Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
There is only _______ water in the glass. Please give me some more.

• A. many
• B. much
• C. a few
• D. a little

Answer 1

The correct option is D a little

In this sentence, water is the noun and it is an uncountable noun. Now, we use "few" and "a few" with countable nouns in the plural form, and we use "little" and "a little" with uncountable nouns. Since water is an uncountable noun, option C "a few" cannot be used.

On the other hand, since in the second part of the sentence, some more water is being asked for, it means that the water in the glass is less. Hence Option B "much" cannot be used over here.

Finally "many" is used for countable nouns, so Option A is wrong.

Now, to point out why we are using "a little" and not "little"; little means "hardly any" and "a little" means "some"

Option D is correct.