QUANTIFIERS AND NUMBERS

QUANTIFIERS A bit of, a good deal of, a great deal of, a large amount of
são usados antes de substantivos incontáveis.
USADOS ANTES DE Exemplos:
TRADUÇÃO
SUBSTANTIVOS CONTÁVEIS A good deal of flour will be imported from Argentina.
A large amount of money was lost in the airport.
MANY muitos/muitas

FEW poucos/poucas All of, some, most of, enough, a lot of, lots of, plenty of,
a lack of são usados antes de substantivos contáveis e incontáveis.
uns poucos / umas poucas,
A FEW = SOME Exemplos:
alguns/algumas
Carlos bought a lot of bread for breakfast.
Many, few e a few são usados antes de substantivos contáveis Fernanda read a lot of books during the vacation.
que geralmente se apresentam na forma do plural. Pedro and José have plenty of money.
Exemplos: Carmem drank plenty of glasses of beer during the party.
Paulo has many friends in São Paulo.
João sometimes interviews few students. ALGUNS SUBSTANTIVOS INCONTÁVEIS TRADUÇÃO
They need a few (some) dollars to travel. fuel combustível
The books were given to many/few/a few of the students.
fun gracejo

USADOS ANTES DE anger raiva

TRADUÇÃO
SUBSTANTIVOS INCONTÁVEIS oil petróleo/gasolina
MUCH muito/muita admiration admiração
advice conselho
LITTLE pouco/pouca
furniture mobília
A LITTLE = SOME um pouco/algum
power poder/energia

Much, little e a little são usados antes de substantivos incontáveis pollution poluição
que geralmente se apresentam na forma do singular. gas gás/gasolina
Exemplos:
hair cabelo
I need much money to buy a car.
help ajuda
Marco has little time to study.
bread pão
Maria has a little (some) sugar at home.
Patrícia ate much/little/a little of the bread we offered her. butter manteiga
beer cerveja
PRONOMES INTERROGATIVOS USANDO QUANTIFIERS progress progresso
how many quantos/quantas substantivos contáveis rain chuva

how much quanto substantivos incontáveis information informação

salt sal
Exemplos: juice suco
How many pair of shoes do you have?
coal carvão
How much gas do you need?
energy energia
comfort conforto
Several, a couple of, none of, a great number of, a large
number of são usados antes de substantivos contáveis. technology tecnologia
Exemplos: meat carne
Several books were stolen from the library. time tempo
A great number of students will travel to Brasília.
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Os pronomes demonstrativos (demonstrative pronouns) Exemplos:

fazem referência a objeto(s) ou a pessoa(s) dentro do contexto em que se This building is very old.
encontram.
That car is from Italy.
These students are prepared for the test.
SINGULAR PLURAL
Those soldiers are going to Iraq next week.

This These • Usamos os pronomes demonstrativos para fazer referência a

isto, este, esta estes, estas alguém ou a algo dentro de um contexto.

Exemplos:
That Those Near São Paulo’s Luz Station there is a “cracolândia”. The police
doesn’t have control over this. (O pronome “this” faz referência
isso, esse, essa esses, essas à cracolândia.)
aquilo, aquele, aquela aqueles, aquelas I don’t like these oranges. I prefer those ones. (“those” refere-
se a “oranges”.)

NUMERALS
CARDINAL NUMBERS – NÚMEROS CARDINAIS
Os números cardinais são escritos da seguinte forma:

0 zero /oh 18 eighteen 90 ninety

1 one 19 nineteen 100 a / one hundred
2 two 20 twenty 101 a hundred and one
3 three 21 twenty-one 110 a hundred and ten
4 four 22 twenty-two 120 a hundred and twenty
5 five 23 twenty-three 200 two hundred
6 six 24 twenty-four 1,000 a/one thousand
7 seven 25 twenty-five 1,001 a thousand and one
8 eight 26 twenty-six 1,010 a thousand and ten
9 nine 27 twenty-seven 2,000 two thousand
10 ten 28 twenty-eight 10,000 ten thousand
11 eleven 29 twenty-nine 11,000 eleven thousand
12 twelve 30 thirty 100,000 a/one hundred thousand
13 thirteen 40 forty (no “u”) 1,000,000 a/one million
14 fourteen 50 fifty 2,000,000 two million
15 fifteen 60 sixty 1,000,000,000 a / one billion
16 sixteen 70 seventy
17 seventeen 80 eighty

• Os números acima de 100 podem ser escritos da seguinte forma.

