Use: | negative
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affirmative
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questions
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ANY and SOME are used for objects and people. |
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Marsha doesn't have any paper today. She forgot it at home. |
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Sara has some paper. She will lend some paper to Marsha. |
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***A general guideline about any / some in questions: 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. |
1) Terry has ____ pennies in her pocket. | B) some |
2) Tomas doesn't have ____ pennies in his pocket. His pocket is empty. | A) any |
3) Angela doesn't like to eat ____ vegetables. | A) any |
4) In fact, last night she didn't eat____ salad. Her mother was angry! | A) any |
5) But Angela always likes to have ___ ice cream for dessert. | B) some |
6) She'd be happy if she could eat ___ vegetable-flavored ice cream! | B) some |
7) But we know there really isn't ___ vegetable-flavored ice cream! | A) any |
8) Marissa cooked ____ Mexican food for dinner. | B) some |
9) Marissa's brother didn't want to eat___ food that Marissa cooked. | A) any |
10) He decided to have ____ pizza instead. He's not a nice brother! | B) some |