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Quantifiers: Any, No, None Guide

This document provides an exercise and explanation on using the quantifiers "any", "no", "none" in English sentences. It contains 10 multiple choice questions testing understanding of when to use these quantifiers in positive and negative sentences. The key rules covered are that "no", "none" and "nothing" are used with positive verbs, while "any", "anything", "anybody", "anywhere" are used in negative sentences and questions.

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Quantifiers: Any, No, None Guide

This document provides an exercise and explanation on using the quantifiers "any", "no", "none" in English sentences. It contains 10 multiple choice questions testing understanding of when to use these quantifiers in positive and negative sentences. The key rules covered are that "no", "none" and "nothing" are used with positive verbs, while "any", "anything", "anybody", "anywhere" are used in negative sentences and questions.

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ANY, NO, NONE – QUANTIFIERS


Grammar » B1 Grammar lessons and exercises » Any, no, none – quantifiers » Page 3

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Exercises: 1 2 3

Any, no, none – quantifiers


Exercise 3

Fill in the gaps with no, any, none or anything, anybody, anywhere, nothing, nobody, nowhere.

You have completed this test.

Correct answers: 9/10.

Your score is 90%.

Check your answers:

1 We didn't hear anybody the night of the event.

Correct answer: anything


➪ We use anything, anybody, anywhere in negative sentences and questions.

2 There were no witnesses who could testify.

➪ We use no + noun in sentenes with a positive verb, and we use any + noun in negatives
and questions. No= not a or not any
➪ There were no witnesses ... = There weren't any witnesses ...
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3 We didn't go anywhere . We stayed at home.

➪ We use nothing, nobody, nowhere with positive verbs and anything, anybody,


anywhere in negative sentences and questions. Nothing, nobody, nowhere = not
anything, not anybody, not anywhere.
➪ We didn't go anywhere.= We went nowhere.

4 Nobody will tell me what to do. I'm an independent person.

➪ We use nothing, nobody, nowhere with positive verbs.

5 Did you have any visitors last Sunday?

➪ We use any + noun in negatives and questions.

6 A: How many visitors did you have? B: None . I was alone all day.

➪ We use none as a pronoun, i.e. not followed by a noun. We use none to replace


countable or uncountable nouns.
➪ None = no visitors.

7 A: Who visited you last Sunday? B: Nobody . I was alone all day.

➪ We use nothing, nobody, nowhere with positive verbs (or when there is no verb).
➪ Note that in sentence number 6, we use none because none is a pronoun that
replaces a noun (visitors). But in this sentence we don't have a noun to replace, so we use
nobody which means 'no person'.

8 None of the suspects have been publicly named.

➪ We can also use none of the/my/Tom’s/etc. + noun to mean 'zero of


the/my/Tom’s/etc.'.
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9 I'm sorry, but it's too late. There is nothing we can do now.

➪ We use nothing, nobody, nowhere with positive verbs. Nothing= not anything.
➪ There is nothing we can do now.= There isn't anything we can do now.

10 Please, ask. I'm here to answer any questions you might have.

➪ We can use any + noun in affirmative sentences when it means ‘one or some, but it is
not important which’.
➪ I'm here to answer any questions you might have. (=It doesn't matter which questions.)

Exercises: 1 2 3

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Quantifiers – all, most, both, either, neither, any, no, none

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