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

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

Answer: (C)

Focus on how we talk about quantity with countable nouns. Cars are things you can count, so when you’re comparing how many there are, you use the comparative form fewer. The sentence uses there are, which matches the plural noun cars, so fewer cars fits naturally.

The other options don’t fit because little is used with uncountable nouns (you wouldn’t say there are little cars), fewest is a superlative used when comparing three or more groups and you’re not making such a comparison here, and less is also reserved for uncountable nouns (not for countable items like cars).