ERCISE 2 – Complete with FEW and LITTLE.
a) I drink ________ coffee. I don’t like it very much.
b) He has ________ cousins.
c) It’s a small school. There are ________ students.
d) Let go! We have ________ time to take the taxi.
e) There is ________ water in the radiator.
f) There are ________ people in the party.
g) My sister speaks a ________ Portuguese.
h) He plays in ________ positions.
i) They have ________ books for the project.
j) I have ________ money to travel with you.
k) I need to change my diet, I eat ________ Salad.
Soluções para a tarefa
Resposta:
a) I drink LITTLE coffee. I don’t like it very much.
b) He has FEW cousins.
c) It’s a small school. There are FEW students.
d) Let go! We have LITTLE time to take the taxi.
e) There is LITTLE water in the radiator.
f) There are FEW people in the party.
g) My sister speaks a LITTLE Portuguese.
h) He plays in FEW positions.
i) They have FEW books for the project.
j) I have LITTLE money to travel with you.
k) I need to change my diet, I eat LITTLE Salad.
Explicação:
Few e little são quantifiers (quantificadores). O significado de few é poucos; poucas e o significado de little é pouco; pouca.
Usamos os quantificadores quando queremos fazer referência à quantidade de algo.
Antes de usarmos few e little, é importante verificarmos se o substantivo ao qual queremos nos referir é countable (contável) ou uncountable (incontável), pois few é usado com contáveis e little, com incontáveis. Veja um resumo na imagem abaixo.