logging in or signing up Assignment 2 - Structuring Skills EngSchool Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINT lite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 161 Category: Education License: All Rights Reserved Like it (1) Dislike it (0) Added: May 12, 2010 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript How to use A little / a fewlittle / few : How to use A little / a fewlittle / few By Jeerawan Tandee Created on May 07, 2010 VS : VS a little a few a little soup a little water a little money a little time a few books a few days a few people A little A few a few questions + uncountable noun + plural noun A little = some but not much : A little = some but not much She didn’t eat anything, but she drank a little water. I speak a little Spanish. (= some Spanish but not much) A: Can you speak Spanish? B: A little. A few = some but not many : A few = some but not many Last night I wrote a few letters. We’re going away for a few days. I speak a few words of Spanish. A: Do you have any stamps? B: A few. Do you want one? a little : a little little (without a) = almost no or almost nothing There was little food in the fridge. (It was almost empty.) You can say very little. Dan is very thin because he eats very little. (= almost nothing) X a few : a few few (without a) = almost no There were few people in the theater. (It was almost empty.) You can say very few. Your English is very good. You make very few mistakes. X little and a little : little and a little A little is a positive idea. They have a little money, but they’re not rich. (= they have some money.) Little (or very little) is a negative idea. They are very poor. They have (very) little money. (= almost no money) I have a little money. I have little money. Few and a few : Few and a few A few is a positive idea. I have a few friends, so I’m not lonely. (= I have some friends) Few (or very few) is a negative idea. I’m sad and I’m lonely. I have (very) few friends. (= almost no friends) I have a few friends. I have few friends. Reference : Reference Murphy, R. (2008). Basic grammar in use. New York: Cambridge University Press. You do not have the permission to view this presentation. In order to view it, please contact the author of the presentation.
Assignment 2 - Structuring Skills EngSchool Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINT lite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 161 Category: Education License: All Rights Reserved Like it (1) Dislike it (0) Added: May 12, 2010 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript How to use A little / a fewlittle / few : How to use A little / a fewlittle / few By Jeerawan Tandee Created on May 07, 2010 VS : VS a little a few a little soup a little water a little money a little time a few books a few days a few people A little A few a few questions + uncountable noun + plural noun A little = some but not much : A little = some but not much She didn’t eat anything, but she drank a little water. I speak a little Spanish. (= some Spanish but not much) A: Can you speak Spanish? B: A little. A few = some but not many : A few = some but not many Last night I wrote a few letters. We’re going away for a few days. I speak a few words of Spanish. A: Do you have any stamps? B: A few. Do you want one? a little : a little little (without a) = almost no or almost nothing There was little food in the fridge. (It was almost empty.) You can say very little. Dan is very thin because he eats very little. (= almost nothing) X a few : a few few (without a) = almost no There were few people in the theater. (It was almost empty.) You can say very few. Your English is very good. You make very few mistakes. X little and a little : little and a little A little is a positive idea. They have a little money, but they’re not rich. (= they have some money.) Little (or very little) is a negative idea. They are very poor. They have (very) little money. (= almost no money) I have a little money. I have little money. Few and a few : Few and a few A few is a positive idea. I have a few friends, so I’m not lonely. (= I have some friends) Few (or very few) is a negative idea. I’m sad and I’m lonely. I have (very) few friends. (= almost no friends) I have a few friends. I have few friends. Reference : Reference Murphy, R. (2008). Basic grammar in use. New York: Cambridge University Press.