一、运用方法
1、little和a little的运用
-Would you like some tea?
-No，thanks. T here is a little in the cup.
T here is little water in the bottle，you need to get some.
句中little和a little修饰或代替不可数名词。Little表示否定，相当于not much;not enough，意为“几乎没有”;a little表示肯定意为“有点，有些”。
a little还常用来修饰形容词、副词、动词，也可以修饰形容词或副词的比较级。如：
I work for 4 hours, so I feel a little tired.
My sister get up earlier than I. But she get to school a little later than I. Because she runs more slowly than I.
2、few和a few的运用
He is a man of few words. But we all like him, he is a kind-hearted man.
There are a few bottles of milk here, you don’t have to buy now.
句中few和a few修饰可数名词，后接可数名词复数;也可用来代替复数名词。few的意思是“很少”，“几乎没有”，含有否定意味;a few则是肯定的，表示“少数几个”，“有些”，与some意思比较接近。
二、固定搭配
only a few (=few) not a few (=many) quite a few (=many)
many a (=many)
Many books were sold.
Many a book was sold.
三、例题展示
Although he 's wealthy，he spends___ on clothes.
A. little B. few C. a little D. a few
答案： A. spend所指的是钱，不可数，只能用little或 a little. 本句为although引导的让步状语从句，由句意知后句为否定含义，因此应用little表示几乎不。
四、拓展知识
1、 little修饰不可数名词,表示“量”.
2、 little含否定意义(反义词：much);a little含肯定意义(反义词：none).
3、 在非正式英语中,一般很少用little,常用not much,only a little来代替,如：
We haven’t got much money / time.
