No, not, neither, none
No means “not any” and is used before nouns.
There is no water on the Moon.
I can’t write. I have no pencil.
Snakes have no legs.
None means “not one” of a group of things, or “not one part” of a whole thing.
It is a pronoun which can be the subject or object of a sentence.
None of the mangoes looked good enough to eat.
None of the bread was eaten / We ate none of the bread.
It can also be used as a short answer.
Q. How many bananas are left? A. None.
Neither means “not one” of two things.
I had two projects, but I completed neither of them.
Neither of my parents wear glasses.
Not makes a verb negative.
I do not like dogs.
I have not been to China.
There aren’t any students in the classroom.
My breakfast disaster
Fill the gaps with no, not, none, or neither
One day I got out of bed and went into the kitchen to make breakfast. I had (1) ____ slept very well, so I wanted to make coffee first. But when I looked in the cupboard, there was (2) ____ coffee left! Then I looked for tea, but there was (3) ____ of that either. So I opened the fridge to look for something to drink, and guess what? There was (4) _____ milk and (5) _____ juice. There was (6) ____ even any water. There were two bananas left, but (7) ______ of them looked good enough to eat. Who had eaten everything in my fridge? It was (8) _____ me! Getting annoyed, I went to the shop near my house but (9) ____ of the staff were there. Finally I went to a café and ordered banana pancakes and coffee, with (10) ____ milk and (11) ____ sugar, just the way I like it. Later I told my friends about my terrible morning but (12) ____ of them were interested.
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