Question

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.
             There isn’t ______ food left, but there are _______ drinks.
A. any / some
B. some / some
C. some / any
D. any / any

Answer 1

Hint:The word before a noun which describes a noun qualitatively or quantitatively is an adjective. In this example the words in the blanks should tell us about the noun quantitatively.
So try and identify the nouns and use appropriate adjectives from the options.

Complete answer:
Let's carefully take a look at the question.
Adjective - A word that describes or attributes a noun in a sentence.
As the first part of sentence is slightly negative “any” is used to describe the noun quantitatively and for the second part “some” will fit properly as it is positive.

Option A) any / some
         This is the correct answer as the first part is negatively described in terms of quantity where “any” should be used, and the second part is positively described “some” should be used.

Option B) some / some
         This is an incorrect answer as one word (“some”) for both parts of the sentence i.e negative and positive part will not be correct.

Option C) some / any
        This is an incorrect answer as in the first part is negatively described in terms of quantity where “any” should be used, and the second part is positively described “some” should be used. Here the order is reversed which is incorrect.

Option D) any / any
           This is an incorrect answer as one word (“any”) for both parts of the sentence i.e negative and positive part will not be correct.

Hence the correct answer is option ‘A’.

Note:The first part of sentence is slightly negative and second half is positive so the blanks will have two different adjective words and not the same. In the above question, the word “any” indicates no food is left and the word “some” indicates there are few drinks left.