Exercise 215

Fill in “some”, “any”.

1. Are there .............. bottles in the fridge?

2. There is ................ butter on the butter dish.

3. Are there ................ chocolates in the box?

4. There is ............... black ink in the bottle.

5. Are there ................. visitors in the hall?

6. There aren’t ............... trays on Ann’desk.

7. There are ................. sheets of paper in the ream.

8. Are there .............. books in the bag?

9. There is ................. honey in the jar.

10. There isn’t ................ coffee in the cup.

Exercise 216

Joy and Simon are planning Joy’s leaving party. They are making a list of things they need for the party and then discussing what they need to buy. In pairs, discuss the list, as Simon and Joy do:

Party list

 glasses bread - to buy cheese - to buy  plates

butter - to buy  knives  orange juice wine - to buy

Simon: Have we got any glasses?

Joy: Yes. We’ve got a lot of glasses.

Simon: Have we got any bread?

Joy: No. We need some bread.

Exercise 217

Fill in “some’, “any”.

Paul and Ann are making a shopping list.

P: Have we got .............. bread?

A: Yes, we’ve got ................... .

P: How much bread have we got?

A: One loaf.

P: We haven’t got ........... biscuits and there aren’t ........... crisps.

A: We need to buy ................. biscuits and ............... crisps.

P: What about potatoes? Are there ............... potatoes?

A: Yes, there are ............... .

P: Is there ................. rice?

A: No, there isn’t ............... rice. We need to buy ................ .

P: How much rice do we need to buy?

A: Two packets.

P: Have we got ............. milk?

A: No, we need to buy ............... .

P: How many cartons of milk?

A: Four cartons.

Exercise 218

Steve Marshal and Ben Long work for an engineering company. Steve has just returned from a week in Kuala Lumpur, at a trade fair. Explain the use of some and any.

Ben: How was Kuala Lumpur? Any contracts?

Steve: Excellent. We made some good contacts.

Ben: Contacts? I said did you get any contracts?

Steve: No, we didn’t get any contracts. But I’m sure we’ll get some soon.

Ben: I hope so. We’ve had some good news this week.

Steve: What was that?

Ben: Our American agent wants some more PX100s.

Steve: Good. Have they sold any more PX50s?

Ben: Some, but not many.

Exercise 219

Two colleagues are talking about a printing job. Put some or any in the spaces.

A: Have we got …………. paper for the printer?

B: ………….. , but not much. We’ve got ………… more on order.

A: Good. I’ve got to print ……….. reports.

B: If they are urgent, take them to the Sales Office. They usually have paper if we haven’t ………. left.

A: The printer wasn’t working yesterday.

B: It was fine. There just wasn’t …………. toner left. I put ……….. in. It’s fine now.

Exercise 220

Discuss the difference.

1. I don’t like some of your friends.

2. I don’t like any of your friends.

3. I don’t know some of the people here.

4. I don’t know any of the people here.

Find sentences above that mean these things.

1. There are a number of people (I’m not saying how many) that I don’t know.

2. There is not one person here that I know.

3. I think all your friends are terrible.

4. Not all your friends but two or three (perhaps more) are terrible.

Exercise 221

Complete the sentences with some or any. You can use either some or any in one of them. Which one?

1. I don’t want ……… food. I couldn’t eat a thing!

2. There are ………. words here that I don’t understand.

3. I can’t understand ………. of these words here. Not one of them!

4. Have you got ……. money?

5. I haven’t got …….. money at all. Look! My pockets are empty.

6. Could you give me …….money? I don’t need much.

7. There are ……… people in the next room. I can hear them.

8. The room was empty when I looked in. There weren’t ….. people there at all.

9. I understand most of the words here, but there are still …… that I don’t understand.

Exercise 222

Translate from Russian into English

1. Нам надо купить немного картофеля, молока и хлеба.

2. У нас нет муки.

3. У нас есть масло? Нам надо купить фрукты и овощи?

4. На моем столе нет бумаги.

5. Не мог бы ты дать мне денег? У меня совсем нет ничего.

6. У Сэма проблемы. У него совсем нет времени закончить работу.

7. В этой группе есть студенты, которые хорошо говорят по-английски.

8. Мне нужно немного бумаги для принтера.

9. У вас есть тонер для принтера?

10. У секретаря на столе всегда есть ручки, карандаши, бумага.

LESSON 17 УРОК 17

STATIONERY КАНЦЕЛЯРИЯ

Active vocabulary

Nouns

1. pen - ручка

2. pencil - карандаш

3. ballpoint - шариковая ручка

4. sellotape - скотч

5. typing paper - печатная бумага

6. file - файл

7. ruler - линейка

8. liquid - жидкость

9. rubber/erasor - ластик

10. drawing pin - канц. кнопка

11. envelope - конверт

12. mistake - ошибка

13. quantity - количество

14. measure - отмерять

15. warehouse - склад

Verbs

16. to begin - начинать

17. to draw - рисовать

18. to use - использовать

19. to rub out - стирать

20. to stick - приклеивать

21. to send - посылать

22. to keep - держать, скреплять

23. to represent - представлять

24. to order - заказ, заказывать

Adjectives

25. straight - прямой

26. soft - мягкий

27. hard - твердый

28. narrow - узкий

29. wide - широкий

30. long - длинный

31. short - короткий

32. big/ large - большой

33. small - маленький

34. internal - внутренний

35. quarto - четверть

36. blue - синий

37. black - черный

38. dozen - дюжина

39. together - вместе