Exemplos:
203: two hundred and three (AE: two hundred three) – inglês americano

622: six hundred and twenty-two (AE: six hundred twenty-two) – inglês americano

1,803: one thousand, eight hundred and three (AE: one thousand, eight hundred three)

2,840: two thousand, eight hundred and forty (AE: two thousand, eight hundred forty)

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• Os números decimais.
18th eighteenth
Exemplos:
19th nineteenth
0.5: zero point five / point five
0.25: zero point twenty five / point twenty five 20th twentieth
0.05: zero point zero five / point zero five 21st twenty-first
2.95: two point nine five
22nd twenty-second
23rd twenty-third
• As frações em inglês.
Exemplos: 24th twenty-fourth
1/2: one-half / a half 30th thirtieth
1/3: one-third
31st thirty-first
1/4: one fourth / one quarter / a quarter
40th fortieth
1/12: one twelfth
50th fiftieth
• As porcentagens. 60th sixtieth
Exemplos:
70th seventieth
5%: five percent
25%: twenty-five percent 80th eightieth

100%: one hundred percent / a hundred percent 90th ninetieth

100th one hundredth
• Em relação às medidas.
101st one hundred and first
Exemplos:
60 m: sixty meters (sessenta metros) 200th two hundredth

25 km/h: twenty-five kilometers per hour (vinte e cinco quilômetros 203rd two hundredth and third
por hora)
1,000th one thousandth
11 ft: eleven feet (onze pés)
3 L: two liters (três litros) 1,000,000th one millionth

2 in: two inches (duas polegadas) 1,000,000,000th one billionth

1,000,000,000,000th one trillionth
ORDINAL NUMBERS – NÚMEROS ORDINAIS

1st first • Usamos os números ordinais com títulos.

Exemplos:
2nd second
Charles II – Charles the Second
3rd third
Henry VIII – Henry the Eighth
4th fourth Elizabeth II – Elizabeth the Second
5th fifth
6th sixth • Com datas.
Exemplos:
7th seventh
Fifteenth of April / 15th April
8th eighth It’s June the first / June 1st
9th ninth My birthday is on the 28th of October / October 28TH
10th tenth
• No sentido de identificar posições ou ordem.
11th eleventh
Exemplos:
12th twelfth My apartment is on the tenth (10th) floor.
13th thirteenth João came first (1st) in the race.

14th fourteenth His car is the third (3rd) from here to there.
São Paulo is the first (1st) city in Brazil in terms of inhabitants.
15th fifteenth
16th sixteenth
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Assinale a alternativa que apresenta o uso gramatical correto de

EXERCÍCIOS DE “there is”.

FIXAÇÃO
a) There is few teachers and parents talking to the children.
b) There is some children who need help.
c) There is a lot of frightened adults after the attack.

01. (UNESP) Assinale a alternativa correta. d) There is many events happening at the same time.

How __________ shoes are there in the shop windows? e) There is much anger among people in New York.

a) much d) a few 07. (UFV 2000)

b) many e) a lot of RELIGION AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR

