Grammar Less Fewer

Which ones are countable nouns?

• calls

• emails

• time

• friends

• information

Which ones are uncountable?

• coins

• money

• food

• homework

• friends

With uncountable nouns and verbs, we use:

• more or less

• more or fewer

With countable nouns, we use:

• more or less

• more or fewer

I send .............. texts than emails.

I like calling .............. than texting.

Last week I got 100 emails, but this week I got only 47. So I got .............. emails this week.

Having access to online news makes people buy .............. regular newspapers.

• less

• fewer

• more

• even more

Teenagers are spending much .............. time on cellphones today than in the past.

• more

• fewer

• less

• even fewer

My son never stops talking, he definitely talks ........ than me.

• less

• fewer

• more

• much less