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