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