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