Look at the examples and answer the questions:

I’ve no idea what you are talking about. The traffic is no worse than it was at this time yesterday. I had to work late every evening last week, and so far this week has been no different. There were no cars on the road at that time of the morning.

No None Not 

Not any Not one Not even one Makes a phrase negative No part of Not at all Makes a verb negative  

Other pronouns Countable nouns Uncountable nouns “different” Comparative words Without a noun Verbs Usually followed by “of”    

None of my friends know/knows it is my birthday today. None of the milk in the fridge is fresh. ”How much coffee do we have?” “None (at all). We finished it yesterday.” “We need to buy some more bananas – there are none left.”

No None Not 

Not any Not one Not even one Makes a phrase negative No part of Not at all Makes a verb negative   

Other pronouns Countable nouns Uncountable nouns “different” Comparative words Without a noun Verbs Usually followed by “of”     

No None Not 

Not any Not one Not even one Makes a phrase negative No part of Not at all Makes a verb negative  

Phrases Other pronouns Countable nouns Uncountable nouns “different” Comparative words Without a noun Verbs Usually followed by “of”  

nononenot Meansnot any not even one Not one Not any; No part of Makes a phrase negative; Makes a verb negative; Can be used withCountable nouns Uncountable nouns “different” Comparative words Countable nouns Uncountable nouns Followed by of Without a noun Verbs Phrases Note: Note: in formal written English none is considered to be a singular word and is followed by a singular verb. (None of my colleagues speaks Japanese.) However, in everyday speech plural verbs are more commonly used. (None of the morning flights have been delayed.)

wordexamples NOI’ve no idea what you are talking about. There were no cars on the road at that time of the morning. The traffic is no worse than it was at this time yesterday. I had to work late every evening last week, and so far this week has been no different NONENone of my friends know/knows it is my birthday today. None of the milk in the fridge is fresh. ”How much coffee do we have?” “None (at all). We finished it yesterday.” “We need to buy some more bananas – there are none left.” NOTYou have not / haven’t answered my question She told me not to phone her after ten o’clock in the evening. Not many people voted in yesterday’s election. Not everyone can win the lottery.