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Compounds with Some, Any, No and Every |
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We use SOMETHING for things
SOMEBODY or SOMEONE for people
SOMEWHERE for places.
We can also make compounds with ANY- and NO-:
ANYTHING, ANYBODY, ANYONE, ANYWHERE
NOTHING /nʌθɪŋ/ NOBODY /nəʊbɒdɪ/ NO ONE /nəʊ wʌn/ NOWHERE /nəʊweə*/
The same rules that apply for SOME and ANY also apply for somebody/anybody, etc:
(you can read the rules on this other lesson: Some, Any, No)
He never does anything bad.
I need somewhere to sleep.
I know someone who could help us.
Do you know anyone who could help us?
I haven't got anything to eat = I've got nothing to eat
The plural of SOMEBODY or SOMEONE is "some people", the plural of SOMETHING is "some things", the plural of SOMEWHERE is "some places".
- There's somebody at the door
- There are some people waiting outside
- Look, I've got something for you, open it!
- I wanted to buy some things but now I can't remember what
- He lives somewhere near here
- You can find palm trees in some places near here
You never use a preposition before compounds with -WHERE
- She must be hiding in the mountains She must be hiding somewhere
- I'm not going to your house I'm not going anywhere / I'm going nowhere
- Are you going to the bar? Are you going anywhere?
You can also make compounds with EVERY-
- Everything = all the things
- Everybody/everyone = all the people
- Everywhere = in/at/to/on all the places
Notice that the verb is always singular
- Everything was quiet = All the things were quiet
- Everybody needs somebody = All the people need some person
- I looked for it everywhere = I looked for it in all the places
- Everybody is happy
Gapped text | Items |
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Has she gone ______________________? | anywhere / to any place / everywhere / to anywhere |
Would you like ______________________ to drink? I've got coffee and tea | anything / something |
Is there ______________________ here from Scotland? | anybody / something / everybody / nowhere / somebody / anything |
______________________ was quiet | Nowhere / Everything / Some things / Anything |
______________________ needs ______________________ to love | somebody / something / anything / anywhere / everybody / nothing / anybody / everywhere |
______________________ saw you | Anybody / Anything / Somebody / Anywhere / Everywhere |
I feel ______________________ strange on my back | something / anybody / everybody / everything / somebody / nobody / anything |
If you need ______________________, say it | nowhere / something / somewhere / anything / anywhere / somebody |
You can find palm trees in ______________________ near the city | something / some people / somewhere / nobody / some places / nothing / anywhere |
I'm not going ______________________ | to anywhere / nowhere / in everywhere / anywhere / to nowhere / to somewhere |
You can't find that flower ______________________ | at anywhere / in anywhere / anywhere / by anywhere |
I can't find it ______________________ | anything / nobody / some places / anywhere / in anywhere / somebody |
There is ______________________ at the door | anybody / somewhere / in somewhere / nobody / anywhere / anything / nowhere |
I need ______________________ to sleep | somewhere / everywhere / some where / no where |
I need ______________________ for this experiment, and they are very difficult to find | some things / somethings / anythings / something / nothing / anything / somebody |
______________________ knows it | Nobody / Nothing / Nowhere / Anything / Something |
Grass grows ______________________ | somewhere / some place / everywhere / in everywhere / some places / in nowhere |
He never does ______________________ wrong | something / somebody / nothing / anything / everywhere / nobody / nowhere |
They are ______________________, inside and upside, far and near | everybody / everywhere / anywhere / in everywhere / anything |
She lives ______________________ in Africa | somewhere / at nowhere / anywhere / some place / in somewhere / everywhere |
______________________ is good for me | Something / Anything / Everywhere / Some things |
Do you know ______________________ here? | everywhere / in everywhere / at nowhere / anybody |
______________________ know everything | anybody / somewhere / someone / some people / anywhere / somebody / anything / nothing |
______________________ are talking on the phone | somebody / anybody / anything / nothing / everything / somewhere / some people |
______________________ are very special | some things / somebody / somewhere / everybody / something |