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