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Less vs Fewer- English Grammar - Teaching Tips

 

Here we look at the difference between "less" and "fewer". This set of words is often used incorrectly and we decided to take a closer look at the difference to help you avoid mistakes. The key difference is that the word "less" is used to refer to uncountable things while "fewer" is used to refer to countable things. Keeping this in mind will help you figure out which word to use in all situations. Remember the '10 items or less' line at the supermarket" Well, it's actually a mistake. If you are purchasing several items then these items are countable, which means the checkout should be called the ?10 items or fewer" line. Other examples of the difference between the two words are "I have been to fewer countries than you" (countable),"I have less money than you" (uncountable).


Below you can read feedback from an ITTT graduate regarding one section of their online TEFL certification course. Each of our online courses is broken down into concise units that focus on specific areas of English language teaching. This convenient, highly structured design means that you can quickly get to grips with each section before moving onto the next.

Unit 11 made me understand about the importance of reading and listening like a receptive skill. How to motivate students with interesting topics which help students to engage with the language and try to looking always to a detail information. This will give me a good development in the activate stage with a final task and excellent results of compression.This unit has assisted me alot in terms of understanding teaching productive skills such as speaking and writing which also includes fun activities such as games. In this unit I have learnt that speaking and writing is very important because that is how sentences are constructed. Useful unit indeed which will be beneficial to help beginners learning english



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