Example: A few friends visited me. - Some friends visited me. Few friends visited me. - Hardly any friends visited me. Without the article, little / few sound rather formal. That's why we don't use them very often in everyday English. A negative sentence with much / Imageby StockSnap from Pixabay A bit of healthy movement. Most outdoor hobbies – even relatively calm and gentle ones like gardening – tend to involve a decent amount of healthy physical movement.. In today’s world, increasing numbers of people are living more or less entirely sedentary lives – and there are many apparent downsides to this, both with - Fill in the expressions: a few, a little, a bit of. Grammar: FEW or A FEW, LITTLE or A LITTLE, Quantifiers (e.g. some, many, much, any, few, little); Vocabulary: Pinterest. Today. Explore. When autocomplete results are available use up and down arrows to review and enter to select. Touch device users, explore by touch or with alittle / a bit. A little, a bit and a little bit are often used as adverbs in colloquial British English with little or no difference in meaning. Compare the following: You're driving too fast. Diferenciasentre «a little», «little», «a few» y «few». Las diferencias que vamos a ver hoy son un clásico en los errores que los estudiantes tienen a la hora de diferenciar las palabras «a little», «little», «a few» y «few». A continuación, vamos a ver la teoría y unos cuantos ejemplos de cada uno para que este fatídico afew 表示肯定，修饰可数名词 一些. little 表示否定，修饰不可数名词 少. few 表示肯定，修饰不可数名词 少. a bit 有点，修饰形容词. a bit of 一点，后面加不可数名词. a little bit 有几分，常加形容词比较级. be anxious about 担心，为担忧. be anxious for 急切盼望，渴望 OZpUe2. Conheça a diferença entre a lot, a little e a few. Inscreva-se de graça no curso da ABA English para aprender com um método prático e divertido e descubra por que mais de 30 milhões de estudantes em todo o mundo confiaram em nós. As expressões a lot, a little e a few pertencem aos chamados quantificadores em inglês. Os quantificados em inglês são palavras ou frases que fazem referência a um número ou quantidade. No geral, sempre vão antes de um substantivo, pois o quantificador se encarregará de fazer referência à quantidade do substantivo. Na realidade, estas são expressões muito comuns no dia-a-dia, portanto, as abordamos no nível Lower Intermediate A2. Este nível foi desenvolvido para os estudantes com noções básicas de inglês e que pretendem atingir uma expressão oral e escrita que os permitam se articular neste idioma. Dado que certamente você quer saber mais sobre os quantificadores a lot, a little e a few, a seguir, daremos todas as informações necessárias para utilizá-los corretamente. COMO DIFERENCIAR A LOT / A LITTLE / A FEW Para poder estabelecer as diferenças entre a lot, a little e a few, primeiro, é necessário conhecer bem seus significados. A lot significa muito ou bastante, a little e a few significam pouco, mesmo que sejam utilizados de maneiras diferentes. Por outro lado, estas três expressões se diferenciam por seu uso, que pode ser com substantivos contáveis ou incontáveis. A seguir, você encontrará mais detalhes sobre os usos destes três quantificadores em inglês. Junte-se à escola digital de inglês mais grande do mundo e aprenda inglês USOS DE LOT, LITTLE Y FEW Para poder utilizar sempre da maneira correta estes três quantificadores, preste atenção a estas regras simples. A frase a lot quase sempre é utilizada no inglês informal. Leve isto em consideração, de acordo com o contexto em que se encontre. Se estiver em uma situação formal, então é recomendável utilizar plenty of ou much, no lugar do tão comum a lot. Agora, a lot pode ser utilizado tanto em orações no singular, quanto no plural. A little e a few possuem diferenças em seu uso, dependendo do substantivo que acompanham. Como já dissemos, a little é utilizado com substantivos incontáveis, como por exemplo marmalade, milk, sugar, time, entre outros. A few acompanha os substantivos contáveis, por exemplo jars of marmalade, boxes of milk, spoons of sugar, minutes. EXEMPLOS E ORAÇÕES O uso destes três quantificadores é fácil quando você entende sua diferença, aqui estão algumas pautas adicionais para começar a utilizá-los corretamente. A lot Indica muita quantidade e pode ser utilizado com nomes contáveis e incontáveis. Por exemplos There are a lot of flowers in the garden. Há muitas flores no jardim. A little Indica pouca quantidade, mas utiliza-se somente com substantivos incontáveis. Por exemplo John has a little free time tomorrow. John tem um pouco de tempo livre amanhã. A few Também indica pouca quantidade, mas utiliza-se com substantivos contáveis no plural. Por exemplo I have a few books in my room. Eu tenho alguns livros no meu quarto. QUAL É A DIFERENÇA ENTRE A FEW E FEW? A few alguns, algumas tem uma conotação positiva, ou seja, a