Exercise 7

Fill in the blanks with "little", "a little" or "the little" as required

1. He has no steady income, so he has …… money to spend on luxuries.
2. ……. help from you will be immense help to me.
3. We don’t keep much milk at home, ……. We had was used up.
4. Though young, she has …… commonsense in dealing with fellows like him.
5. …… do these boys know that violence goes nowhere.
6. Have ….. patience, the doctor will examine you soon.
7. I couldn’t do much to help him, but …… help I gave him was gratefully acknowledged.
8. He is so very arrogant that he treats his wife and children with …… love.
9. “……. Learning is a dangerous thing”
10. I know ….. about computer mechanism, so don’t treat me like an ignoramus.