- Compound words of some, any, no and every -

indefinite pronoun
some- any- no-

People
someone

some-

somebody
anyone

any-

anybody
no one

no-

nobody
everyone

every-

everybody

every-

Things

Places

something

somewhere

anything

anywhere

nothing

nowhere

everything

everywhere

SOME-

Someone
something

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anywhere
anything
everyanything
anywhere

NO-

Nobody
nothing
EVERY-

everywhere
everything

A. Underline the correct option.

1. There is someone / anyone in my house.
2. There is anything / nothing in the fridge.
3. Can I tell you something / nothing?
4. He gave me anything /everything I asked for.
5. No one / Anyone came to visit her.
6. Anybody / Somebody called me yesterday.
7. Did you go anywhere / nowhere last weekend?
8. I have looked somewhere / everywhere for my pen.
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B. Look at the picture and complete the sentences with the indefinite
pronouns you have learnt about.

1. - Do you think there is _____________________ at home?

- No, the three houses are empty. There is _____________________ at home.
_____________________ is outside.
2. The house in the middle is all new. There are flowers and plants _____________________.
3. In the other two houses _____________________ is new. _____________________ seems to be
broken. We cant see flowers _____________________.
4. - Do you think there are flowers _____________________ inside the house?
- No, I dont. I think they are _____________________.
5. - Is there _____________________ those two families can do so their houses look better?
- Of course there is and they really have to do _____________________.

C. Now complete the sentences using:

somebody
something
somewhere

anybody
anything
anywhere

nobody
nothing
nowhere

everybody
everything
everywhere

1. School finished at five so ______________________ was having

classes.

_____________________

playing outside.
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2. Yesterday we didnt have _____________________ for lunch

because there wasnt _____________________ in the bar to serve
us.

3. - Was there _____________________ with Helen at the caf?

- Yes, there was _____________________. I think it was Sue.
4. - Is there _____________________ to drink?
- No, _____________________ at all.
5. _____________________ likes Helen because she is very kind. When _____________________
happens she is always ready to help.
6. Yesterday we went to Peters party. We ate lots of
cakes and had a lot of fun. _____________________ was
happy and _____________________ was perfect.
7. There was litter _____________________ in the village. They had to take it
_____________________ and there was _____________________ to put it.

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