Getting Smarter through Language
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Based on the lesson and video, fill in each blank using fewer, fewest, less, or least based on standard grammar.
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1. Studying hard paid off. Among all students in my class, I made mistakes on the exam.
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the fewest (mistakes)
2. John spent more time on the exam than I did, but I made mistakes than he did.
fewer (mistakes)
3. We had much days below freezing this year than ever did in recorded history. We also had rainy days.
fewer (days)
4. Although the final exam was harder than the midterm, we had time to complete it. We had than two hours!
less (time)
less (“two hours” is a measured quantity or amount, so it is considered singular)
5. I can’t buy enough food for than $200. I remember when I used to feed the whole family for a week on much .
less
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6. To lose weight, Patrick decided to eat candy and drink sugary drinks.
less (candy)
fewer (sugary drinks)
7. The company made profits this year because people needed the products it sold.
fewer (profits)
fewer (people)
8. Although the professor expected students to write a longer essay at the end of the semester, she gave them time to complete it.
9. Everyone worked well together. John contributed .
the least (of all)
10. People who “work smart” get the most done with amount of effort.
the least (amount)
11. To date, than half of the students have completed their essays.
fewer (“half of the students” is grammatically countable and plural)
12. During the hottest part of the year, you should wear clothing. The clothes you have on, the better your body can regulate its temperature.
less (clothing)
fewer (clothes)
In this sentence, you are using a correlative comparative expression (“the fewer, the better”), which expresses that an increase in one quality results in the increase in another quality.
13. You can lower your electricity bills by keeping lights on outside your house.
fewer (lights)
14. Since school administrators started implementing the program, students have dropped out and disruptive behavior has occurred.
fewer (students)
less (behavior)
15. In the last 10 years, we have had snow in January and rainy days in the fall.
less (snow)
16. The United States has the most tornadoes worldwide each year whereas countries in Central American and African countries have .
the fewest (tornadoes)
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