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Instructions
1- Look at the sentences and try to say the same thing in the other language. 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.
We use ONE instead of repeating a noun. We use ONE for singular nouns, and ONES for plurals.
- What beautiful flowers! Can I have one? (one=flower)
- Who is your girlfriend? - The one in the red shirt
- I'd like a hamburger. One with lots of onion, please.
- Would you like to try these shoes, sir? - No, the black ones, please.
- Natural flowers are much better than artificial ones.
- Look at those children. The ones playing football. They're from San Francisco.
We don't use ONE for uncountable nouns, we use SOME or nothing it goes with an adjective
- If you like mangos, I can give you one.
- If you like brown sugar, I can give you some.
- If you don't like French wine, we can buy Spanish (not: Spanish one)
Some grammatical words, etc can be used with a noun or alone, so they don't need to use ONE
- Which do you like? (also: which one)
- He is the tallest (also: he is the tallest one)
- That's your book and this is mine (not: my one)
- Banana or apple? - I'll take both (not: both ones)
- I need more dollars, I have few (not: few ones)
NOTE FOR SPANISH SPEAKERS
En español, cuando queremos evitar repetir el sustantivo, en la mayoría de los casos simplemente lo suprimimos y ya está, así que hay que tener cuidado porque en inglés casi nunca se puede suprimir.
1 - Which is your boy? - The one in the blue coat (one=boy) = ¿cuál es tu niño? - el del abrigo azul
2 - I want a cake. A big one with lots of cream (one= cake) = quiero una tarta. Una grande con mucha nata
En el ejemplo 1 el español sustantiva el artículo EL y en el ejemplo 2 sustantivamos el adjetivo GRANDE. En inglés ni los artículos ni los adjetivos pueden sustantivarse, tienen que ir siempre acompañando a un nombre; por eso si no queremos repetir el nombre usamos ONE, plural: ONES.
- I like those shoes. The ones near the window = me gustan esos zapatos. Los de al lado del escaparate
- Green apples often taste better than red ones = las manzanas verdes suelen saber mejor que las rojas
Items
| Item | Match | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Este teléfono no es el mío | This phone is not mine | |
| La bajita es Mary, y la del pelo largo is Shelly | The short one is Mary, and the one with long hair is Shelly | |
| Llévate el que prefieras | Take the one you prefer | |
| Los pimientos italianos son mejores que los franceses | Italian peppers are better than French ones | |
| Me gustan esos zapatos. Los de ahí arriba. | I like those shoes. The ones up there. | |
| Me gustan tus pastelitos. ¿Puedo coger otro? | I like your cakes. Can I take another one? | |
| Mi hermano es el más alto de la familia | My brother is the tallest in the family |
también se podría decir THE TALLEST ONE, pero no hace falta |
| No me gusta ese sofá. Creo que el grande es más cómodo. | I don't like that sofa. I think the big one is more comfortable. | |
| No tengo coche porque no lo necesito. | I haven't got a car because I don't need one. | |
| Tengo unas velas aquí ¿Quieres una? | I have some candles here. Do you want one? | |
| Toma estos libros, son los que necesitas en este momento | Take these books, they are the ones you need at this moment | |
| Una oficina de correos? Sí, hay una cerca de aquí. | A post office? Yes, there's one near here | |
| ¿Qué hombre? ¿El de la camisa azul? | Which man? The one in the blue shirt? | |
| ¿Qué pastelitos quieres? - Unos con nata, por favor | What cakes do you want? - Ones with cream, please | |
| ¿Ves ese chico, el que está sentado allí? Es mi primo | See that boy? The one sitting there? That's my cousin |