7. Some, Any, No

7.1. Fill in the blanks with some, any, no.

1. You never ask me … questions. Is everything clear? 2. You have … fine flowers in your garden. 3. He doesn’t want … more pudding. 4. They have … time. They must go. 5. Would you have … cheese with your tea? 6. There is … ink in my pen: I cannot write. 7. We did it without … difficulty. 8. She lives in … little village near London. 9. I’ve lied to you. I have … money. 10. There wasn’t … answer. 11. Wherever there’s … space we’ll put flowers. 12. I wrote to her down there but never had … answer. 13. I don’t want … money. 14. He sat there, like …unhappy title animal. 15. There are … people in the park because it is cold. 16. Do you want … water? - No, I don’t want … water. 17. Would you like … ice-cream, please? 18. Is there … news? – Yes, there are … letters on the desk. 19. If … man wants to raise a beard, let him. 20. … person wants to be happy. 21. There’ll be … coffee in a minute. 22. There is … tea in the cup: the cup is empty.

7.2. Make the following sentences negative in two ways.

Pattern: I have some problems.

A) I have no problems. B) I don’t have any problems.

1. There is some food left. 2. I need some help. 3. I received some letters. 4. The children made some noise. 5. There is some way to do it. 6. I have some time to spare. 7. There is some soup in the pan. 8. They have some cheese in the fridge.

7.3. Fill in something, anything, nothing, everything.

1. … is all right, the patient is much better today. 2. Is there … interesting in the program of the concert? 3. I could see …: it was quite dark. 4. Give me … to drink. 5. I don’t know … about your town. Tell me … about it. 6. I understand … now. Thank you for your explanation. 7. Is there … that you want to tell me? 8. I can’t do …, I’m weak and helpless here. 9. There is …, that frightens me. 10. I suppose he had to say … for the sake of the school. 11. My new eyeglasses are very good, I can see … now.

12. … ever interests him. 13. I don’t want … at all. 14. Everybody thinks he should pay … for the party.

7.4. Fill in somebody, anybody, nobody, everybody.

1. Do you know … here? 2. I’m sure there is … inside, just knock louder! 3. … knows that water is necessary for life. 4. You must find … who can help you. 5. … knew anything about America before Columbus discovered it. 6. … can answer this question. It is very easy. 7. I saw … in the train yesterday who looked like you. 8. I know … here. I met them at the party last week. 9. …. left a magazine in our classroom yesterday. 10. Please tell us the story. … knows it . 11. The question was so difficult that … could answer it. 12. Is there… here who knows this story?

7.5. Fill in some, any, no, something, anything, nothing, somebody, anybody, nobody, everybody.

1. Do you have … classes today? - No, we have … classes on Saturday.

2. Have you got … questions? 3. I want to tell you … interesting about

our friend Sally. 4. Come here, I’ll show you … pictures of our country

house. 5. There is … in the fridge. Go and get … food. 6. Do you know … in that house? 7. Hi! Is there … in the house? – No I’m afraid, there is … –Let’s go and see. 8. … knows their new address. 9. Keep in touch if there’s … news. 10. Now, can you tell me … about your children? 11. If … asked my reason for existence, what should I tell them? 12. Had I … more to say before he sent the letter? 13. If there’s … you want, let me know. 14. I want … place that is better than mine.

7.6. Fill in no, none or their compounds.

1…. answered her, as she addressed … in particular. 2. There are … pears on the tree. 3. Everybody liked him. …. was afraid of him. 4. … believed him. 5. Jack and Simon pretended to notice …. 6. You told … about their trip to the Far East. 7. I have … time to go to the cinema with you. 8. … of those attitudes were stated at this meeting. 9. There is … bread and … forks on the table.

7.7 Fill in somewhere, anywhere, nowhere, everywhere.

1. I put my dictionary … yesterday and now I can’t find it…- Of course, that is because you leave your books… . 2. You must go … next summer. 3. Did you go … on Sunday? 4. Let’s go… . The weather is fine . I don’t want to stay at home in such weather. 5. I cannot find my glasses… . I always put them … and then look for them for hours.

7.8. Correct the following sentences.

1. I don’t need no help. 2. I didn’t see nobody. 3. I can’t never understand him. 4. I didn’t do nothing. 5. I can’t hardly hear the radio. Would you please turn in up?

7.9. Supply one the appropriate determiner.

1. We haven’t … black stockings (no, any). 2. I don’t want … today, thank you (nothing, anything). 3. I didn’t see … in the street when I went out (anybody, nobody). 4. How much did you pay for these boots? – I didn’t pay … (nothing, anything). 5. Didn’t you buy … potatoes yesterday (any, no)? 7. Have you lost … (anything, nothing)? 8. There is … at home (anybody, nobody). 9. Have you lost … (anything, nothing)? – No, nobody here has lost … (nothing, anything). 10. I didn’t see … in the street when I went out (anybody, nobody).

7.10. Make the sentences negative and interrogative.

1. They have done something. 2. She was reading something. 3. There are some good book shops in our district. 4. I have taken some English books from you. 5. There are some parks in this town. 6. He has written a letter to somebody.

7.11. Translate into English.

a) 1. На столе лежит что-то круглое. Что это? 2. Никто об этом ничего не знает. 3. Я никого не знаю в этом городе. 4. Дай мне, пожалуйста, что-нибудь поесть. 5. Кто-нибудь хочет посмотреть телевизор. 6. Мы слышали эту песню повсюду. 7. Он где-то в саду. 8. В городе много парков. Везде деревья и цветы. 9. Все в порядке. 10. В комнате кто-то есть.

b) 1. Расскажите нам все о вашем путешествии. 2. В саду никого нет. 3. В сумке что-то есть. 4. В нашей библиотеке есть кое-какие книги на английском языке. 5. Мой дядя хочет мне что-то рассказать.

6. На другой день мой брат знал всех. 7. Под столом есть что-нибудь? 8. В кабинете врача есть кто-нибудь?