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