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