Some, Any, No and Compounds
1. Complete the sentences with some or any.
a) We didn’t buy __any__ flowers.
b) This evening I’m going out with ______________ friends of mine.
c) ‘Have you seen ______________ good films recently?’ ‘No, I haven’t been to the cinema for
ages.’
d) I didn’t have ______________ money, so I had to borrow ______________.
e) Can I have ______________ milk in my coffee, please?
f) I was too tired to do ______________ work.
g) Can you give me ______________ information about places of interest in the town?
h) With the special tourist train ticket, you can travel on ______________ train you like.
i) If there are ______________ words you don’t understand, use a dictionary.
2. Complete the sentences with some, any, or no + body, thing or where.
Wife: Did you say (a) _________________________?
Husband: No, honey. I didn’t say (b) _________________________.
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Mother: What happened at school? Are you crying?
Daughter: No, Mom. I’m not crying. ( c ) ___________ happened at school. Everything is OK.
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Teacher: What is happening to Tom? He didn’t come to class last week.
Student: I don’t know, Ms. Lewis. I called him, but there was (d) ________ at home!
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Teacher: Oh, my God! Where are the exams?
Students: We don’t know, Mrs. Huxley.
Teacher: I can’t believe it! (e)______ is probably hiding (f) ____ from me…
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Mother: Did (g) __________ call me while I was out?
Son: Yes, Mom. (h) __________ called you, but she didn’t leave a message.
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Son: Mom, have you seen my new blue jacket? I can’t find it (i) ______________.
Mom: I am sure it’s (j) _____________________ in your bedroom.
3. Choose and circle the right word to fill in the gaps.
a) There wasn’t ___________ ( someone / anyone ) interesting at the party.
b) Let’s go ______________ (somewhere / nowhere) else. This party is a flop!
c) Would you like a soda and ____________ (some/ any) French fries?
d) There is ______________ (no/ any) milk in the refrigerator.
e) Do you know ________________ (anyone / something) who has ever been to Baghdad?
e) There are a lot of animals in the Amazon Forest that cannot be found ______________
(anywhere / nowhere) else.
g) ___________________ (Anyone / No one) knows the answer to the first exercise.
h) There was such a big queue at the bank that I couldn’t cash _____________ ( some/ any)
money.
j) I can’t find my glasses ______________ (nowhere / anywhere). Have you seen them,
mom?
f) I have ________________ (anything / something) special just for you! Guess what it is!
4. Complete this conversation using someone (-body), anyone (-body), something,
anything, nothing.
Tina: Is __________________ hungry?
Liz: Yes, I am. Is there ______________________ to eat?
Tina: There are some eggs and some tuna fish. No, wait a minute. _________________ has
eaten the eggs. Do you want some tuna sandwiches?
Liz: No, I don’t like __________________ with fish. Is there _________________ else?
Tina: No, there’s _______________________. Would you like to go and buy
______________________ from the shop?
Liz: Yes. Ok. Shall I get you ______________________ too?
(Extracted from BOLTON, D.; GOODEY, N. Grammar in Steps. London: Richmond Publishing, 2003. P. 216)