T: These determiners are commonly used, so we must know how to use them. And today we mainly learn the indefinite determiner and the quantifier.

Step II Grammar

1. some / any / no

T: First look at this question on the screen.

Show the following question on the screen.

Tom and Jack live in the same town and ____ of them comes from the countryside.

A. none B. neither C. no D. nothing T: Can you tell me the answer?

S: B.

T: What about A? ... In fact, we often get stuck by such kind of choices. They have something in common. Today we'll learn the usage of the indefinite determiners and the quantifiers step by step. First let's learn the usage of the following three words- some, any, no. We should pay attention to the following points when we use these words:

Show the students the following chart on the screen.

(1) some, any, no can not only modify countable nouns but also uncountable nouns.

　 e.g. Hurry up, there is no time left.

(2) some is usually used in positive sentences, while any is usually used in negative sentences and questions. But when you want to get a positive answer in a question, you can use some.

e.g. This old man has no relatives, so he has to depend on his neighbors for a living. (This old man doesn't have any relatives, so he has to depend on his neighbors for a living.)　

Would you like to have some tea？

(3) some and any can be followed by the preposition of.

e.g. Some of the staff can speak Japanese.

Did any of your photos come out well？

(4) When some and any are used to modify the singular form of countable nouns, they have certain meanings. Some means a certain, and any means every. What's more, no means not a (any).

e.g. Some idiot parked his car outside my garage．

Any boy in the class can pass the exam.