On time= If something happens on time, it happens at the time that was planned:

(The 11:45 train left on time.(=it left at 11:45

REPORTED SPEECH

a little/a few and little/few

(A

:a little/little ( adjectives) are used before uncountable nouns

                a little salt/little salt

:a few/few (adjectives) are used before plural nouns

                a few people/few people

:all four forms can also be used as pronouns, either alone or with of

              .Sugar? ~ A little, please

             .Only a few of these are any good

(B

a little, a few

a little is a small amount, or what the speaker considers small amount. a few is small number, or what the .speaker considers a small number

(C

little and few

:little and few denote scarcity or lack and have almost the force of negative

There was little time for consultatin

Little is known about the side-effects of this drug

Few towns have such splendid trees