Thursday, March 5, 2020
Using Some or Any in English - Video with Exercise
Using Some or Any in English - Video with Exercise Some or any? You probably learned this in your beginner English class but. did you learn the exceptions? Do you understand the difference in meaning? This video reviews the basic rules of some or any and also explains the exceptions to the rule.If you have been studying English for a while you understand that English has grammar rules and then has a lot of exceptions to the rules. Well like most of English some and any have exceptions.For example, you can say. Can I have some tea? Why can you say this when you know the basic grammar rule is to use any for questions? Another example: She made it home without any problems. It isnt a negative sentence and it isnt a question, but its ok to use any.Watch the video and do the exercises below to test your knowledge:Write your answers in comments, and well correct them.1. Before we leave, I have to get ______ water and my wallet. Wait a moment.2. ________ people think that drinking wine is bad for you but many studies have proven the benefit s of 2 glasses of wine every night!3. I dont have ______ children yet, but we want to have two or three eventually.4. Dont worry about going to visit the tourist sights tomorrow. _______ bus will take you to the center of town.5. Are there ________ Mexican restaurants in your part of town?6. What type of music do you want to listen to? Oh, __________. I just want to hear some music!7. Would you like _____ wine with your meal, sir?8. Yes, I would. Bring me _____ red wine that you have.9. Do you want _____ help with your homework?10. This was an easy exercise and I didnt make ______ mistakes! Silvia Deplano 1) somme 2) any 3) any 4)some 5)any 6) any 7)some 8) any 9)some 10)any LOIEnglish SilviaThanks for answering the questions. This is a challenging exercise with some or any.Number 2: Should be some. When we talk about groups in general we use some. For example: Some people like wine, some people dont like wine.Number 4: Any. We use any in this sentence to mean that it isnt imp ortant. You can take bus 5 or bus 105 or bus 114, all of the buses got to the city center. You can take ANY bus. Good work! If you have any more questions let me know! ali ON THANK YOU Luis Kimura cool, and simple, very nice to learn like this ali well done ali iam looking to learan english by my skype (pantly2013) Anna 1. some 2. some 3. any 4. some 5. any 6. any 7. some 8. some 9. any 10. any LOIEnglish AnnaGood work. You only had a few problems.Question #4: The correct answer is any. It is to say that all the buses travel to the center of town and it isnt important which bus you choose. You can take bus 15, or 5, or 6. ANY bus will take you there.Questions #8: The correct answer is any. It is for the same reason. ANY red wine. I hope this helps. Please contact me if you have any questions. Kika Salomao 1- some 2- some 3- any 4-some 5- any 6- some 7-some 8- some 9- any 10- any LOIEnglish Kika,You had a similar problem to many of the responses.Questions 4, 6, and 8 should all be any. It is because the type isnt important. So you are saying ANY music that the type isnt important. Marcio 1.some; 2.Some; 3.any; 4. Some; 5. any; 6. some; 7. some; 8.any; 9. any; 10. any LOIEnglish MarcioThanks for taking the time to answer the questions. It looks like you had some problems with a couple of the questions.Question #4: Correct answer is any This is to say that the exact bus isnt important that they all go to the center of town. You can take ANY bus to the town center, 15, 5, 6, they all go through the town center.Question #6: The correct answer is any. Again it is meaning that the exact type of music isnt important.I hope this helps! Lenka 1.some 2.Any 3.any 4.Some 5.any 6.some 7.some 8.some 9.some 10.any LOIEnglish LenkaGood you had a couple problems.Question #2: Should be some When we talk in general or make generalities we use some. Some people like wine. Some people dont. Some people are tall.Question #4: Correct ans wer is any In this case it means that which bus isnt important. All the buses travel to the town center. Take any bus, bus 15, or 5, or 6. They all travel to the city center.Question #6: Correct answer is any This is for the same reason. The type of music doesnt matter to the speaker. Any music. Rock, punk, jazz, any music.Question #8: Correct answer is any Again it is saying that the exact type doesnt matter. Cabernet, or Pinot, or Merlot, any red wine.I hope this helps. You seemed to have the most problems when the speaker was saying that the exact type isnt important. ana gusmao 1.some 2.some 3.any 4.any 5.any 6.any 7.any 8.any 9.any 10.some LOIEnglish Good work Ana. The only problem you had was with Question #7. A better answer is some We often use some when we are making offers in the question form especially when we expect the answer to be yes. i.g. Would you like some tea?
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