quantidade que possui é pouca, mas suficiente. Por exemplo I have a few friends that are very special. Eu tenho alguns amigos que são muito especiais. She has a few ideas for our holidays. Ela possui algumas ideias para nossas férias. Few poucos, poucas, dá uma ideia negativa, já que a quantidade poderia ser escassa e insuficiente. Veja estes exemplos You have few friends. You should hang out with us more often. Você tem poucos amigos. Deveria sair conosco com mais frequência. Few cars are electric. Poucos carros são elétricos. Já conhece seu nível de inglês?Comece o teste Cadastre-se em nossa página e acesse o teste de nível gratuito. Em poucos minutos você conhecerá seu nível e poderá continuar progredindo no curso. DIFERENÇAS ENTRE A LITTLE E LITTLE A little um pouco é utilizado com quantidades incontáveis e possui uma conotação positiva. I still have a little milk in the fridge. Eu ainda tenho um pouco de leite na geladeira. I am going to sleep a little bit. Vou dormir um pouco. Little pouco, pouca, pelo contrário, pode ter um foco negativo, já que a quantidade incontável possivelmente é insuficiente. Veja os exemplos a seguir I had little time to study for the test. Eu tive pouco tempo para estudar para a prova. Mike has little experience in his field. Mike tem pouca experiência em seu campo. USO DE A LOT OF, LOTS OF E A LOT A expressão a lot é utilizada de maneira parecida a lots of e significa muito, muita, muitos ou muitas, de acordo com o caso. Veja os seguintes exemplos A lot of people have visited the Eiffel Tower. Muitas pessoas visitaram a torre Eiffel. Lots of animals travel long distances. Muitos animais viajam longas distâncias. A lot significa muito e pode ser utilizado somente no final da frase I like it a lot. Eu gosto muito. Thanks a lot. Muito obrigado. He goes to the gym a lot. Ele vai muito à academia. EXERCÍCIOS COM A LOT OF, A LITTLE E A FEW Agora que você já aprendeu as diferenças entre estes quantificadores, complete as seguintes frases com o quantificador adequado You have eaten _______ sugar. Você comeu muito açúcar. Erik has _____ money in his pocket. Erick tem um pouco de dinheiro no bolso. _______ people really understand the meaning of friendship. Poucas pessoas realmente entendem o significado de amizade. There is ______ juice in the fridge. We should buy some more. Há pouco suco na geladeira. Nós devemos comprar mais. _________ people love to sleep late on weekends. Muitas pessoas adoram dormir até tarde nos finais de semana. Respostas a lot of, a little, a few, little, a lot of Do you know how to use a few, few, very little and a bit of? Test what you know with interactive exercises and read the explanation to help you. Look at these examples to see how these quantifiers are used with countable and uncountable nouns. I have a few friends, so I'm not lonely. She has few friends, so she's quite lonely. We've got a bit of time before our train. Shall we get a coffee? We've got very little time before our train. Hurry up! Try this exercise to test your grammar. Grammar test 1 Countable and uncountable nouns 2 Grammar test 1 Read the explanation to learn more. Grammar explanation A few and a bit of or a little mean some. Often we feel this amount is enough or more than we expected. We use a few with plural nouns and a bit of or a little with uncountable nouns. I have a few ideas. I've brought a few friends. There's a bit of milk left. It needs a little more work. We use few and very little to show that we are talking about a small amount. Often we feel this amount is not enough or less than we expected. Few is for countable nouns and very little is for uncountable nouns. Few people came to the meeting. There are few places where you can still see these birds. We have very little time. I have very little money. Note that you can use little without very, but it is less common and sounds quite formal. She had little water. Do this exercise to test your grammar again. Grammar test 2 Countable and uncountable nouns 2 Grammar test 2 Language level Do you need to improve your English grammar? Join thousands of learners from around the world who are improving their English grammar with our online courses. This is an extract from my book A and The Explained Download this explanation in PDF here. We use 'a/an' with several quantifiers a little a few a lot of We also use 'no article' with several little few lots of In many situations, we can choose to use 'a little' or 'little' when using an uncountable noun or 'a few' or 'few' when using a plural countable noun. They have slightly different meanings. 'A lot' and 'lots' aren't like this. 