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