Unit 13

Determiners — a lot of / a few / a little / fewer / less / more / too much / too many


Choose the best answer.

1. I only had _______ pieces of cookies for breakfast this morning so I am very hungry now.

a few

too few

many

a little

2. John feels sick today because he ate _______ ice cream yesterday night.

too many

a few

too much

many

3. _______ children become short-sighted nowadays. They should take good care of their eyes.

Fewer

A little

Too much

Too many

4. To stay healthy, we should drink _______ water every day.

a lot of

many

too many

a few

5. Eating _______ sugar is bad for our teeth.

many

a few

too much

too many

6. We are running out of flour. There is only _______ left in the jar.

too few

too little

a few

a little

7. Sam doesn’t like his tea to be too sweet. Don’t add _______ honey.

too much

too many

a few

a little

8. There are _______ pears! We can’t put them all in the fridge.

Too much

too many

a little

too little

9. Don’t be so heartless! Give _______ help to the poor!

a few

too few

a little

too many

10. You have ordered _______ food. Are you sure you can finish them all?

many

a lot of

a few

a little

11. Katrina likes dolls very much. She has _______ dolls at home.

no

twenty

a little

too much

12. ‘You should use _______ paper. That’s not environmentally-friendly,’ Miss Ho told us.

much

less

too much

a few

13. Only _______ people know that whales are mammals.

little

a little

a few

a lot of

14. There is _______ bread on the shelf. Help yourself.

a few

a little

many

too many

15. This year we have _______ students joining the football team. If there aren’t _______ people coming, we can’t join the competition.

fewer…more

more…fewer

less…a lot of

a lot of…less