would rather…than… I’d rather go shopping than stay at home. He’d rather have a red T-shirt than a black one. Joy would rather wear her hair in a ponytail than bunches.

My mother prefers cakes to bread. Eddie prefers eating and sleeping to walking and running. Which do you prefer, country life or city life? prefer…to…

bodythingwhere some any no somebodysomethingsomewhere anybodyanythinganywhere nobodynothing nowhere used in positive sentences used in negative sentences

someone / somebody: one person some people: more than one person Someone is on the phone now, you have to wait for minutes. Some people are waiting in a line outside the shop.

anybody / anyone in positive sentences: any persons Was anybody at home at that time? Anybody who breaks the law will be punished by the law.

How to modify: 后置定语 Is there anything interesting in today’s newspaper? I don’t think there’s something wrong with the computer. Do you have anything to say for yourself? Anybody who got it should put up his hand.

tag questions: There is someone in the fitting room, ______________? There isn’t anything unusual this morning, ___________? Nobody was in, ____________? Nothing can be seen, ___________? Something must be done right now, ______________? isn’t there is there was he can it must it

nobody / no one & none No one asked for help during the trail. Nobody is on the phone now. None of them will go to Shanghai. None of us have / has been abroad. He did none of his task. Nobody / no one 用以指人。 none 可指人也可指物。 none of + C.N. / U. N.

A: How many students can you see there? B: _____________. A: Who can you see in the classroom? B: ______________________. None Nobody / No one