Food We Like
A and Some
Waiter: Would you like some pie?
Customer: No thank-you. I'd like a hamburger.
Some
Husband: Do you want some potatoes?
Wife: Yes. 8 potatoes. Please pick up some honey, too.
Countable nouns
Some nouns are countable. 7 apples.
Noncountable
Rice.
Not 300 rices.
How to use SOME and ANY
- Use SOME in affirmative sentences.
- Use SOME noncount and plural nouns.
There is some pasta on the table. (noncount)
There are some eggs on the table. (count)
3. Use some for questions: Do you want some potatoes?
4. Use some to ask or offer things: We need some honey.
Use ANY in questions and negative sentences.
Use ANY with noncount nouns and plural nouns.
Do you want any tea? (question)
We don’t have any tea. (negative sentence)
Check you understanding
- Do we have ____ ice cream?
- We don’t have ____ chocolate.
- We have _____ vanilla.
- Would you like ______ vanilla?
- No thank you, I don’t want _____.
Answers
- Do we have ____ ice cream? ANY
- We don’t have ____ chocolate. ANY
- We have _____ vanilla. SOME
- Would you like ______ vanilla? SOME
- No thank you, I don’t want _____. ANY