Determiners
Little, a little, few, a few


It's fortunate that you can make comparisons between much of English language and it's counterpart in Italian.
Few anglophones really know why they say the things they do. Most native Italian speaker, on the other hand, are usually quite aware of how the structure of language works and why certain things are the way they are? Does make English a mysterious language or does it make native English speakers ignorant? You decide.


Try to complete the following sentences using the given determiners


little, a little, few, a few


1. The average politician has _________________ real power.


2. ________________ people can speak a foreign language really fluently,


3. Would you like ____________________ soup?


4. Only _____________________ students in my class are studying languages.


5. '____________________ knowledge is a dangerous thing.'




If I ask for 'a little tomato', am I asking for a tomato of small proportion or quantity?


If I say 'there are few people at school today', am I saying more or less than usual? How is this different to 'a few'?


Little do native English know about their language and few are those who do.