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Fewer / Less - Exercise 2

Choose the correct word in each sentence below.  When you have finished, click on the "Check My Work" button to view the answers.

1.  (Fewer  Less) people signed up for the march than we expected.

2.  This year I will buy (fewer  less) plants for my garden.

3.  The shirt feels much ( fewer  less) bulky now that the tailor taken it in.

4.  During this past storm, ( fewer  less) snow fell.

5.  During this past storm, ( fewer less) accidents occurred.

6.  When the clerk counted the money, she found ( fewer less) coins than before.

7.  This part of the symphony requires much ( fewer  less) instrumentation than the earlier part.

8.  After the loggers went through the land, there were considerably (fewer less) trees in the south field.

9.  Please give me ( fewer  less) sugar than you gave him.

10.  Please give me ( fewer  less) sugar cubes than you gave him.

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Margaret L. Benner
Director, Writing Support Program
English Department
Towson University
benner@towson.edu 

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