Choose the correct word: "There are _____ cars in the parking lot."

Choose the correct word: "There are _____ cars in the parking lot."

• A. little
• B. fewest
• C. fewer
• D. less

Answer: (C)

This question tests choosing the right quantity word based on whether the noun is countable. For countable plural nouns like cars, you use fewer to compare numbers.

There are fewer cars in the parking lot means there is a smaller number of individual cars. Little and less are for uncountable (mass) nouns, so they don’t fit with a plural noun like cars. Fewest is the superlative form used when comparing three or more groups to pick the smallest count, which isn’t the intended sense here. Less with a count noun sounds off and is considered incorrect in standard grammar.

So the best choice is fewer.