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