1) Many people confuse the words less and fewer. Here's how you can tell which word to use: If you can count the objects, use the word fewer. If the objects are not countable, use the word less. Which phrase is correct? a) My cup has fewer juice than yours. b) My cup has less orange juice than yours. 2) To test whether a noun is 'countable', just try to make it into a plural (more than one). If you can, and it's countable, use 'fewer'. Choose the set of countable nouns: a) yard, burger, baby, hour, egg b) chocolate, clothing, happiness, news, spaghetti 3) 'Water' is uncountable, but we can make it countable by adding a unit of measure (for e.g. 'bottles' or 'cups' or 'litres' of water) a) False b) True 4) There were ___ days below zero last winter. a) fewer b) less 5) I drank ___ water than she did. a) fewer b) less 6) People these days are buying ___ newspapers. a) fewer b) less 7) I have ___ time to do this work. a) fewer b) less 8) He worked ___ hours than I did. a) fewer b) less 9) I made ___ mistakes in this test than he. a) fewer b) less 10) She should spend ___ money on stupid things. a) fewer b) less 11) There are ___ students in university this year. a) fewer b) less 12) You should eat ___ sugar. a) fewer b) less 13) You should eat ___ lollies. a) fewer b) less 14) You should eat ___ fast food. a) fewer b) less 15) Water has ___ calories than cola. a) fewer b) less 16) There are ___ cars on the roads in this small town. a) fewer b) less 17) She has ___ patience than her husband. a) fewer b) less 18) It took me ____ than an hour to complete my homework. a) fewer b) less 19) This room has ____ space than we need. a) fewer b) less 20) There were ____ students absent from school today. a) fewer b) less

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