c) few Does life have meaning? What gives it meaning? Why do we act
the way we do? What is the best way to live? How can we find peace?
02. (EN) Aside from the irrelevant fact that ________ might not then These are questions that people have struggled with throughout
take the opportunity to read the book. history. Philosophers, psychologists, sociologists, and physicists are
among the many thinkers who have tried to give us answers. We look
a) much people c) very peoples e) little people
for answers within ourselves, but few are satisfactory. In the end, it is
b) much peoples d) many people religion that gives most of the world answers to these questions.
Hundreds of religions exist in the world, yet all religions try to
03. (FUVEST) Assinale a alternativa que preenche corretamente as answer the same questions. Every religion teaches basic ideas that
lacunas. help humans understand their nature and their behavior. Every religion
Give me __________ tea with __________ sugar. describes two sides of human nature - the animal and the divine. It is
a) many – much d) bit – a lot of these opposing sides that cause conflicts. Every religion gives people a
method that they can follow to resolve the conflicts. All religions have
b) some – a lot of e) some – many a goal, which is in one form or another the transformation of humans
c) short – many from the animal to the divine. This spiritual transformation is common
to all religions, though it has many names: nirvana, heaven, salvation.
04. (UNESP) Assinale a alternativa que preenche corretamente as All cultures in the world have religious beliefs. For that reason,
lacunas da frase a seguir: “Do politicians work _______ and earn every part of life is affected by religions, whose teachings offer
_______ money?”. guidelines on ways to live.
a) little - many d) little - much (WERNER, P. K. Mosaic: a content-based grammar. New York: Random House, 1985.)
b) very - much e) hard - many
In the sentence: “MANY thinkers have tried to give us answers.”, the
c) much - few capital word has a meaning close to
a) a few. c) little. e) much.
05. (UNESP) Assinale a alternativa que preenche corretamente a lacuna
da frase: “Must you always make so __________ noise?”. b) few. d) several.
a) much d) few
08. (CESGRANRIO 1999)
b) many e) less DOUBLE STANDARD WITH ALCOHOL
c) most Two articles in THE GAZETTE JULY 8 accurately reflect the
unacceptable double standard the federal and provincial governments
06. (FATEC 2002) O texto a seguir é a transcrição de uma parte da have toward the tobacco and alcohol industries.
entrevista que a CNN fez com o Dr. Steven Marans, em 13 de setembro
The story headed “Teen driver drunk in fatal crash” related to
de 2001, a respeito dos atentados ocorridos nos EUA dois dias antes.
the sad results of mixing alcohol and the automobile, while that
headed “Warnings on smokes may get tougher” advised us that more
DR. STEVEN MARANS: TALKING TO CHILDREN ABOUT VIOLENCE
powerful tobacco health-warning labels may be required.
Dr. Steven Marans is the head of the National Center of Children The double standard exists through government-imposed laws that
Exposed to Violence at Yale University’s Child Study Center. He joined restrict tobacco advertising while imposing much fewer limits on alcohol
the CNN.com chat room from Connecticut. advertising, and in requiring health warning labels on tobacco products
CNN: Dr. Marans, this incident has presented many challenges for half the size of the package but not requiring warning labels on alcohol
parents and teachers. Can you give us some guidance as to how much containers.
we should be talking to kids about these events? Won’t it greatly Where are government-imposed warnings on alcohol products
depend upon the age of the child? telling of the dangers of fetal alcohol syndrome? Where are the
MARANS: Yes, it does depend on the age of the child. But perhaps warnings that alcohol may lead to violence, child abuse and family
the most important issue is that children need to have adults who breakdown, that consuming alcohol and operating vehicles, boats and
are available to listen to what is on their minds. That it is the greatest machinery may cause death?
importance that teachers and parents are able to demonstrate to Government and public opinion seem to be content to allow
children that they can tolerate hearing about all sorts of ideas and alcohol to be portrayed as a fun, benign substance. In fact, it causes
strong feelings. Parents and teachers need to listen carefully to their untold expense, hardship, sadness and death.
children in order to understand the issue that are uppermost in their With tobacco, the product has been demonized. With alcohol, it
children’s mind. is the user who has been held responsible, while the product has been
The other issue is that for all of us, children and adults alike, there given a positive marketing spin with public and government consent.
is no great fear than that of losing someone that we love. And that The government must be forced by public opinion to look beyond
there is no greater fear than being frightened of damage to one’s own the tax revenues derived from alcohol and to address its double standard.
body or to the body’s of people that we love. (Robert Halpin, MONTREAL. August 8,1998.)
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The following sentences should be completed with FEW or LITTLE. The second phenomenon is the advent of the personal computer.
I. Many of us tried but very ____ succeeded. It has been a great equalizer in offices, among other things,
getting executives to type! Moreover, PCs and telecommunications
II. To our surprise, changes in foreign policy were _____. technologies have enabled more women and men to work at home,
III. That school is so expensive that only _____ children can attend it. increasing employment options and bringing the perennial kids-and
IV. That crane can lift objects weighing a _____ hundred pounds.
5
career battle to an end.
V. We had _____ chance of success. Certainly, challenges remain, and the struggle goes on. But as the
millennium approaches, the pace of women’s progress is undeniably
The sentence which must be completed which FEW are
accelerating.
a) I and IV, only. d) I, II, III and IV, only.
Na frase “Many thought that day would never come” (fim do
b) II and III, only. e) II, III, IV and V, only. parágrafo 2), a palavra mais adequada para completar o sentido de
c) I, II and V, only. many é
a) beliefs. d) standards.
09. (UFRGS 1998) My house is haunted by the screams of slow digital b) most. e) discrimination.
death. I’m referring to the last gasps of the Tamagotchi, a “digital
craze” that infected my kids like chicken pox last spring. c) women.
Since the day they were born, I have tried to give my children the
02. (UFSM 2001)
right toys. So when I first read about Tamagotchis, I felt here was a
toy that would appeal to my daughters. In case you are childless or an BRITAIN’S INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE
alien from outer space and managed to avoid this craze, the Tamagotchi During the nineteenth century Britain was transformed from a
is a Keychain-size plastic egg that houses a small LCD (Liquid Crystal mainly AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY into an industrial one. This change
Display) in which “lives” a creature that you nurture by pushing a has been called the INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION because of the dramatic
1
variety of buttons. effect 1it had on the British way of life. People moved to the rapidly
It was love at first beep for my kids. The silicon pets completely EXPANDING TOWNS and cities, RAILWAYS were developed to
satisfied their “mothering needs”. The Tamagotchi had to be fed, transport goods around the country and 2by 1900 Britain had become
played with and even changed regularly. A “normal” digital pet lives a major WORLD POWER.
for a few weeks, at which point it’s “called back to the home planet”, The Industrial Revolution in Britain was built on the use of
according to the instruction book. Anyway, the thing “dies”, so you MACHINE in factories. Since the 1950s Britain’s manufacturing
have to hit the reset button and grow another one. The cycle repeats industries have replaced the machine operators with computers, and
endlessly period before losing interest. But the Tamagotchis, bless their this ‘automation’ has led to a decline in the number, of employees in
little chips, keep on beeping, beeping, always beeping. manufacturing industries. More manufactured goods are bought and
A expressão “a variety of buttons” (ref.1) significa o mesmo que used than ever before but 4a lot of these goods are imported. By the
beginning of the twentieth century other industrial countries, like the
a) little buttons.
USA, were competing with Britain’s exports, and countries in the Far
b) several buttons. East 3have been able to provide cheaper products since the 1970s.
c) all the buttons. Areas where HEAVY MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES are located have
d) very small buttons. suffered high UNEMPLOYMENT.
(LAVERY, Clare. Focus on Britain Today, MacMillan Publishers. p. 98-99.)
e) too many buttons.
No segmento “A LOT OF these goods” (ref. 4), a expressão em
10. (EFOMM) Tom takes __________ luggage in his trips. He usually maiúsculo pode ser substituída, sem alteração do sentido, por
takes __________ suitcase.
a) a great deal of. d) the majority of.
a) a few – no d) very few – one
b) a few of. e) much of.
b) little – one e) a little – no
c) more of.
c) very little – any

