A Few or A Little: Multiple Choice

Read the sentence, then choose the quantifier that completes it. Your first choice counts.

1. There are _____ apples in the bowl, so I can make a small pie for dessert.

2. I'm not very hungry, so I'll just have _____ pasta, please.

3. Unfortunately, there's _____ mud on the back of your coat. Did you sit on the grass?

4. Our village is lovely and quiet. There's _____ traffic, and on most days not one car drives past our house.

5. The new café is very expensive, so _____ customers go there. The owner is worried.

6. This town has _____ buses after 8 p.m., so if you don't have a car, it's hard to get home.

7. There's _____ water on the bathroom floor. I nearly slipped when I got out of the shower.

8. Our village is very quiet now. _____ children live here, so the school might close.

9. This area gets _____ rain in summer, so the farmers are always worried about water.

10. Can you lend me _____ coins for the car park? I haven't got any change.

11. Luckily, _____ neighbours heard the alarm and called the fire brigade.

12. There are _____ trees in this part of the city, so there isn't much shade in summer.

13. Can I have _____ ketchup with my chips, please? Just a spoonful.

14. Don't worry. We've got _____ petrol left – enough to get to the next garage.

15. There's _____ pollution in the mountains, so the air is very clean.

16. Unfortunately, _____ tourists left their rubbish on the beach, so we had to pick it up.

17. I've made _____ mistakes in my email to my boss, and I've already sent it!

18. There's _____ jam left – not even enough for one piece of toast.

19. Unfortunately, we had _____ sunshine on holiday. It was cloudy almost every day, so we didn't go to the beach once.

20. I was so embarrassed when I fell over in the street, but luckily _____ people saw me.