SOME/ANY/NO

Займенники some/any/no означають деяку кількість і перекладаються як

"декілька, трохи, якийсь".

SOME і його похідні (somebody, someone, something, somewhere)

вживаються у стверджувальних реченнях
ANY і його похідні (anybody, anyone, anything, anywhere) вживаються в
заперечних та питальних реченнях.
NO і його похідні (nobody, no one, nothing, nowhere) роблять речення
заперечним.

Someone/somebody/anybody/nobody – about people (хтось).

Something/anything/nothing – about things (щось).
Somewhere/anywhere/nowhere – about places (десь).

Запам’ятайте:
1. В англійській мові в реченні може бути тільки одне заперечення, тобто
або ви вживаєте дієслово в заперечній формі або похідні від NO:
I don’t see anybody. = I see nobody.

2. Any/some/no + (adjective) noun:

any (interesting) books, some (beautiful) flowers
anything/something/nothing + adjective:
something interesting, anything bad.

3. У реченнях, коли щось пропонується або є прохання, вживається

слово some:
Would you like some orange juice? (пропозиція)
Can I have some sweets? (прохання)

TASKS
Exercise 1. Use: some/any/something/anything/somewhere/anywhere, etc.
1. Are there … photographs of your last summer vacations in this family
album? 2. There are … pets in our house. 3. Are there … trees near your
house? 4. Is there … water in the kettle? – Yes, there is … 5. Can I have …
water? 6. Is there … coffee in the box? 7. There are … students from Poltava
in our English group. 8. Are there … balconies in your flat? 9. Is there …
pepper in the soup? 10. Did you go … last summer? 11. Do you have … to
add? 12. Usually I don’t like to go … on Saturday. 13. I have … to tell you. 14.
There’s … in the room. I can hear his breath. 15. There is not … money in my
pocket. 16. Have you got … friends in this class? – Yes, I have … 17. There
are not … fresh newspapers on the table. 18. Do you happen to know where
Mary is? I can’t find her … 19. There’s … strange in him. 20. There isn’t …
interesting in this project. 21. This girl is from … distant village. 22. Do you
know … words with the same meaning? 23. Would you like … tea? 24. Are
there … warm clothes in this wardrobe? – There are …

Exercise 2. All these sentences are negative. Use the right words:
no/nobody/anybody/nowhere/anywhere, etc.
1. There are … colour pencils in my box. 2. There’s … in the room. 3. … knew
that boy. 4. I can go … I don’t have … whom I know in this city. 5. I don’t find
… interesting in this book. 6. I find … interesting in this film. 7. … met her at
the station. 8. I can’t find my purse … 9. I have … friends here. 10. There’s …
interesting in this film. 11. … learnt the rule on Monday. 12. There’s … money
in this box. 13. We couldn’t find this book …