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