little,few,a little和a few的区别其实我也知道这4个词的用法，只是真正遇到了题目，就懵了~

few, a few, little, a little
虽然都表示“少”，但
（1）few, a few是可数的, little, a little是不可数的。
（2）a few, a little含肯定意味，few, little含否定意味。这里所谓的“肯定意味”和“否定意味”应该这样来理同样是半杯水，口渴者会认为：There is little water in the glass. 而不口渴的人则会认为：There is a little water in the glass.
一：
1．few修饰可数名词复数。
2．few (= not many; hardly any)含否定意义；a few (= some; several; a small
number of) 含肯定意义。
3． not a few = no few = quite a few = a good few = many。
4． 当 few受 every, last, past, next, some, very等词所修饰时，表示肯定意义，few之前不再有冠词。如：
In the last few minutes, he checked up his paper again.
It took us some few days to repair the machine.
They are very few in number.
There were too few of them.
He goes to see his grandma every few weeks.
5． 在非正式文体中很少见，一般用或代替，如：
Only a few people attended the meeting.
另外，little / a little
Little remains to be done about it. (作主语)
A little remains to be done.
Please give me a little. (作宾语)
He knows a little of everything.
There is very / but little time left. (作定语)
Don’t worry; you still have a little time.
1． little修饰不可数名词，表示“量”。
2． little含否定意义(反义词：much)；a little含肯定意义(反义词：none)。
3． 在非正式英语中，一般很少用little，常用not much, only a little来代替，如：
We haven’t got much money / time.

可数 不可数
否定 few little
肯定 a few a little

few、a few、little、a little的区别和联系：

few / a few用来修饰可数名词，few表示否定意义，没有，几乎没有；
a few表示有肯定意思， 有几个。 例如：
He has few friends here, he feels lonely.
他这里没朋友，他感觉寂寞。
There are a few eggs in the basket.篮子里有几个鸡蛋。
little / a little用来修饰不可数名词，little表示否定意思，没有，几乎没有。
a little 表示肯定意思，有一点儿。 例如：
There is little ink in my bottle, can you give me a little ink?
我的瓶子里没有墨水了，你能给我点儿墨水吗？
[考考你]
1. My father has many books, but he has_____ English books.
A. little B. a little C. few D. a few Answer
2. The twins can speak only ___ French.
A. a few B. few C. little D. a little Answer
[辩析]
1. few 与 little 作形容词用，都表示“几乎没有”，相当于一个否定词。具体区别：
(1) few 后面跟复数可数名词。 e.g. few books few students
(2) little 后面跟单数不可数名词。 e.g. little water little food
e.g. He has few friends. 他没有几个朋友。
They has little money. 他们没有什麽钱
2. a few 与 a little 都表示肯定的意思，指“有一点，有一些”。具体区别：
(1) a few 后加可数名词复数
（2）a little 后加不可数名词单数。
e.g. I'm going to buy a few bananas.
I can speak only a little Chinese.
3. a little 与 little 也可以用作副词， 表示“有点”“稍稍” 表示“很少”
e.g. ----Can you speak English?
----Yes, but only a little.
This book is a little more difficult than that one.
（ 可修饰形容词比较级）
She slept little last night. 昨天晚上，她没有怎么睡觉。

前面两个是几乎没有的意思，而后面两个是很少的意思

little和a little修饰不可数名词；few和a few修饰可数名词.little和few表几乎没有（否定）而a little和a few表示有一点,（肯定）

little 和 a little是修饰不可数名词的
few 和a few是修饰可数名词的。
little 和 few 表示没有的意思。
a little 和 a few表示有一些

little一般用于不可数名词的否定,如:there's little water.（这没有水）
few同上用于可数名词.
a little一般用于不可数名词,说明很少．如：there's a little water.（水很少）
a few同上用于可数名词.