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