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Instructions
1- Look at the sentences with ANY and write the equivalent with NO. 2- Move your mouse over the black button to check your answer. 3- If you were right, click on the green button, if wrong, click on the red.
ANY in negatives 
You can use NO instead of NOT ANY to emphasize the negative idea.
- I don't need any money = I need no money
- There aren't any people here = There are no people here
careful:
- I don't have no friends here
This is not possible because it is a double negative: NOT + NO, and double negatives are not possible in standard English.
Notice that we usually make a negative sentence with NOT, but you can also use some other negative adverbs (never, without, rarely...), so the rule is the same, with negative adverbs we use ANY and we use NO with positive adverbs:
- I never see any children here (never - any)
- I always see no children here (no)
- They rarely read any books (rarely - any)
- They usually read no books (no)
- You can hardly say any words in French (hardly - any)
- You can almost say no words in French (no)
- We could do it without any problems (without - any)
- We could do it with no problems (no)
Items
| Item | Match | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| A salad without any vegetables? That's impossible | A salad with no vegetables? That's impossible | |
| Don't give me any more work, I'm too tired. | Give me no more work, I'm too tired. | |
| He doesn't eat any vegetables | He eats no vegetables | |
| He hasn't got any friends here | He's got no friends here | |
| I can't give you any shoes, I only have one pair here | I can give you no shoes, I only have one pair here | |
| I didn't buy any bananas | I bought no bananas | |
| I didn't drink any beer | I drank no beer | |
| I didn't see anybody inside the house | I saw nobody inside the house | |
| I didn't take any photos | I took no photos | |
| I won't tell you anything | I will tell you nothing | |
| She hardly knows anything about life | She almost knows nothing about life | |
| Tell me the truth, I don't need any more excuses. | Tell me the truth, I need no more excuses. | |
| There aren't any tigers in Africa | There are no tigers in Africa | |
| There weren't any people in the park | There were no people in the park | |
| Wait, you're not going anywhere without me | Wait, you're going nowhere without me |
In this sentence we use WITHOUT, a negative word, but it doesn't affect the ANYWHERE/NOWHERE word. Compare: - I have to live without any money (without - any) - I have to live without no money (without - no = double negative) But in this sentence: - You're not going anywhere (not - any) - You're going nowhere (no) "Without me" is something we add later, but it's not part of the "go somewhere" part of the sentence. WITHOUT is affecting ME, not the verb GO. |
| We don't have any children | We have no children | |
| We don't need any sugar, we've got plenty. | We need no sugar, we've got plenty. | |
| You can rarely find any nice tomatoes in this grocery shop | You can usually find no nice tomatoes in this grocery shop | |
| You can't take any books from the library on Sundays | You can take no books from the library on Sundays | |
| You never buy me anything | You always buy me nothing |