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