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Fewer / Less - Exercise 3

Direction: Choose the correct word in each sentence below. When you have finished, click on the "Check My Work" button to view the answers.

1. We harvested (   ) corn this year because of the drought.

2. The express lane plainly allows only ten items or (   ).

3. Markham's new novel contains far (   ) pages than his previous one.

4. With careful effort from all, we now have (   ) pollution than we used to have.

5. This time the construction crew will pour (   ) cement.

6. The storm produced (   ) effects than anticipated.

7. This semester (   ) students signed up for Dr. Billings' class.

8. I have (   ) jelly beans than you do.

9. The miners sustained lung damage because there was (   ) oxygen in the mine than they needed.

10. There were far (   ) transplants just a decade ago than there are today.

             

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