Question

Fill in the blanks with much, many, little, a little, the little, few, a few or the few:

1. I put ____ drops of oil in the lock and left it for a while. After that, I had ___ difficulty in opening it.

2. He does not earn ___ money, But with ____ money he earns, his family is able to lead a comfortable life

3. I am not sure how ____ people will attend the concert nor how ____ money we will be able to raise

4. I had to give up the project for want of support. If I had received ____ help from my friends, I could have continued But ___ friends 1 approached had encouragement for me

5. The credit for ___ of my success should go to my parents. There were ___ occasions when I was inclined to give up in despair But the moment I received ___ inspiring words from my parents, I regained my confidence

6. There isn't ___ traffic on this road during the day. But quite ___ office-goers take this route on their way back and the road really comes alive.

7. I have ___ liking for cartoon movies. I hardly ever watch ___ DVD of cartoon movies I have at home

8. There hasn't been ____ rain so far. Quite ____ districts experienced drought last year and ____ people that the same story may be repeated this year too.

9. We were a lowly rated team in the beginning. We had received ____ quality coaching and had played competitive matches. So ____ people had hoped that we would
win the tournament.

10: India has ____ all-rounders to match the talent and dedication of Kapil Dev _____ players who have shown some promise have developed fitness problems But there cannot be ____ hope of India doing well until we produce ____ genuine all-rounders​

Answer 1

Answer:

1)_few,much

2)_much,a few

Answer 2

Completed sentences are as follows:

• 1. I put a few drops of oil in the lock and left it for a while. After that, I had a little difficulty opening it.
• 2. He does not earn much money, But with the little money he earns, his family is able to lead a comfortable life.
• 3. I am not sure how many people will attend the concert nor how much money we will be able to raise.
• 4. I had to give up the project for want of support. If I had received little help from my friends, I could have continued But few friends I approached had encouragement for me.
• 5. The credit for much of my success should go to my parents. There were many occasions when I was inclined to give up in despair But the moment I received a few inspiring words from my parents, I regained my confidence.
• 6. There isn't much traffic on this road during the day. But quite a few office-goers take this route on their way back and the road really comes alive.
• 7. I have a little liking for cartoon movies. I hardly ever watch the few DVD of cartoon movies I have at home.
• 8. There hasn't been much rain so far. Quite a few districts experienced drought last year and many people that the same story may be repeated this year too.
• 9. We were a lowly-rated team in the beginning. We had received much quality coaching and had played competitive matches. So many people had hoped that we would win the tournament.
• 10: India has many all-rounders to match the talent and dedication of Kapil Dev. A few players have shown some promise and have developed fitness problems. But there cannot be much hope of India doing well until we produce many genuine all-rounders​

Using much, many, little, a little, the little, few, a few or the few:

• Quantifiers include words like a lot, a lot, few, and small.
• Quantifiers are tools for describing quantity (the number of something).
• Much and many imply a huge amount of something, while small and few imply that there are not as many of something.
• But when you use a little or a few, it means a little bit!

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