SOME/ANY/NO/EVERY COMPOUNDS

1. You can have _______________(thing) to eat at the cafeteria if you are hungry.

2. I can't find _______________(thing) in this room - it's so untidy!

3. What did you say? _______________(thing).

4. _______________(thing) is very expensive in Norway.

5. He lives _______________(where) near here, but I don't know exactly where.

6. I can't find my glasses _______________(where). Have you seen them?

7. There is _______________(where) like home!

8. They are so in love! They go _______________(where) together.

9. _______________(body) called but I don't know who.

10. I waited for half an hour but _______________( (body) came.

11. Can _______________(body) hear me?

12. _______________(body) congratulated her for her show.

2. Choose the correct words.

In my town there are (1) much / some / any good shops, and there’s (2) a / an / a lot of nice café.

There’s (3) an / a / much old castle, but there aren’t (4) much / some / any cinemas. The nearest

cinema is ten kilometres away. It’s very quiet in my town. There isn’t (5) much / many / some

noise, and there aren’t (6) some / many / much young people. There are (7) many / a lot of / any

older people! But my town is OK. I like it here because (8) anyone / everything / everyone is very

friendly.
3. Rellena los espacios en blanco con somebody, anybody, nobody, something, anything, nothing,

somewhere, anywhere o nowhere.

  1.  I know __________ about this issue that you may find interesting, but if I tell you, you must

promise to keep it (a) secret.

  2.  __________ lives here. There is no water.

  3.  I spent the night __________ near the beach.

  4.  __________ could have jumped over this wall, and stole your rake. It's very low.

  5.  __________ scares him. He's very brave.

  6.  There is __________ to park here. Let's go __________ else to park.

  7.  Would you like __________ to wash your hands?.

  8.  May I have __________ for dessert, please?

  9.  They took him __________ in London, and he never returned.

 10.  Please don't leave __________ behind at home. We'll be away for a fortnight.

 11.  She needs __________ to love. She's very lonely.

 12.  They will not sing __________ in this city. They said that they would never come back.

 13.  There isn't __________ you can do to help them. __________ can help them.

 14.  We do not need __________ else to run this department. We can do it ourselves.

 15.  __________ is ringing the bell. Go and see who it is.

 16.  __________ phoned while we were out, but they did not leave a message.

 17.  __________ tells me that there is __________ fishy going on.

 18.  They are looking for __________ to settle down and have children. They want to find a quiet

place to lead a quiet life.

 19.  "Where would you like to stay?"

       "__________ will do provided it is a clean place."

 20.  "Is there __________ at home?"

       "I don't think there is __________. Mum and dad must have gone out."
Soluciones: (Le recordamos que en vez de anybody, nobody y somebody, se puede usar anyone,

no-one y someone respectivamente.)

  1.  something

  2.  Nobody (Nothing es también posible si lo queremos hacer más drástico.)

  3.  somewhere

  4.  Anybody

  5.  Nothing / Nobody (La primera alternativa tal vez sea mejor, pero esto depende del contexto.)

  6.  nowhere, somewhere

  7.  something

  8.  something
  9.  somewhere

 10.  anything

 11.  somebody

 12.  anywhere

 13.  anything, Nobody

 14.  anybody

 15.  Somebody

 16.  Somebody

 17.  Something, something

 18.  somewhere

 19.  Anywhere

 20.  anybody, anybody