TEXTO PARAS AS QUESTÕES 03 E 04.

EXERCÍCIOS DE When the first men arrived in Samoa they found blind men who

TREINAMENTO could see well ______ to describe things in detail just by holding their
hands over objects. In France, JUST after the First World War, Jules
Romain tested hundreds of blind people, and found a _____ that
could tell the difference between light and dark. He narrowed their
photosensitivity down to the nose or in the fingertips.
01. (UFRGS 1998) For American women in the workplace, 1938 was
an important year. That was the year the U.S. Fair Labour Standards Act
was passed, creating working-conditions protection and the minimum 03. (UEL 1998) Assinale a alternativa que preenche corretamente a
wage. Though the law applied to both men and women, it was women primeira lacuna do texto.
who stood to benefit the most. The Act, in combination with World a) so d) little
War II - during which women were “drafted” to work in factories and b) very e) less
offices - forever changed American women’s work roles.
c) enough
In the postwar decades, two phenomena further advanced the
role of women in the workplace. The first was the women’s movement
04. (UEL 1998) Assinale a alternativa que preenche corretamente a
beginning in the late 1960’s; leaders like Betty Friedan and Gloria
segunda lacuna do texto.
Steinem immensely changed the corporate consciousness of America.
Discrimination and double standards can still be found, but these a) some d) plenty
pioneers began a revolution that has culminated in a firmly established b) any e) few
belief among most American employers that women can do the job - c) one
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05. (STA. CASA SP) I watch ________TV since I do not have _________
time and, besides, I feel ________ better doing something else like
reading a good book.
A alternativa que completa corretamente a frase apresentada é:
a) less - many - much d) little - much - much
b) fewer - less - many e) few - much - much
c) little - many - more
06. (EFOMM) We should use __________ time we have available to
discuss John’s proposal.
a) the much c) a few e) the little of
b) the little d) a little
07. (ETAM 2011) A palavra many em “Many operations would be
fully automated” pode ser substituída por:
a) much; c) more;
b) very; d) a lot of
08. (EFOMM) Choose the option which completes the sentences below
correctly:
It is __________ use trying to change her mind.
Slowly, __________ children began coming to school.
Unfortunately, he had __________ friends.
Could you possibly give me __________ help?
a) a little - a few - few - little d) little - few - little - a little
b) a little - a few - little - little e) little - a few - few - a little
c) a little - few - few - a little
09. (PUCPR 2000) Mark the CORRECT ALTERNATIVE to fill the gaps of
the dialogue below:
AT THE SUPERMARKET...
Wife - Do we need ___I___ wheat?
Husband - Yes, we do. We haven’t got ___II___ wheat.
Husband - We need ___III___ apples, don’t we?
Wife - No, we don’t. We have got ___IV___ apples.
But we have ___V___ carrots and ___VI___ cheese. Let’s get some...
a) I - some; II - much; III - any; IV - few; V - many; VI - little
b) I - much; II - any; III - many; IV - too much; V - few; VI - few
c) I - few; II - some; III - little; IV - many; V - little; VI - little
d) I - any; II - much; III - some; IV - many; V - few; VI - little
e) I - few; II - many; III - few; IV - no; V - much; VI - many
10. (CESGRANRIO 1997) The idea that laughter promotes good health
first received widespread attention in 1979. But centuries earlier astute
observers had.1ascribed physical benefits to humor. Today, scientific
research carried out in California show that laughter sharpens most
of the instruments in our immune system’s tool kit. Perhaps the
most obvious effect of laughter is on our mood. After all, laughter
is ultimately an expression of emotion, joy, surprise, nervousness,
amusement. More than a decade of research has begun unraveling
the details of the laughter mood connection: stressed-out folks with
a strong sense of humor become less depressed and anxious than
those whose sense of humor is less well-developed; students who use
humor as a coping mechanism were more likely to be in a positive
mood; in a study of depressed and suicidal citizens, the patients who
recovered were the ones who demonstrated a sense of humor.
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All of this makes sense in light of laughter’s numerous physiological
effects. After you laugh, you go into a relaxed state, and both your
blood pressure and heart rate drop below normal. Laughter also
indirectly stimulates endorphins, the brain’s natural painkillers.
In addition to its biological effects, laughter may also improve
our mood through social means. Telling a joke increases our sense
of belonging and social cohesion. By psychologically connecting us
to others, laughter counteracts feelings of alienation, a major fact in
depression and suicide.
Laughter also helps us think more creatively. “Humor loosens up
the mental gears. It encourages out-of-the-ordinary ways of looking
at things,” says John Morreall, Ph. D., president of Humorworks
