How can I practice Few / Little?

Step Ahead Grammar offers free practice questions on Few / Little with instant feedback, answers and Hindi explanations. You can also take timed tests.

Is Few / Little important for exams?

Few / Little appears in school exams and competitive exams like SSC and Bank PO English sections. Practising with exam-style questions improves accuracy and speed.

Few / Little

Usage intermediate medium

Few for countable, little for uncountable — with or without "a".

Usage — Common choices, confusions and preposition errors.

Rules

1. a few + countable: a few books (some, positive). 2. few + countable: few books (almost none, negative). 3. a little + uncountable: a little water (some, positive). 4. little + uncountable: little water (almost none, negative). 5. The article changes the meaning completely — "a little effort" (some effort) vs "little effort" (hardly any).

Explanation

The tiny word "a" flips the meaning: "I have a few friends" (some friends) vs "I have few friends" (almost no friends).

हिंदी में

a few का मतलब कुछ (सकारात्मक), few का मतलब लगभग नहीं। a little और little में भी यही फर्क है।

Examples

I have a few good friends. — मेरे कुछ अच्छे दोस्त हैं।
There is little hope of success. — सफलता की बहुत कम उम्मीद है।

Common Mistakes

{"mistake":"Few students passed means some passed (wrong reading).","correction":"Few students passed = hardly any passed.","note":"\"few\" without \"a\" has a negative meaning."}

Practice Questions

Q1. "A few" is more positive in meaning than "few".

True
False

Answer: True

💡 "A few" means some; "few" means hardly any.

Q2. Find the error: "Give me a few water, please."

Answer: a few water

💡 Water is uncountable → "a little water".

Q3. Find the error: "There are little people at the fair today."

Answer: little people

💡 Countable plural → "few people".

Practice & Test Yourself

Take a free placement test to find your level, practise Few / Little with instant feedback, then take a timed test.

Open Few / Little lesson → Free practice — Sign up

Related Topics in Usage

Topic	Level	What it covers
Singular / Plural	beginner	Making nouns singular and plural correctly.
Countable / Uncountable Nouns	elementary	Nouns you can count vs nouns you cannot.
Much / Many	elementary	Much for uncountable, many for countable.
Some / Any	elementary	Some in positives and offers; any in negatives and questions.
Each / Every	intermediate	Each singles out; every groups all together.
Either / Neither	intermediate	Either = one of two; neither = not one and not the other.

About · Contact · Privacy Policy · Pricing

Step Ahead Grammar · Learn • Practice • Test • Improve · Step Ahead Institute