But isn't it more correct to use "a lot of" with an uncountable, then?

I wouldn't say "Bobby" is uncountable in your first sentence... To me, "little Bobby" is used as a proper name, as in "young David", "big John"... He *is* little, most probably because there's a tall or older Bobby in his family or in the

Because "lots" is a plural... There was a lot of / there were lots of. No?

No, it should be the past simple, because "*** years ago" is definitely in the past, no relationship to the present

To me, neither is a modal.

"Home" doesn't need a preposition. You "go home", "bring something home"; you "go somewhere", too. But you go "to the butcher's, the baker's, school, church" etc... That's just the way it is...

I'm afraid it's always incorrect

User_gary wrote: The re w ere lots of food left over after the feast/ party? . So I thought it would be good OK? nice? to take some of it to home so that my children could eat it. Please correct my sentence.

Belly wrote: yet another summer has passed or yet another summer passed ? As Feebs says, both are correct. You'll use the first one if your narration is situated in the present, the second if it's in the past

The nearest to a positive sentence I can come up with is "I don't know what to do with myself, he doesn't know what to do with himself" etc... but of coures, since they are examples of reported speech, they're not positive/affirmative sentences!