Deteminers and Articles

Excercise 3 : Determiners

1.     There are (less / fewer) students in this room than in the next room.	(4) there are (fewer) students in this room than in the next room.
2.  I would (a few / a little) salt on my vegetables	(2) I would (a little) salt on my vegetables.

Exercise 4 : Articles

1.     ..... judge asked  ..... witness to tell ... truth	(4) the judge asked a witness to tell the truth
2.     ...... Statue of Liberty was a gift of friendship from ..... France to ..... United States	(2) A Statue of Liberty was a gift of friendship from a France to the United States

Noun Phrase ( Exercise 3)

The noun phrase a group of words that ends with a noun. It can contain determiners like the, a, this, few, some, any, etc.

The example sentences:

there are (less / fewer) students in this room than in the next room.

Why i choose fewer because the room can be counted and less just cannot be counted like milk, sugar, and etc. But less sugar it is possible non-count nouns.

And the example 2 :

I would (a few / a little) salt on my vegetables

I choose a little because salt is setences of count and non-count nouns, if you choose a few this noun count, what a salt can be count? Mybe no. Because a salt not be counted, so you must be a little.

Articles (Exercise 4)

A, and an, precede only singular count noun; they mean one.

Example senteces:

The judges asked a witness to tell the truth

·         THE This conditional indicate something was already know about or something common knowladge. And A  for to introduce a subject which has not been previously mentioned.

Well to the next example:

A Statue of Liberty was a gift of friendship from a France to the United States

Statue of Liberty is  dont use The with because of holidays, a france same this country not by The. And united must be The because certain country or countries with more than one word (except great britain).