BASIC-GRAMMAR-U-2.4

	9	*There is/are + some/any*
	9	*CountabIe and uncountabIe nouns*

Woman:	There’s some coffee.
Маn:	Good. Is there апу sugar?
Woman:	Yes, there is.
Маn:	Аrе there аnу biscuits?
Woman:	No, there aren’t. And there isn’t аnу milk.

PRESENTATION

Affirmative + a/an/some

There’s

biscuit.

banana.

apple.

egg.

some

bread.

butter.

coffee.

milk.

sugar.

There аrе

some

apples.

bananas.

biscuits.

eggs.

oranges.

Negative + аnу

There isn’t

any

bread.

butter.

There aren’t

any

apples.

bananas.

Yes/No questions + аnу

Is there

аnу

coffee?

sugar?

Аrе there

any

biscuits?

eggs?

Short answers

Yes	there is.
	there are.

No	there isn’t.
	there aren’t.

CountabIe and uncountabIe nouns: some and аnу

Some nouns are countable: оnе egg, two eggs, three eggs …
Some nouns are uncountable: bread, milk, sugar …

Use some in affirmative statements …

with plural countable nouns: There are some eggs.
with uncountable nouns: There is some bread.

Use аnу with countable and uncountable nouns …

in negative statements: There aren’t аnу eggs. There isn’t аnу bread.
in questions: Are there аnу eggs? Is there аnу bread?

Key vocabulary

Food and drink: apples, bananas, biscuits, bread, butter, coffee, eggs, milk, oranges, sugar

EXERCISES⇒

BASIC-GRAMMAR-U-2.4

9

There is/are + some/any