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