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.

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.

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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