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Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
We can all get on the bus. There are only __________ passengers on it now.

A
many
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B
much
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C
a few
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D
a little
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Solution

The correct option is B a few
In the above sentence, "passengers" is a countable noun. Adjectives like "much" and "little" are usually used for uncountable nouns. Thus, Option B and Option D are eliminated. "Many" cannot be the answer as it is mentioned in the sentence that there are hardly any people on the bus.
In this particular sentence, we can understand from the first half of the sentence that there are some people on the bus, but that number is less. "Few" means not many or amounting to a small number. If we analyze, it carefully, "few" is exactly the opposite of ‘many’, while in "a few" is the opposite of ‘none at all’. Thus, it can be option C.
Option C is correct.

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