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Compounds with Some, Any, No and Every
Focus Grammar
Description Let's practise the use of the compounds with Some, Any, No and Every. Always choose the best option.
Instructions Click on the words at the bottom and drag them into the empty boxes of the sentence to complete it.
 
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______________________ are very special somewhere / some things / something / everybody / somebody
______________________ know everything some people / anything / nothing / anybody / somebody / someone / somewhere / anywhere
There is ______________________ at the door nobody / anywhere / nowhere / anybody / in somewhere / anything / somewhere
He never does ______________________ wrong something / nowhere / everywhere / somebody / anything / nobody / nothing
You can't find that flower ______________________ anywhere / in anywhere / at anywhere / by anywhere
Would you like ______________________ to drink? I've got coffee and tea something / anything
______________________ was quiet Anything / Everything / Some things / Nowhere
______________________ saw you Anything / Somebody / Everywhere / Anybody / Anywhere
______________________ are talking on the phone anything / somewhere / everything / nothing / somebody / some people / anybody
She lives ______________________ in Africa in somewhere / everywhere / some place / anywhere / at nowhere / somewhere
Grass grows ______________________ in nowhere / everywhere / some place / in everywhere / somewhere / some places
I'm not going ______________________ to anywhere / to nowhere / anywhere / to somewhere / nowhere / in everywhere
Do you know ______________________ here? everywhere / in everywhere / at nowhere / anybody
If you need ______________________, say it something / anywhere / somebody / anything / somewhere / nowhere
______________________ is good for me Something / Some things / Anything / Everywhere
______________________ needs ______________________ to love everybody / everywhere / anything / somebody / anywhere / something / anybody / nothing
I feel ______________________ strange on my back nobody / anything / everybody / something / everything / somebody / anybody
______________________ knows it Anything / Nothing / Something / Nobody / Nowhere
I need ______________________ to sleep somewhere / some where / no where / everywhere
I need ______________________ for this experiment, and they are very difficult to find some things / anythings / something / somethings / anything / somebody / nothing
Has she gone ______________________? anywhere / to any place / everywhere / to anywhere
You can find palm trees in ______________________ near the city nobody / some places / somewhere / nothing / anywhere / some people / something
I can't find it ______________________ anywhere / anything / in anywhere / somebody / nobody / some places
Is there ______________________ here from Scotland? somebody / anybody / anything / everybody / something / nowhere
They are ______________________, inside and upside, far and near anywhere / everybody / everywhere / in everywhere / anything
Total number of items: 25
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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