Practice 1
A Fill in each blank with a few or a little.
1 Only _______of this waste can be recycled.
2 Don't eat all the cookies. Leave _______for your brother.
3 I recognized _______of the people in the photograph.
4 If you took _______more exercise，you might lose some weight.
5 The colour may fade _______when the T-shirt is washed.
6 You would have more room in your wardrobe if you got rid of _______of these old clothes.
7 Carol spread _______of the jelly on her bread.
8 _______ of the flowers had died.
B Circle the correct phrase in the brackets to complete each sentence.
1 The builders haven't done (a bit/a little) of work all morning.
2 The presence of the actress gave the event (a crumb/a dash) of glamour.
3 The writing was very faint and I couldn't read (a little/a couple) of the words.
4 Joe put (a dab/a dash) of grease on the creaking hinge.
5 It takes (a couple/a few) hours for the paint to dry.
6 Mary fed (a crumb/a little) of the mashed potato to the baby.
7 There is only (a bit/a dash) of milk left in the bottle.
8 The mouse was nibbling (a dab/a crumb) of toast that someone had dropped on the floor.
C Fill in each blank with a suitable phrase from the box. Do not use the same phrase more than once.
a bit a couple a crumb a dash a little
1 Mum wiped _______of cake from the baby's mouth.
2 We spent _______of days in the mountains.
3 I did _______of shopping on the way home.
4 Paul likes to drink lemonade with _______of orange juice in it.
5 The detergent removed only _______of the dirt from the towel.
D Rewrite these sentences，replacing the word bit with another word from the box. Do not use the same word more than once.
couple crumb dab dash few little
1 Mary licked a bit of pastry from her finger.
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2 This exercise is a bit easier than the last one.
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3 The incident added a bit of excitement to the boring journey.
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4 Put a bit of this ointment on the sting to take the pain away.
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