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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 ______________________? | to anywhere / to any place / everywhere / anywhere |
Would you like ______________________ to drink? I've got coffee and tea | anything / something |
Is there ______________________ here from Scotland? | anything / somebody / anybody / nowhere / something / everybody |
______________________ was quiet | Everything / Anything / Some things / Nowhere |
______________________ needs ______________________ to love | everybody / something / anybody / anywhere / anything / somebody / nothing / everywhere |
______________________ saw you | Anything / Anywhere / Somebody / Everywhere / Anybody |
I feel ______________________ strange on my back | somebody / nobody / everybody / anybody / something / anything / everything |
If you need ______________________, say it | nowhere / anywhere / anything / something / somewhere / somebody |
You can find palm trees in ______________________ near the city | nothing / anywhere / some people / some places / somewhere / nobody / something |
I'm not going ______________________ | to somewhere / to anywhere / anywhere / in everywhere / to nowhere / nowhere |
You can't find that flower ______________________ | by anywhere / at anywhere / in anywhere / anywhere |
I can't find it ______________________ | some places / in anywhere / anything / somebody / nobody / anywhere |
There is ______________________ at the door | anybody / in somewhere / nobody / somewhere / nowhere / anything / anywhere |
I need ______________________ to sleep | somewhere / everywhere / some where / no where |
I need ______________________ for this experiment, and they are very difficult to find | some things / something / somebody / anythings / anything / nothing / somethings |
______________________ knows it | Nothing / Something / Anything / Nobody / Nowhere |
Grass grows ______________________ | somewhere / everywhere / some places / some place / in nowhere / in everywhere |
He never does ______________________ wrong | nobody / somebody / nowhere / everywhere / something / nothing / anything |
They are ______________________, inside and upside, far and near | anything / everywhere / everybody / in everywhere / anywhere |
She lives ______________________ in Africa | at nowhere / in somewhere / somewhere / anywhere / everywhere / some place |
______________________ is good for me | Something / Anything / Everywhere / Some things |
Do you know ______________________ here? | in everywhere / at nowhere / everywhere / anybody |
______________________ know everything | nothing / somewhere / somebody / anywhere / anybody / some people / anything / someone |
______________________ are talking on the phone | everything / somewhere / some people / somebody / nothing / anybody / anything |
______________________ are very special | somewhere / everybody / somebody / something / some things |