Download this free B1–B2 grammar worksheet PDF for English learners and teachers. This lesson helps students practise the difference between fewer and less in clear, practical English.
Students learn how to use fewer with plural countable nouns, such as fewer mistakes, fewer cars, fewer people and fewer problems. They also practise using less with uncountable nouns, such as less time, less money, less traffic and less information.
The worksheet also teaches fewer than with plural countable nouns and numbers, such as fewer than ten students, and less than with measurements, such as less than ten minutes, less than £20 and less than two kilometres. Students also practise using less before adjectives and adverbs, such as less crowded, less stressful and less carefully.
The PDF includes a grammar focus section, fewer vs less exercises, choose-the-correct-form practice, sentence matching, correction tasks, mini-dialogues, countable and uncountable noun practice, speaking practice, writing practice, vocabulary practice, an error-checking challenge, useful reminders and a full answer key.
This worksheet can be used in one-to-one lessons, group classes, online English lessons, adult ESL lessons, EFL classes, homework or independent grammar practice.
Level: B1–B2
Grammar point: Fewer vs less
Focus: grammar accuracy, countable and uncountable nouns, measurements, speaking and writing
Format: Free grammar worksheet PDF with answer key
This free worksheet includes:
- a clear explanation of fewer and less
- practice with fewer + plural countable nouns
- practice with less + uncountable nouns
- practice with fewer than + number + plural noun
- practice with less than + time, money, distance or measurement
- practice with less + adjective/adverb
- choose-the-correct-form practice
- sentence matching
- mistake correction
- mini-dialogues
- countable and uncountable noun practice
- speaking practice
- writing practice
- vocabulary and sentence practice
- an error-checking challenge
- useful reminder table
- full answer key for teachers and students
The worksheet focuses especially on common B1–B2 mistakes such as less books, less people, fewer sugar, fewer time, fewer difficult and fewer than £5. The main classroom rule is simple: use fewer for plural countable nouns and less for uncountable nouns. Then teach less than separately for measurements such as time, money and distance.
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