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