00:05Hello, I'm Chris, a native English-speaking English teacher
00:09And today, I will answer the question that I have often been asked by my students.
00:17What is the difference between SOME and ANY?
00:24The video will be in English, but it will be easy to follow.
00:29I'm going to speak slowly and I'm even going to put the explanations in French on the screen.
00:35OK, so let's start now, let's start speaking English and talking about SOME and ANY
00:45Now, if you look in the dictionary, SOME and ANY have the same translation
00:55A, it's a problem. When do we use SOME and when do we use ANY?
01:02Well, it's actually quite simple
01:06SOME is for positive statements
01:12An affirmative sentence
01:14Something like
01:16I have some money
01:19I have some money
01:21It's an affirmative statement
01:24I have some money
01:26She has some apples
01:31She has some apples
01:34Affirmative statement
01:39Any are for negative statements
01:44I don't have any money
01:48I don't have any money
01:50She doesn't have any apples
01:54She doesn't have any apples
01:55OK, so we have SOME over here
01:57Positive statements
01:59Any negative statements
02:02That's the first big difference between the two
02:08OK, SOME positive statements
02:11Any negative statements
02:28OK, now SOME and ANY can both be used for interrogative statements
02:38Questions
02:39They can both be used
02:41But there's a difference when they are used
02:49If I am asking for information
02:54I do not know the response
02:57I use ANY
02:59For example, I could ask you
03:03I don't know you
03:05Do you have any brothers or sisters?
03:10Do you have any brothers or sisters?
03:13Yes
03:22Do you have any brothers or sisters?
03:23Do you have any brothers or sisters?
03:26Let's take another example now
03:30Do you have any children?
03:34Do you have any children?
03:36I don't know the response
03:37Do you have any children?
03:41OK, so this is two classic interrogative questions
03:46Where I don't know the answer
03:48I'm asking for information
03:51I'm asking for information
03:52But, when I'm asking for a request
03:57I want something
03:59We use SOME
04:03Can I have SOME coffee please?
04:07Can I have SOME coffee please?
04:10OK, perhaps I am visiting your house
04:14And you said
04:16Chris, would you like a hot drink?
04:21I might say
04:22Yes
04:24Can I have SOME coffee please?
04:27I know that you have hot drink
04:32You just asked me
04:34So it's maybe a tea or a coffee
04:37But you have some hot drink
04:39So I say
04:40Can I have some coffee?
04:43Another example
04:45At your house again
04:46Maybe you have some biscuits on the table
04:51I could ask
04:53Can I have SOME biscuits please?
04:56I can see the biscuits
04:58I KNOW that you HAVE the biscuits
05:02And so I can use SOME
05:05I know that you have them
05:08Over here with ANY
05:10I DIDN'T know if you had brothers or sisters
05:15If you had children
05:16So I used ANY
05:18When I DO know that you have something
05:21I can use SOME
05:23SOME
05:24That's our difference with the questions
05:28OK?
05:30I know it's a little bit different than French
05:32We don't have that distinction
05:33But yes, in English
05:36If I KNOW that you have something
05:38I'm making a request
05:39I use SOME
05:42I'm looking for information
05:44That I don't know the answer
05:46I use ANY
06:02How about now
06:04We try a little quiz
06:06With SOME or ANY
06:09A gap fill
06:11A gap fill?
06:13In French
06:14You call that
06:15A TEXT A TRUE
06:16We're going to try
06:18A gap fill
06:19Now
06:19With 5 questions
06:21And simply
06:22Think about
06:24Is it SOME
06:25Or ANY
06:27That you should fill the gap with?
06:30Let's go to question number 1
06:43i
07:11think
07:13I
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