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