English grammar error-spotting (‘‘a little’’ vs ‘‘little’’ with positive sense): Read the sentence and select the single erroneous part. Sentence: ‘‘There is still / little tea / left in the cup. / No error.’

Concept‘‘Little’’ (without article) means ‘‘hardly any/insufficient’’ and gives a negative sense. ‘‘A little’’ means ‘‘some (enough)’’ and is used for a positive/neutral statement like ‘‘There is still … left’’.

CorrectionWrite: ‘‘There is still a little tea left in the cup.’’

Common pitfalls

• Confusing ‘‘little’’ with ‘‘a little’’ (and ‘‘few’’ with ‘‘a few’’) which flips the meaning.

Final Answerlittle tea