a) SOME, ANY, NO 1. There were..... of my friends there. 2. Well, anyway, there is .... need to hurry, now that we have missed the train. 3. Have you ever seen..... of these pictures before? 4. There is ..... water in the kettle: they have drunk it all. 5. There were ..... fir-trees in that forest, but so many pines. 6. We could not buy cherries, so we bought ... plums instead.