I have something for you to learn. There is nothing else more important than
this podcast. Okay, maybe that's not something smart to say, but anything
else may not work. What let's discuss. Welcome to another Happy English podcast,
coming to you from New York City. And here's your English teacher,
Michael. All right, thank you John, and thanks everyone. It's Michael
here from Happy English and I help people speak English better. And this is
Happy English Podcast, Episode six eighty four. Something anything and nothing, Something,
anything and nothing are three little words that cause trouble for a lot of
English learners. How about you. In today's podcast English Lesson, I'm going
to show you five grammar patterns that we use with something, anything and nothing.
Oh yeah, and these patterns also work well with someone, anyone,
and no one. And I'll include examples with those words. So let's dive
in. First of all, we use something, anything and nothing followed by
an adjective. You can say things like something new, nothings spicy, and
anything good. Let's look at some examples. I don't have anything warm to
wear. We find have someone smart working in the marketing department. Does he
realize that nothing good will happen if he quits his job? The next pattern
is something anything and nothing followed by the adverb else. You can say things
like something else, anything else, and nothing else. Here are some examples.
This is okay, but I need something else. Would you like more
dessert or more coffee? Thanks? But nothing else? I'm so full?
Who but Tommy can help us understand this spreadsheet? Anyone else would not be
able to explain it clearly. The third pattern is something anything and nothing followed
by the infinitive you know two followed by a base verb. For example,
I need someone to help me prepare for the meeting? Are you available now?
Sarah said that she has nothing to wear for the party. Doesn't Jack
have anything to work on? It looks like he's watching YouTube videos over there.
I have something for you to learn, something for you to learn.
This pattern is something anything and nothing followed by four, then a person,
then the infinitive. Here are some more examples. I have something for you
to do after you finish washing the dishes. There's nothing for the kids to
play with at Grandma's house, so why don't we bring something for them to
do? Do you have anything for the intern to work on? The last
pattern is something anything and nothing followed by that and then a subject in verb,
I can say you have something that I need? You have something that
I need. In everyday spoken American English, we often drop that, so
the sentence becomes you have something I need. Here are some other examples with
this pattern. There is nothing that we can use to make a fire.
How are we going to barbecue? Don't you have anything that my child can
drink? All right, those are the five patterns. Keep in mind.
The best way to remember this grammar and any grammar or vocabulary is to take
the word or phrase, write it in a sentence that's true for you or
true in your world, and then memorize your sentences. Well that's it for
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