'A lot' means the same as 'lots'. When we say 'a little' or 'a few', we mean a small amount, but it's enough John Let's go out tonight. Lucy Okay. I have a little money, enough for the cinema at least. On the other hand, 'little' or 'few' usually give us a different impression. These also mean a small amount, but this time the amount is almost nothing. If the noun is something that we want like money or friends then using 'little' or 'few' means that we don't have enough John Let's go out tonight. Lucy Sorry, I have little money. I really can't afford to go out. Of course, if we use 'few' or 'little' with a noun that we don't want, then it can have a positive meaning. It's good to have nearly no problems, for example There have been few problems with the new system, thankfully! Luckily, there is little crime in my town. I'm so pleased that I have few arguments with my family. It's great that there's been very little bad weather this month. Try an exercise about this here. Go to the main 'a' and 'the' page. Few / Little how to express small quantities or numbers in English. FEW/LITTLE WITH A NOUN We use FEW for plural nouns and LITTLE for singular nouns usually uncountable to talk about a small number or quantity of something. Plurals Few Singular Little We've got a little milk and a few eggs Few politicians are really honestThere were few people at the meeting Just a little wine, please Can I try a little of that, please? FEW/LITTLE WITHOUT A NOUN If the noun has already been mentioned, we can just drop it and use FEW or LITTLE alone - Some more soup? - Just a little, please - How many people were there? - Few A LITTLE + adjectives / adverbs We can use A LITTLE to modify adjectives and adverbs answering the question HOW - I'm a little tired today- Trains here go a little too slow- I just met you but I already love you a little Few or a Few / Little or a little?FEW and LITTLE can use the article A. See the difference - I've got few friends here, I need to meet knew people negative idea I need more - I've got a few friends here, so we can go out with them positive idea it's enough - There's little food, we can't survive here for a week negative - Great! There's a little food here. I'm so hungry! positive Note FEW and LITTLE, with no article, are very formal. In an informal style we prefer to say NOT MUCH/MANY. - We've got little time formal = We haven't got much time informal - Few people understand quantum physics = Not many people understand quantum physics A BIT colloquial In colloquial English we very often use A BIT OF + noun and A BIT + adjective instead of A LITTLE - I only had a bit of wine = I only had a little wine- It's a bit noisy here = It's a little noisy here Gapped text Items Can I have ______________________ wine? a few / a little Can I try ______________________ of that thing? It looks very tasty. a few / a bit ______________________ people can understand this language Few / Little - How many lions live there? - ______________________. Few / Little - How many lions live there? - ______________________ Not many / A bit / Not much I don't know ______________________ people in this city much / many / a bit I have ______________________ interest in basketball few / little We need to buy chairs, we haven't got ______________________. many / much / little / few I like my tea with just a ______________________ sugar a bit / little / much I'm ______________________ tired, I really need some rest. bit / a little / a few / little / few It rained ______________________ and now everything is green a little / little / few / a few It rained ______________________, it's a pity, we need more water for the fields. a little / little / few / a few Let's celebrate! I've got ______________________ bottles of wine here. a little / few / a few / little I've got ______________________ friends in Malaga, we can go and visit. a few / a little / few / little - Some more wine? - Just ______________________, please. few / a few / little / a little Fantastic! I found ______________________ people living on this little island little / few / a few / a little We've got ______________________ milk, we need to buy more. few / a few / little / a little I'm sorry, I have ______________________ time, I can't wait. little / few / a little / a few I've got ______________________ time, we can go and have a beer. a few / little / a little / few This is a very nice city, you can still find ______________________ palaces from the 15th century. little / a few / few / a little It's ______________________ late, I have to go a few / bit / much / a bit I need ______________________ sugar, have you got? a bit of / bit / a bit / a few / few She's ______________________ short, but not very. a bit / few / a few / little He just used ______________________ oil to fix it bit / a few / few / little / a bit / a bit of - Have you ever met any celebrities? - Oh yes, ______________________ little / a few / a little / few

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