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. are there … warm clothes in this wardrobe? – there are … . 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?

Here are the completed sentences for the exercise:

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

Summary of usage rules:

• Some (and its compounds like something, somewhere, somebody) is used in affirmative sentences.
• Any (and its compounds like anything, anywhere, anybody) is used in negative sentences and questions.
• In specific cases, some can be used in questions if you are offering something or expecting a positive answer, but for standard grammar exercises, the distinction above is the primary rule.

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