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Inglez Examen

The document discusses the difference between using less and fewer. Less is used to refer to quantities that cannot be counted, like time, money, or distance. Fewer is used to refer to things that can be counted, like people, objects, or events. The document provides examples of correctly using less and fewer in sentences. It also contains an exercise for students to underline the right word in sentences and write their own sentence using less or fewer.

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Inglez Examen

The document discusses the difference between using less and fewer. Less is used to refer to quantities that cannot be counted, like time, money, or distance. Fewer is used to refer to things that can be counted, like people, objects, or events. The document provides examples of correctly using less and fewer in sentences. It also contains an exercise for students to underline the right word in sentences and write their own sentence using less or fewer.

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Commonly Confused Words

“Grammar Goes Surfing,” pages 2-3


May 2015
®

THE LANGUAGE ARTS MAGAZINE

Name: ___________________________________________________ Date: __________________

Less vs. Fewer


The words less and fewer are often confused and misused. Figuring out which one to use is often as easy as
determining whether it’s possible to count the people, places, or things to which you are referring.

LESS FEWER
Use less to refer to a quantity of something Use fewer to refer to things you CAN count.
that you CANNOT count.
Christa hopes there will be less snow this winter. Thomas hopes there will be fewer snow days this year.
They ate less pizza than I expected. They ate fewer slices of pizza than I expected.
Greg was disappointed that his team won fewer
Less is also used with words about TIME, basketball games this season than last season.
MONEY, and DISTANCE.
They had less than four hours to get there.
Jason spent less than 10 dollars on that shirt.

Directions: Underline the correct boldfaced word in each sentence below.

1. Rhonda has less/fewer homework to do than Ricky because she gets more of it done during school.

2. Less/Fewer people are in line for this movie than I was expecting.

3. Clown camp costs less/fewer than Robert thinks.

4. Derek can swim across the lake in less/fewer than seven minutes! He’s very athletic.  

5. L
 ess/Fewer students than usual were at the assembly. A nasty stomach virus kept many kids at home.

6. I’ll be surprised if I can finish this essay in less/fewer than three hours.

7. Martina’s lunch cost less/fewer than 10 dollars.

8. Lisa was certain that the distance between Niagara Falls and Buffalo was less/fewer than her GPS claimed.

9. It would have taken less/fewer time to set up the party if we had been more organized.

10. Angel was thrilled that he had less/fewer cavities than last year.

Directions: Write your own sentence using less or fewer.

11. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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