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Lesson Plan February 17, 2023

Topic: No / None / Any

In this lesson we will be looking at how we use no, none and any in a variety of sentences and answers.

Section A

Compare these sentences

• The parking lot is empty.

  • There aren’t any cars in the parking lot.

  • There are no cars in the parking lot.

• A: How many cares are there in the parking lot?
  B: None.

We use not + any

• There aren’t any tickets for the concert. It’s sold out.

• Tracey and Jack don’t have any pets.

• You can get a coffee, but I don’t want any.

We use no + noun and no means not any or not a. It’s common to use no after have and there (is / are)

• There are no tickets for the concert. It’s sold out.

• We have no coffee. (= We don’t have any coffee)

• It’s a nice house, but there’s no garden. (= There isn’t a garden)

NOTE: negative verb + any have the same meaning as positive verb + no

• They don’t have any milk. / They have no milk. (NOT they don’t have no milk)

• There isn’t any seats. / They are no seats.

Section B

We use no + noun

• We have no money.

• Everything was OK. There were no problems.

We use none alone (without a noun)

• A: How much coffee do we have?
  B: We have none. (= no coffee)

• A: Were there any problems with your hotel room?
  B: No, there were none. (= no problems)

Section C

Do not confuse none and no one. We use none to mean zero, and no one to mean nobody.

None is an answer for How much …? / How many …? (things or people)

• A: How much money do you have?
  B: I have none on me. (= no money)

• A: How many people did you meet?
  B: I met none. (= no people)

No one is an answer for Who …?

• A: Who did you meet yesterday?
  B: No one, I stayed home.

• A: Who are we going to dinner with tonight?
  B: No one, just the two of us are going out.

Lesson Notes

Compare these sentences

• There is no light in this room.

• There isn’t a light in this room.

• There are no lights in this room.

• There aren’t any lights in this room.

Avoiding double negatives

• Double negatives are confusing and grammatically incorrect sentences which contain two negatives connected to a single verb

• Incorrect: I don’t have no money

• Correct: I don’t have any money.

• Correct: I have no money