Less / Fewer

1. Fewer cars on the road; few­er stu­dents in class; few­er boys and girls among my friends; few­er peo­ple in this town; few­er Rus­sian tour­ists in Ita­ly this year; few­er ta­bles and chairs in the room; few­er boxes in/at the ware­house; few­er stars in the sky; few­er planes at the air­port; few­er buses in the city centre (BrE) / center (AmE).
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2. Less tea in the cup; less wa­ter in the bot­tle; less food in the fridge; less mon­ey in the pock­et; less time left; less smoke af­ter the fire; less and less clean air in cit­ies be­cause of cars; less pa­tience; less im­port­ance; less in­ter­est; less traf­fic.
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3. To walk less; to smoke much less than be­fore; to shout less at your stu­dents in class; to wor­ry less about such pet­ty things; to sleep less and less be­cause of the forth­com­ing exams.
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4. You should smoke few­er ciga­rettes and eat less salt or else you’ll dam­age your health.
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5. There are fewer cars and there­fore less noise in our town now.
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6. Spoken BrE and spoken AmE (“have got”): I’ve got less mon­ey and few­er friends now than I had a year ago. I won­der why. • AmE and more formal BrE (“have”): I have less mon­ey and few­er friends now than I had a year ago. I won­der why.
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7. You should spend less time and mon­ey on these com­put­er games.
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8. It was less of a risk than we’d ex­pected.
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9. I’ll be back in less than ten minutes. Wait for me here!
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10. BrE (“cinema”): We’re more or less free now, so I think we can go to the cin­e­ma. • AmE (“movies”): We’re more or less free now, so I think we can go to the mov­ies.
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11. It costs much less to buy things on the in­ter­net.
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12. BrE (“metres”): If the distance is less than 500 metres, I usu­al­ly walk. • AmE (“meters”): If the distance is less than 500 meters, I usu­al­ly walk.
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13. The more I think about it, the less I’m sure I was right.
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Проверьте правильность про­из­но­ше­ния сле­ду­ю­щих слов [BrE || AmE]:

• a student – [ˈstjuːdnt || ˈstuːdnt]
• a tourist – [ˈtʊərɪst || ˈtʊrɪst]
• Italy – [ˈɪtəli]
• a warehouse – [ˈweəhaʊs || ˈwerhaʊs]
• an airport – [ˈeəpɔːt || ˈerpɔːrt]
• a fridge – [frɪdʒ]
• patience – [ˈpeɪʃns]
• importance – [ɪmˈpɔːtns || ɪmˈpɔːrtns]
• interest – [ˈɪntrəst, ˈɪntrest]
• traffic – [ˈtræfɪk]
• petty – [ˈpeti]
• forthcoming – [ˌfɔːθˈkʌmɪŋ || ˌfɔːrθˈkʌmɪŋ]
• a cigarette – [ˌsɪɡəˈret || ˈsɪɡəret]
• salt – [sɔːlt]
• to damage – [ˈdæmɪdʒ]
• health – [helθ]
• therefore – [ˈðeəfɔː(r) || ˈðerfɔːr]
• (a) noise – [nɔɪz]
• to wonder – [ˈwʌndə(r) || ˈwʌndər]
• a computer – [kəmˈpjuːtə(r) || kəmˈpjuːtər]
• a minute – [ˈmɪnɪt]
• (a) cinema (BrE) – [ˈsɪnəmə]
• a movie (AmE) – [ˈmuːvi]
• the internet – [ˈɪntənet || ˈɪntərnet]
• a distance – [ˈdɪstəns]
• a metre (BrE) – [ˈmiːtə(r) || ---]
• a meter (AmE) – [--- || miːtər]
• sure – [ʃʊə(r), ʃɔː(r) || ʃʊr]