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Count-Uncount Exercises 2

The document discusses the meanings and uses of the words "enough" and "too" as well as the expressions "a few/few" and "a little/little". Enough means a sufficient or adequate amount, while too means more than needed or wanted. Enough comes after adjectives/adverbs and before nouns, while too comes before adjectives/adverbs or in the expressions "too much" and "too many". A few/a little describe a quantity positively, while few/little describe it negatively.

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Count-Uncount Exercises 2

The document discusses the meanings and uses of the words "enough" and "too" as well as the expressions "a few/few" and "a little/little". Enough means a sufficient or adequate amount, while too means more than needed or wanted. Enough comes after adjectives/adverbs and before nouns, while too comes before adjectives/adverbs or in the expressions "too much" and "too many". A few/a little describe a quantity positively, while few/little describe it negatively.

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Enough and Too Enough means "sufficient", or"as much or many (of something) as necessary".

Too means "more than enough" or "more than is needed or wanted". Enough comes after adjectives and adverbs: It isn't hot enough to go for a swim. We're not moving quic !y enough. Enough comes before nouns: We have enough time. "here isn't enough f!our to ma e the ca e. Too comes before adjectives and adverbs: It's too co!d to go for a swim. #ou're driving too fast. When we $ut too before nouns, it goes in the e%$ressions too much and too many. Too much is used before uncountab!e nouns. Too many is used before countab!e nouns (&ee more about): countab!e and uncountab!e nouns: #ou $ut too much sugar in my coffee. "here is too much $overty in the wor!d. "here are too many $eo$!e to fit in the car.
A few and few, a little and little These expressions show the speaker's attitude towards the quantity he/she is referring to. A few (for countable nouns) and a little (for uncountable nouns) describe the quantity in a positive way:

" '!e got a few friends" (" #aybe not #any$ but enough) " '!e got a little #oney" (" '!e got enough to li!e on)

Few and little describe the quantity in a negative way:

Few people !isited hi# in hospital (" he had al#ost no !isitors) %e had little #oney (" al#ost no #oney)

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+) 4ut in one of the e%$ressions from the bo%. (<ore than one answer may be $ossib!e in some sentences, but you must use a!! the e%$ressions.) a few a !itt!e how much any no enough some how many too much

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'. 8et=s have a rest for .............................minutes. (. >an you turn down the "?. It=s ............................!oud. *. :there isn=t ............................ sou$ for four $eo$!e. I=!! have to ma e ..................... more. +. "his tea isn=t sweet ...................., and there isn=t .......................mi! ,. I need ............................... time to thin . /. >ou!d I have just .........................more bread. 0. .............................. !anguages can you s$ea . 1. "here hasn=t been ..................... snnow this year. 2. ....................... money do you need. '3. 9a!f the $eo$!e in the wor!d haven=t got .................... to eat, an d ha!f of the others eat ............................ ''. "here are .................... buses from our vi!!age on &undays.

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