Hello friends, Welcome back to new lesson, I am Niharika

and in today's lesson we are gonna look at the words

'Some' and 'Any', now in English when do we use these words?

well, when we are unable to specify

an exact number or an exact amount

that's when we end up using the words - Some

and Any, for example: We say

I saw three elephants at the zoo today

so here when you say - I saw three elephants, you are specifically mentioning

the number of elephants that you saw at the zoo.

but, if you just say that I saw

some elephants, Well! The 'some' word specifies

that you might have seen three or four

or few elephants. And then

the word 'Any'- I didn't see any elephants at the zoo today

so 'Any'- Well! that tells you that you didn't see

any elephants. Right?

So, let's understand when do we use the words

'Some' & 'Any' and how correctly it should be used in English.

So, we have examples here, well the first rule

The word 'Some' - along with the words like somebody

Something, Someone, Somewhere

or words like

Anybody, Anyone, Anywhere

and so on.... So, we gonna learn

to use these words as well, So, now the word

'some' along with the words like somebody, somewhere, someone

these words are always use in positive sentences

okay, whereas the word 'Any'

along with the words like anybody, anyone, anywhere

are used in negative sentences.

So, here I have two examples for you with positive sentences

using the word 'some' - Eg. We got some flowers

So, here I am saying that - We bought some flowers

Okay, Now of course you are not mentioning, how many flowers did you buy

you were saying that - We bought some flowers

and if you look at the example here

We didn't buy any flowers.

Okay, this is negative, this is positive

So, the word 'some' is used in a positive sentence

whereas the word 'any' is used in a negative sentence

let's look at another example - He is busy,

he has got some work to do. Wow! hard working guy, right?

So, He is busy , he has got some work to do

you have used the word 'Some' well! because it's a

positive sentence, but if you look at example

at the example over here- He is lazy,

He never does any work. So, never

that means, it's a negative sentence, right? He's lazy, he never does any work

well that's why we have used the word 'any'

okay, so this first rule that you need to keep in mind - that we use the word 'Some'

along with these words

in positive sentences, whereas we use the word "any'

along with these words like anybody, anyone, anywhere

it negative sentences. Now let's learn some more about these words

Okay, So, here's another rule

for using the word 'some'

So, we do use the word 'Some' and of course

words like somebody, somewhere, something

to ask a question and specifically when we

we want to offer something or when we are

requesting for something, okay, that's when we use

the words some, somebody, something

somewhere okay, for example :

Would you like something to eat. Say, you have guests at home

and you wanna offer them something to eat

so, would you like something to eat? or would you like to have some more tea?

would you like to have some more juice? okay, so this is the way you are

offering something, right? So to offer

something you would always end up using the word

'some' or words like 'something', 'somebody'

'someone' okay, then another one

over here - this is when you are asking or requesting for something

Could I have some milk , please? okay you're out of milk

and you want to make some coffee for yourself

So, you go to your neighbor's house and you say - Okay,

you know I'm out of milk, So could I have some milk, please?

So, you are asking for something, you're requesting for something.

So, again you end up using the word 'Some'

okay, now another rule for using the word 'Any'

and of course along with that words like

anything, anybody, anywhere

So, you use these words when... with the meaning, when it doesn't matter

okay, it's used in a positive way

that's the difference you know, well! we learned that

the word 'any' is always used in negative sentences

but again it's English

so when you are trying to tell someone something

in a positive way but the meaning

of that sentences is that it doesn't matter

okay, it doesn't matter that is when you end up using words

like any, anybody, anything, anywhere

to understand this better let's look at the examples here -

Which book shall I read ? okay, someone asks you

why don't you go through my library? and just pick up a book

whatever you want to read. So, your friend would ask a

hey! which book shall I read? So, Well!

Anyone it's up to you. So, when you end up saying -

Anyone, it means - It doesn't matter

Okay, So you are being positive here but you also using the word

anyone, but it doesn't matter

in relation to that meaning you are using this , right?

So, that's the correct way to say it. Another one

Let's go somewhere, where shall we go?

Anywhere, I just want to chill, So, again here you are saying

anywhere because it doesn't matter to you, you just want to step out, you just wanna have

a good time, you just wanna chill so, it doesn't matter

so that's exactly the reason why you end up using the word

'anywhere' okay, so you use these words when

with the meaning that it doesn't matter, got it? Now let's have a look at another rule

Okay, So here is another point that you need to keep in mind when you're

learning these words

Now, words like somebody, someone

Anybody, Anyone, well! these are singular words

however, we do use words like them

they, their after we use these words

Okay, so to understand this, let's look at the example

Someone has forgotten their phone - Now, you would say....

Well! you just mentioned - Someone is a singular word, right?

then why have you ended up using the word 'their'

So let me explain this to you, Now probably you are

in a classroom, okay, and....

the class is of 20 kids and out of these

20 kids, Well! this phone belongs to

one kid, right? and you don't know who he or she is

right? so, when you end up saying someone

okay, so you know that the phone belongs to one person that's why you are saying

someone

has forgotten their phone. So,

the word 'their' Well! this word is used to talk about the whole group

okay and that's why we have ended up using this

word right? well let's look at the second sentence

so that you get this better - If anyone is interested to participate

in the competition, they can contact the front desk.

so again if anyone, okay

well probably there's a competition and you know that there are several people

out there who would like to participate

but you don't know specifically who that person would be

So, you end up using the word 'anyone'

If anyone's interested to participate

in the competition, they can contact the front desk

So, the word 'they', well! this is used to talk about

the whole bunch of people

whoever wants to participate in the competition, okay

so the whole bunch of people that you are talking to, right? and that's why you

end up using these

plural words with the singular words like somebody, someone

anybody or anyone okay, This brings me

to the end of this lesson, just a quick review for you

words like some, somebody, somewhere someone...

are used in positive sentences. Words like

any, anybody, anywhere, anything are used in negative sentences

okay, and of course the word 'some'

or the rest of the words are used to

to offer.... are used in questions to offer

or to request, where as words like any

and the other words of course are

used with a meaning where it 'doesn't matter which'

okay, so hope this is clear to you, if any questions do write into us

I'll be happy to reply to your questions

and I'll be back with a new lesson soon, till then

you take care and have a great day!