Worksheet

1) Terry has ____ pennies in her pocket. 2) Tomas doesn't have ____ pennies in his pocket. His pocket is empty. 3) Angela doesn't like to eat ____ vegetables. 4) In fact, last night she didn't eat____ salad. Her mother was angry! 5) But Angela always likes to have ___ ice cream for dessert. 6) She'd be happy if she could eat ___ vegetable-flavored ice cream! 7) But we know there really isn't ___ vegetable-flavored ice cream! 8) Marissa cooked ____ Mexican food for dinner. 9) Marissa's brother didn't want to eat___ food that Marissa cooked. 10) He decided to have ____ pizza instead. He's not a nice brother!

A) any B) some A) any B) some A) any B) some A) any B) some A) any B) some A) any B) some A) any B) some A) any B) some A) any B) some A) any B) some

Any / Some
Use: ANY and SOME are used for objects and people.

Name_____________
negative affirmative + any some questions ??? any or some

Use ANY for negative sentences: Marsha doesn't have any paper today. She forgot it at home. Use SOME for affirmative sentences: Sara has some paper. She will lend some paper to Marsha. ***Use SOME / ANY for questions: Excuse me Sara, do you have any paper? / Excuse me Sara, do you have some paper? ***A general guideline about any / some in questions: If the speaker thinks the answer is probably NO, the speaker will probaby use ANY.

If the speaker has no guess about the answer, the speaker will probably use ANY. If the speaker thinks the answer is probably YES, the speaker will probably use SOME.

2. Complete the following crossword. Use the sentences to help you. Use Some/any/every or an Indefinite pronoun.

3 2 4 5 9 1 6 8 7

1. The lights are off. ... is at home. 2. What a mess!! There is water ... 3. Come on! It is not difficult at all. ... knows the answer! 4. People say that there is a treasure ... in this house. 5. Did you buy ...? 6. ... student in this class knows how to spell "HOUSE". 7. I have ... for you. 8. Please, touch ... in this shop. The things here are very valuable. 9. I want ... rice, please.

Exercises:

Fill in the gaps with somebody, anybody, nobody, something, anything, nothing, somewhere, anywhere or nowhere. 1. I know __________ about this issue that you may find interesting, but if I tell you, you must promise to keep it (a) secret. 2. __________ lives here. There is no water. 3. I spent the night __________ near the beach. 4. __________ could have jumped over this wall, and stole your rake. It's very low. 5. __________ scares him. He's very brave. 6. There is __________ to park here. Let's go __________ else to park. 7. Would you like __________ to wash your hands?. 8. May I have __________ for dessert, please? 9. They took him __________ in London, and he never returned. 10. Please don't leave __________ behind at home. We'll be away for a fortnight. 11. She needs __________ to love. She's very lonely. 12. They will not sing __________ in this city. They said that they would never come back. 13. There isn't __________ you can do to help them. __________ can help them. 14. We do not need __________ else to run this department. We can do it ourselves. 15. __________ is ringing the bell. Go and see who it is. 16. __________ phoned while we were out, but they did not leave a message. 17. __________ tells me that there is __________ fishy going on .

18. They are looking for __________ to settle down and have children. They want to find a quiet place to lead a quiet life. 19. "Where would you like to stay?" "__________ will do provided it is a clean place." 20. "Is there __________ at home?" "I don't think there is __________. Mum and dad must have gone out."