few和little的区别
few和little都有“数量少”的意思,两者在中学英语里都是高频考点,few和little的区别也很明显,few表否定意义,little表否定意思,两者后面一个跟可数名词,一个跟不可数名词。
few和little的区别
1、few是修饰可数名词的,不管是a few还是few后面都需要加可数名词。
2、little是修饰不可数名词的,不管是a little还是little后面都需要加不可数名词。
3、带a的都表示肯定的意义,比如a little表示一点a few表示几个。
4、不带a的都表示否定的意思,比如little表示几乎没有,就是否定的意思,few也表示几乎没有的意思。
总结few,a few,little,a little作形容词时的区别
(1)带a(即a few; a little)的表示肯定,不带a(即few; little)的表示否定;
(2)带few(即few; a few)的修饰可数名词,带little(即little; a little)的修饰不可数名词;
little和a little,few和a few 用法之常见错误
1、little和 a little:可能会混淆“little”和“a little”的使用。需要注意“little”通常用在不太满意的情境下,而“a little”表示虽然数量不多,但是有一些,是肯定的。
2、few和 a few:同样,可能会混淆“few”和“a few”的使用。“few”通常用在不太满意的情境下,表示数量很少,而“a few”表示有一些,是肯定的。
3、可数与不可数名词: “little”和“a little”用于不可数名词前,而“few”和“a few”用于可数名词的复数形式前。需要注意区分可数名词和不可数名词。
few造句:
1、The reality is that only a few young people will go into teaching.
实际情况是,只有很少的年轻人会去当教师。
2、Only few plants can immigrate to the island.
只有很少的植物能够移植到这座岛上。
3、I made only a few small changes to the report.
我对报告只做了几处小改动。
little造句:
1、We had a tiny little room which was christened Hades.
我们有一个非常小的房间,取名哈得斯。
2、You've had chess on the brain since you were little.
你从很小的时候就对下棋产生了浓厚兴趣。
3、It'll take a year, at the very least.
这至少需要一年时间。
相关练习:用 a little,little,a few 或 few完成下面的句子
1、I have _______ water left.There's enough to share.
2、I have _______ good friends.I'm not lonely.
3、He has _______ education.He can't read or write,and he can hardly count.
4、There are _______ people she really trusts.It's a bit sad.
5、We've got _______ time at the weekend.Would you like to meet?
6、Julie gave us _______ apples from her garden.Shall we share them?
7、She has _______ self-confidence.She has a lot of trouble talking to new people.
8、There are _______ women politicians in the UK.Many people think there should be more.
9、It's a great pity, but the hospital has _______ medicine.They can't help many people.
10、I've got _______ cakes to give away.Would you like one?
11、There's _______ milk left in the fridge.It should be enough for our coffee.
12、_______ children from this school go on to university,unfortunately.
13、Do you need information on English grammar? I have _______ books on the topic if you would like to borrow them.
14、She's lucky.She has _______ problems.
15、London has _______ sunshine in the winter.That's why so many British people go on holiday to sunny places!