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