Seminars in Tampa, Florida.
Humor guru William Fry, MD, professor emeritus of psychiatry at
Stanford University, takes this idea one step further. “Creativity and
humor are identical”, he claims. “They both involve bringing together
two items which do not have an obvious connection, and creating a
relationship.”
Laughter may not be a panacea, but there is much to be gained
from it. And, truth to be told, there is room for plenty of additional
happy laughs in our lives. By the time the average kid reaches
kindergarten, he or she is laughing 3some 300 times a day, whereas
the typical adult laughs only 17 times a day.
Fortunately, if you are attracted by the idea of using laughter to
improve your spirit and health, chances are you have already got a
sense of humor. And if you also want to benefit from laughter as
a preventive medicine, the humor guru William Fry recommends
this two-step process: first, figure out your humor profile. Listen to
yourself for a few days and see what makes you laugh out loud. Be
honest with yourself. Next, use your comic profile to start building
your own humor library: books, magazines, videos. If possible, set
aside a portion of your bedroom or office as a “humor corner” to
house your collection. Then, when life gets you down, don’t hesitate
to visit. Even a few minutes of laughter will be valuable.
(Psychology Today. July/August 1996, pp. 33-35 - slightly adapted)
The item that presents, respectively, a synonym for BUT and the opposite
of MUCH in “but there is much to be gained”(par. 6) is
a) nevertheless - anything.
b) even though - a few.
c) besides - a little.
d) however - few.
e) yet - little.
EXERCÍCIOS DE
COMBATE
01. (CESGRANRIO) Which of the following sentences can be completed
with the word MANY as in “the laser has many applications”?
a) The laser beam is being used by __________ telephone companies.
b) The laser beam has caused __________ advance in various areas.
c) Science has gained __________ from the latest applications of the
laser.
d) __________ effort has resulted in significant technological
improvement.
e) Scientists have devoted __________ time to research in the field
of communication.
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02. (CFOE) Complete with many, much, a little, a few. Some of the 08. (COM. AERONÁUTICA) Read the introduction to a cookery book
words will be repeated. and choose the correct expressions of quantity.
Brad: First, you beat the eggs… Some recipes in the book are quick and easy. But it’s an insult
Chris: How __________ eggs? to people’s intelligence to suggest they should never do anything
Brad: Three. Then you add the flour. which takes more than _____ minutes. Some recipes are long, slow
Chris: How __________ flour? and economical (beans, for example). They require ________ skill but
Brad: Not ___________. Add two cups. Next, you need to add ______ patience like bread. So, start it now and enjoy yourself!
__________ salt. (Adapted from Developing Grammar in Context)
Chris: How __________ is that? A teaspoon?
Brad: No, Chris! It’s a cake! A little means just a pinch. a) a few / little / some
Chris: I’m not a cook. Dad!
b) few / a little / any
a) much - many - much - many - a little
c) little / some / some
b) many - much - much - a little - much
d) a lot / a few / much
c) much - many - many - a few - a few
d) many - many - much - much - many 09. (MACKENZIE) Indicate the alternative that best completes the
following sentences:
03. (CFOE) A lot of candies were distributed to the kids yesterday. A: I don’t like stroganoff. Would you like (I) pizza instead?
A lot of can be replaced by
B: Oh no! Let’s buy (II) loaves of bread and make sandwiches.
a) much. b) many. c) little. d) a lot.
A: But we have (III) time to do that. We’re late for school.
04. (ITA) Dadas as sentenças: B: Alright, but we’ve got (IV) ham and (V) hot dogs.
I. She does not spend much money on her health.
II. Not many of our friends usually travel abroad. a) I. a little; II. a few; III. very little; IV. only a little; V. few
III. I have too much work to do and so little time available. b) I. only a little; II. many; III. very little; IV. a few; V. any
IV. Bruna says that London is much more exciting than Paris. c) I. few; II. very few; III. more; IV. little; V. some
Constatamos que, relativamente, das expressões sublinhadas, está(ão) d) I. very little; II. only a few; III. many; IV. a few; V. more
corretamente empregada(s) a(s) que aparece(m) em e) I. little; II. much; III. few; IV. a few; V. very little
a) II e III. c) II, III e IV. e) todas.
10. (MACKENZIE) Indicate the alternative that best completes the
b) I, II, e III. d) I, III e IV.
following sentences:
05. (EPCAR) Mark the group of uncountable words. I. Could you give me __________ water? I’m so thirsty.
a) prejudice - experience - ability II. I have very __________ money. I need more.
b) orientation - body - position III. Who has __________ friends than John? Nobody I think.
c) discrimination - intolerance - racism IV. Only _________ people came to the party yesterday. It was boring!
d) history - status - religion V. I have __________ time to stay with my family nowadays.

