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Fill in the blanks to complete the detective's report about a very polite burglar.
The suspect stole _________________________ valuables from the safe, leaving the expensive jewelry completely untouched.
Instead, he washed _________________________ the dirty dishes in the sink until they sparkled.
He even left _________________________ fresh chocolate chip cookies on the kitchen counter for the confused victims.
The correct answers are no, all, and some.
No makes the sentence negative while using an affirmative verb (stole). "None" is a pronoun, "any" requires a negative verb (didn't steal), and "all" contradicts the fact that the jewelry was left untouched.
All can act as a predeterminer before the + noun (all the dirty dishes). "Every", "some", and "no" cannot be placed directly before the; you would have to say "some of the," etc.
Some is used in affirmative sentences with plural countable nouns (cookies). "Any" is typically for questions or negatives, "no" contradicts the phrase "even left," and "much" is only used for uncountable nouns.
MediumA2 | Elementary | Pre-intermediateDeterminerNegationCountable and uncountableWord orderPronoun
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