Question

Fill in the blanks with little, a little, the little, few, a few or the few.
1. Rita has used ......
salt for the three scrambled eggs she prepared.
2.
apple juice was left in the can as he had finished almost all of it.
3.
yoghurt that was left, was sufficient for her breakfast.
4. I left the room for
minutes.
5.
...... shops were open in the nearby market as it was quite late at night.
6.
people who came forward to help the injured man took him to the hospital.​

Answer 1

Answer:

1)a little

2)A little

3)The little

4)a few

5)A few

6)Few

Explanation :

• for 1 and 2 when a defined amount of something for eg.scrambled eggs and apple juice is not given..then we use a little to describe a unspecified amount
• in 3rd Only one quantity is to be described that is of yoghurt hence The little is used

• In 4 and 5 no. of minutes and no. of shops is unspecified hence we use a few to describe them
• In 6th,since people is also unspecified you may think why I didn't use 'a few' ...It is because the word has to be placed as the first word of the sentence and in this 6th sentence , though no. of people is not specified it's said which people came ,only those who helped the injured person,that means there's a slight specification hence here we use only "Few"