Choose the right pronoun: any, both, some.
1 Paul lives in a big city. He likes any/both crowded streets and convenient public transport.
2 There are ten excellent parks. Where shall we go? – Choose any/both.
3 My friends prefer active holidays. Both/Some of them like extreme sports.
4 In old times the castle was both/some a prison and a fortress.
5 My brother and I often help on the farm. Both/Some of us like milking cows.
6 Both/Some dad and mum sometimes drive me to football practice.
7 The cake is wonderful. Won't you have both/some?
8 Both/Some people like surfing the Net all day and both/some don't.
- Паулю нравятся сразу две вещи (улицы и транспорт), поэтому both.
- Парков десять, можно выбрать любой, поэтому any.
- Из друзей экстремальные виды спорта любят не все, а только часть: Some.
- Замок был и тюрьмой, и крепостью: both ... and, поэтому both.
- Брат и я — двое, нам обоим нравится доить коров: Both.
- Папа и мама — двое: Both ... and.
- В предложении-предложении (Won't you have ...?) о неисчисляемом «кусочке торта» употребляется some.
- Одним людям нравится, другим нет: Some people ... and some don't.
Both значит «оба, и тот и другой» (о двух). Some — «некоторые, немного», в предложениях-предложениях тоже some. Any — «любой» в утвердительном предложении.
- both
- any
- Some
- both
- Both
- Both
- some
- Some / some
Circle the correct item.
1 James and Tina are going to the countryside tonight / every Sunday.
2 Mary will go to Kamchatka at the moment/ next summer.
3 Does your sister usually / right now visit the farm at the weekend?
4 Sometimes / At the moment he is feeding the chickens in the farmyard.
5 Beth takes the train to work today / twice a week.
6 Has Paul ever/at present played beach volleyball?
7 He is not working today / usually.
8 Does Jamie now/often go to Manly Skatepark?
- Are going to — действие в будущем, значит tonight.
- Will go — будущее время, значит next summer.
- Does ... visit (Present Simple), есть at the weekend — регулярность: usually.
- Is feeding (Present Continuous) — действие происходит сейчас: At the moment.
- Takes (Present Simple) — повторяющееся действие: twice a week.
- Has ... played (Present Perfect) — опыт: ever.
- Is not working (Present Continuous) — today.
- Does ... go (Present Simple) — часто: often.
Present Simple употребляется с often, usually, every Sunday, twice a week. Present Continuous — с at the moment, today, right now. Будущее время — с tonight, next summer. Present Perfect — с ever.
- tonight
- next summer
- usually
- At the moment
- twice a week
- ever
- today
- often
