Ce corrigé fewer et less reprend les onze exercices dans l’ordre. Pour chaque réponse en gras, une remarque rappelle si le nom est dénombrable ou indénombrable, car c’est presque toujours la clé.
La correction détaillée
Le corrigé fewer et less, exercice par exercice
Correction de l’exercice 1 : Fewer ou less- fewer : cars est dénombrable.
- less : sugar est indénombrable.
- Fewer : people est un pluriel dénombrable.
- less : time est indénombrable.
- less : energy est indénombrable.
- fewer : accidents est dénombrable.
- less : somme d’argent vue comme un tout.
- Fewer : students est dénombrable.
- the fewest : shops est dénombrable.
- the least : devant un adjectif, the least forme le superlatif d’infériorité.
- the most : l’Allemagne est le premier producteur d’énergie éolienne en Europe.
- the fewest : mistakes est dénombrable.
- the least : pollution est indénombrable.
- the most : superlatif de supériorité, renforcé par I have ever coached.
- as much
- as many
- as difficult
- as many
- as much
- as expensive
- The city has twice as many bikes as in 2015.
- A coffee costs four times as much in London as in Lisbon.
- Team B scored half as many goals as Team A. (ou Team A scored twice as many goals as Team B.)
- Tom earns three times as much as Sam.
- There are half as many trains as before.
- far : very ne modifie jamais un comparatif.
- much : devant un adjectif au comparatif.
- Many : people est dénombrable.
- slightly : petit écart.
- even : renforcement ; ever signifie « jamais, déjà ».
- a lot
- The more you practise, the more you improve.
- The fewer cars there are, the less pollution there is.
- The longer the film got, the more boring it became.
- The earlier you start, the better.
- The less we consume, the less we waste.
- The hotter the sun got, the more water we drank. Le nom water suit directement the more.
- fewer and fewer
- more and more
- hotter and hotter
- less and less
- longer and longer
- less and less (less and less common)
- In 2025, there were 25,000 fewer cars per day in the centre than in 2015. (ou half as many cars)
- In 2025, there was half as much air pollution as in 2015.
- There were three times as many bike journeys in 2025 as in 2015.
- The fewer cars there are, the less pollution there is.
- In 2025, no fewer than 15,000 bike journeys were made every day.
- More and more people are cycling in Greenford.
- There are fewer students in my class this year.
- He is taller than his brother. Adjectif court en -er, et than.
- The more you work, the more you learn.
- I have as many friends as you.
- This car costs twice as much as mine.
- It’s the best film I have ever seen.
- There are fewer and fewer bees.
- The more you read, the more you learn.
- This phone costs twice as much as the old one.
- We produce far (much) less waste than before.
- There were no fewer than 500 people.
- She doesn’t have as much free time as I do. (ou as me, plus familier)
Exemple de réponse modèle :
- There are fewer small shops in my neighbourhood than ten years ago.
- People spend less time in the town square.
- There aren’t as many green spaces as there used to be.
- The more buildings they put up, the less space there is for nature.
- More and more families are moving to the suburbs.
Comment progresser après ce corrigé
Avant chaque comparaison, posez-vous la question « est-ce que je peux compter ? ». Entraînez-vous ensuite sur de vrais documents : choisissez un graphique dans un manuel ou un article et décrivez-le en cinq phrases en variant fewer, less, twice as many, far more et the more…, the more… ; c’est exactement ce qu’on attend dans une épreuve de compréhension ou d’expression.

