2. EXERCISES ON ‘SOME, ANY, NO’ AND THEIR COMPOUNDS Exercise 1. Learn ‘some, any, no’, their compounds. No and
any are used in negative sentences;
some and
any - in statements;
any and
some - in questions.
Study the examples. a) ‘ N o ’ makes a sentence negative. It is to be the only negative element in the negative statement. 'A ny’ is not actually negative. We use it with negative predicates and other negative elements. The same fully refers to various compounds of ‘no’ and ‘any’: no one, nobody, nothing, nowhere, none, anyone, anybody, anything, anywhere. 1. No student can do without a good dictionary. 2. Anyway, we have no time. 3. Actually,
we don’t have any time to discuss this problem right now. 4. No one can make any sense o f it. 5.
There aren’t any new points o f reference to establish. 6. Are there any events at the Institute? 7.
Will anybody ever accept such terms? 8. Are you going anywhere this weekend? 9 . 1 could find this
book nowhere. 10. Nobody could answer this question. 11. Nothing can prevent me from going
there. 12. Can you do anything to improve the situation? 13.1 have heard nothing about this project.
b) ‘Any’ and its compounds also occur in structures that look affirmative: (1) in comparative structures; (2) frequently in if-condition clauses; (3) after quantifiers like ‘few’; (4) with adverbs like ‘rarely, seldom, hardly, scarcely’; (5) in the meaning of ‘every’, ‘no matter which’. Study the examples. 1. This project is more important than any other. 2. N ow we have more evidence than
anyone else. 3. If there are any calls take the names. 4. If Gerard establishes any new business he
will let us know. 5. Few o f us have any experience with devices like these. 6. Scarcely anyone was
allowed to take the exam ahead o f schedule. 7. Any child knows it. 8. Take any o f the books here. 9.
If anything happens I’ll let you know. 10. Any advice will be useful for me.