06. (PUC-RIO) Mark the item which contains the right choice of FEW/ a) I. less; II. little; III. lesser; IV. a few; V. few
A FEW/ LITTLE/ A LITTLE to complete the following sentences: b) I. some; II. a little; III. few; IV. little; V. lesser
I. ________ politicians realize the importance of solar energy. c) I. a little; II. little; III. fewer; IV. few; V. less
II. Would you like _______ light to help you study this map. d) I. little; II. a little; III. less; IV. a few; V. least
III. The new theory is very difficult, but fortunately there are ______ e) I. few; II. less; III. least; IV. little; V. more
people who understand it.
IV. Regrettably, the government has _______ power over those who
are destroying the ozone in the atmosphere. GABARITO
EXERCÍCIOS DE FIXAÇÃO
(I) (II) (III) (IV)
01. B 04. D 07. D 10. B
a) a few a few little few
02. D 05. A 08. D
b) a little a little few a little 03. B 06. E 09. B
c) little a few a little a little EXERCÍCIOS DE TREINAMENTO
d) few little a a few few 01. C 04. E 07. D 10. E
e) few a little a few little 02. A 05. D 08. E
03. C 06. B 09. D
07. (UNESP) I bought _____ flowers and ____ milk than yesterday. EXERCÍCIOS DE COMBATE
a) fewer - fewer 01. A 04. E 07. B 10. C
b) fewer - less 02. B 05. C 08. A
c) less - less 03. B 06. E 09. A
d) more - fewer
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