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