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