13. Favorite

A. What is your most favorite sport?

B. Autumn is my best favorite season.

C. Of all the women in the world, you're my most favorite.

Favorite

adjective: most liked, most preferred

noun: the item which is most liked or most preferred

=> 'favorite' already includes the concept of 'most'.

A1OK, A2OK, B1OK, C1OK

14. Few/ A few/ Little/ A little

A. Her sister has a lot of clothes, but she has a few.

B. Do you need some music for your party? I have few cassette tapes you can borrow.

'Few' and 'a few' are used before plural, countable nouns.( a few apples )

'Little' and 'a little' are used before uncountable nouns.( a little time )

a few/ a little : a positive expression. what does exist

=> There are (is) a certain number ( amount ) of apples ( time ).

few/little : a negative expression. what does not exist.

=> There are (is) not many (much) apples ( time ).

1a, 1b

A1OK, B1OK

2: ... are not many (few).... several ( a few)..........

3: ..did not have much ( had little ) .......did not have many ( had few ).....

4: ..a certain , small amount of ( a little ) ...a small portion of ( a little )...

NOTE I: 'little', ' a little' + adjectives and adverbs

=> meaning: 'somewhat', 'slightly'

5, 6

'a little' + comparative form (adjectives and adverbs)

=> meaning" ' to a certain(small) degree'

'little' + the comparative form of an adjective

meaning: negative, the degree of adjective is not great.

9, 10.

NOTE II: 'quite' + 'a few' or 'a little'

=> The number or amount is rather large.

11, 12

NOTE III: only + 'a few','a little'=> negative meaning: not many, not much

13, 14

Common Pattern: Subject + only + verb + a few/ a little _________.

15, 16

NOTE IV: very + few/ little

( emphasize the negative meaning  of those expressions)

=> the number/ amount is very small

17, 18

NOTE V: ' a little bit of', ' a bit'=> slightly informal

19, 20, 21

15. Get/ Have ( something done): Indirect agency

A. Yesterday I cut my hair at a barber shop near my office.

B. I want to take my picture in front of the Eiffel Tower as a souvenir of my trip to Paris.

C. Styles are changing, so I need to make a new suit.

D. I had a horrible toothache, so I pulled my tooth.

Above sentences: the speaker is preforming the actions himself.

=> Having an action performed for him, performed by someone else.

A1OK, B1OK, C1OK

1. - 6.

NOTICE: It is also possible to indicate the agent who performs these actions

A2OK,  B2OK, C2OK, D2OK

Haircut, shoeshine, checkup

7, 8

16. Give up

A. After I failed the government examination, I gave up to be a lawyer.

B. My girl friend refuses to marry me unless I give up to drink whisky.

Give up + NOUN or Gerund

A1OK, B1OK.

A2OK