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Would you like some cream with your coffee? #1 (permalink) Thu Aug 19, 2010 19:09 pm   Would you like some cream with your coffee?
 

English Grammar Tests, Elementary Level

ESL/EFL Test #181 "Basic Grammar Exercises (2)", question 7

Would you like ......... cream with your coffee?

(a) few
(b) many
(c) some
(d) an

English Grammar Tests, Elementary Level

ESL/EFL Test #181 "Basic Grammar Exercises (2)", answer 7

Would you like some cream with your coffee?

Correct answer: (c) some

Your answer was: incorrect
Would you like an cream with your coffee?
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i think that sentence:,,Would you like an cream with your tea,,make sense too:)
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Would you like some cream with your coffee? #2 (permalink) Thu Aug 19, 2010 19:54 pm   Would you like some cream with your coffee?
 

This would be grammatically wrong so why say it?

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Would you like some cream with your coffee? #3 (permalink) Sun Jul 31, 2011 19:29 pm   Would you like some cream with your coffee?
 

This answer is wrong , isn't it? It will be Any cream by my opinion. Am I right ?
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Would you like some cream with your coffee? #4 (permalink) Mon Aug 01, 2011 4:34 am   Would you like some cream with your coffee?
 

you don't just have one cream "an". You could say "would you like a package of cream with your coffee"

cream is like water: It's not singular unless it's referring to a single package, etc.

correct answer is "some"
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Would you like some cream with your coffee? #5 (permalink) Mon Aug 01, 2011 5:06 am   Would you like some cream with your coffee?
 

I think "some" is correct.
Water, money,love, etc.. is uncountable nouns.
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Would you like some cream with your coffee? #6 (permalink) Mon Aug 01, 2011 5:43 am   Would you like some cream with your coffee?
 

Lili6 wrote:
This answer is wrong , isn't it? It will be Any cream by my opinion. Am I right ?
Hi Lili6,

You have probably learned a grammar rule that tells you to use 'any' in questions and negative sentences, and 'some' in affirmative sentences. Right? That rule works quite often. However, there are exceptions.

When we use a question to offer something to someone, it is quite common to use 'some' rather than 'any'. We use 'some' rather than 'any' in such a question when we expect that the answer is likely to be affirmative, or even to encourage an affirmative response. So, the use of 'some' in the test question is completely natural and also grammatically correct.

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A: Oh, yes! It looks scrumptious.

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Q: Would you like some help with those heavy boxes?
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