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