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ONE & ONES

ONE & ONES. Content:. Examples How to use one & ones Usage Don’t use one & ones Can leave out one & ones Cannot leave out one & ones Exericices. Content page. I. Examples:. Is it ok for us to repeat those underlined words so many times?. * Where’s your car?

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ONE & ONES

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  1. ONE & ONES

  2. Content: • Examples • How to use one & ones • Usage • Don’t use one & ones • Can leave out one & ones • Cannot leave out one & ones • Exericices Content page

  3. I. Examples: Is it ok for us to repeat those underlined words so many times? • * Where’s your car? • Over there. The green car. • * My shoes was so uncomfortable that I had to go out today and buy some new shoes. How can we say these two sentences without repeating the word “car” and “shoes”?

  4. II. How to use one & ones • Usage • Don’t use one & ones • Can leave out one& ones • Cannot leave out one& ones

  5. 1. Usage • a. Use one instead of repeating a singular countable noun • Ex: * “Is this your umbrella?” “No, mine’s the big blue one (= umbrella)”. • * “Can I get you a drink?” “it’s okay, I’ve already got one (= a drink)”

  6. b. Be used instead of repeating of a plural noun • Ex: I think his best poems are his early ones (= poems) • People who smoke aren’t the only ones (= people) affected by lung cancer.

  7. c. Don’t use one & ones instead of an uncountable noun • Ex: If you need any more paper, I’ll bring you some (not … one/ones) • I asked him to get apple juice, but he got orange (not…orange one/ones)

  8. 2. Don’t use one & ones • a. After the article ‘a’ – instead we leave out ‘a’ • Ex: Have we got any lemons? I need one for a meal I’m cooking (not…need aone) • b. After nouns used as adjectives: • Ex: I thought I’d put the keys in my trouser pocket, but in fact they were in my jacket pocket (not…my jacket one)

  9. c. Instead of using one/ones after personal pronouns (my, your, her, etc.) we prefer mine, yours, hers, etc… • Ex: I’d really like a watch like yours (or…like your one –in informal speech) • My house is as big as hers (= her one)

  10. 3. Can leave out one/ones • a. After which • Ex: When we buy medicines, we have no way of knowing which (ones) contain sugar. • b. After superlatives: • Ex: Look at that pumpkin! It’s the biggest (one) I have seen this year.

  11. c. After this, that, these, those • Ex: The last test I did was quite easy, but some parts of this (one) are really difficult. • d. After either, neither, another, each, the first/second/last … • Ex: She pointed to the painting and said “I could take either (one). ( or … either of them)

  12. 4. Can’t leave out one/ones • a. After the, the only, the main, every • Ex: When you cook clams you shouldn’t eat the ones that don’t open • After I got the glasses home, I found that every one was broken • b. After adjectives • Ex: My shoes were so uncomfortable that I have to go out today and buy some new ones.

  13. III. Exercise: • A. Fill in the blanks with ONE or ONES: • 1. A: This map isn’t very good. • B: I have a better ___. You can use mine. • 2. A: This city is too crowded. Most of the houses here are small. • B: There are large ___ in the suburban areas. • 3. A: Do you like this movie? • B: Not much. It isn’t as good as the ___ I saw last week. • 4. A: They hope to complete the construction of this 32 – story concrete building next May. • B: Then it will be the tallest ___ in our city. • 5. A: Birth control programs are implemented here. • B: But the ___ in the countryside are not workable. one ones one one ones

  14. B. Work in pairs and make your own sentences using ONE and ONES • Ex: A: I’d like a box of tissues. • B: Do you want a large or a small one? • C. For more exercises please CLICK HERE Content page

  15. Thanks for listening

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