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