Неопределённое местоимение

Lesson 2

Неопределённое местоимение

Местоимения some, any

 

Местоимение some (какой-то, какой-нибудь, несколько, некоторый, немного) употребляется в следующих случаях:

В утвердительных предложениях:

There is some bread on the table.

В побудительных предложениях:

Pass me some bread, please.

В специальных вопросах, а также в общих вопросах, где что-нибудь предлагается или выражается какая-либо просьба:

Who has some paper?

I can’t find any paper.

 Who can give me some paper?

Can I have some water?

Местоимение any (какой-нибудь, несколько, немного, любой, всякий) употребляется в следующих случаях:

В общих вопросах:

Have you got any salt?

Do you see any children in the yard?

В отрицательных предложениях:

There is not any water in the bottle.

 

В отрицательных предложениях вместо  not any чаще употребляется no:

I have no English newspapers.

 

Выполните упражнения

 

1. Вставьте местоимения some, any.

1)Are there ________ letters for me? Yes, there are two.

2)Could you lend me ______ money?

3)I have _______ interesting books to read.

4)Why are _______ people so absent - minded?

5)I’d like to buy, _____ new clothes but I haven’t got ____ money.

6)Who can  ask for _______ information about it.

7)There aren’t _______ fruits at this time of the year.

8)It’s hot! Would you like ______ juice?

 

2. Вставьте неопределенные местоимения no или any.

1) Don’t buy _______ butter. We don’t need _______ .

2) He’s got _______ friends.

3) The room is empty. There is _______ furniture in it.

4) I have _____ time to speak to you now. I am very busy.

5) There aren’t _______ magazines here.

6) There is _______ swimming pool in this hotel.

7) She can’t take ______ photographs. She has ____ camera.

8) There aren’t _______ pictures on the walls in this flat.

 

3. Используйте неопределенные местоимения some или any.

Спросите своего товарища о том, что он (она) видит.

Example: desks.

Student A: Do you see any desks in this room?

Student B: Yes, I do. I see some desks.

Example: monkeys.

Student A: Do you see any monkeys in this room?

Student B: No, I don’t, I don’t see any monkeys.

1)books

2)dictionaries

3)birds

4)furniture

5)food

 6)hats

7)signs on the wall

 8)flowers

9)mobile phones

10)bicycles

11)armchairs

12)DVD players

13)curtains

14)students

 

4. Вставьте местоимения some или any.

1. There are _____ applied fields of economics in which specialists are interested.

2. Does this developing country require _____help in order to build new plants and factories.

3. It is important for enterprise to have ______ markets for its goods.

4. For the last five years the plant hasn’t bought ______new equipment.

5. As the firm doesn’t spend_______ money on new technologies it isn’t a successful competitor in the market.

6. Do we have _______ fuel to drive to the nearest petrol station?

7. People require ________ time to find new sources of energy.

8. Is there _______rise in the consumption of this good?

9. This good doesn’t have ________ characteristics which distinguish it from other goods in the market.

 

 

5. Заполните пропуски местоимениями some, any, no.

1.Are there ______ new houses in your street? – Yes­­­­______ of them are beautiful.

2.Do _______ of you speak Italian? - Unfortunately, ______ of us do.

3. ______ child knows it.

4.Have you read _______ good books lately? - Yes, I've read _________

5.There are _______new students in our group this year. I know everybody.

6.There isn't ______ fish for the cat today. I have _____ fish.

7.He asked me if I knew _______ of those people. I told him I knew ______ of them. They were all strangers to me.

8.  _______ of us can tell you how to get there. We all know the way well.

9. Could you say __________ words about it? - Not now. I have _______ time. I'm sorry.

10. How could you do such a dishonest thing! ______decent person will do it.

 

6. Заполните пропуски местоимениями some, any, no.

1.Did you have  _______ snow last winter? - Yes, there was _______

2.Are there _________ sentences you can't translate?

3. _______ people always tell the truth. It's their principle.

4.Were there _________ of your teachers at the meeting? - Yes, there were _________

5.Choose _________ book you like.

6.In _________ of these books there are ________ pictures. They won't be interesting for the boy.

7. _________ of his friends could help him. He was alone.

8.Can you give me _________  information about the man?

9.I've never seen __________ of them in my life.

10.He asked me _________ questions but I couldn't answer _________ of them.