SOME & ANY

SOME & ANY

MAIN USES OF SOME AND ANY
SOME	affirmative sentences	ü  There are some books on the shelf. Hay (algunos) libros en la estantería.
	interrogative sentences (requests & invitations)	ü  May I have some tea? ¿Puedo tomar (un poco de) té?
ANY	negative sentences	ü  There isn’t any coffee. No hay café.
	interrogative sentences (general questions)	ü  Are there any cigarettes? ¿Hay cigarrillos?

	UNCOUNTABLE NOUN	COUNTABLE / PLURAL
SOME / ANY +	SINGULAR VERB ü  There’s some sugar in the bowl. ü  There isn’t any sugar in the bowl.	PLURAL VERB + PLURAL NOUN ü  There are some chairs in the room. ü  Are there any chairs?

§  Compounds of some and any.

	PEOPLE	THINGS
AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES	somebody / someone (alguien) ü  There’s somebody/someone in the garden.	something (algo) ü  There’s something in the garden.
NEGATIVE SENTENCES	anybody / anyone (nadie) ü  There isn’t anybody/anyone in the garden.	anything (nada) ü  There isn’t anything in the garden.
INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES	anybody / anyone (¿alguien?) ü  Is there anybody/anyone in the garden?	anything (¿algo?) ü  Is there anything in the garden?

Watch Out! All these compound expressions are followed by a verb in the singular form:

ü  Somebody is, something is, etc…