138 54 GRAMMAR Pronouns 2 somebody, anybody, nobody, everybody, none, nothing © someone/somebody We use someone/somebody for a person we don't know. Someone/Somebody is knocking at the door. © anyone/anybody We use anyone/anybody for questions and negatives Is anyone/anybody going to help me? There isn't anyone/anybody here. © something We use something for a thing we don't know. Something is wrong! © anything We use anything for questions and negatives Is there anything in the box? © no one/nobody We use no one or nobody without not as the negative of someone/somebody. I'm sure that no one/nobody saw me. © none ‘We use none to mean ‘not any’ We do not use not. Can I have a biscuit? There are none lef. We can use none with uncountables to mean ‘not any’ Can I have some milk? There is none left © none of We can use a singular or a plural verb. Some people think a singular verb is more correct. None of the children was/were tired. © nothing ‘We use nothing without not as the negative of something. I pressed the button, but nothing happened. © everyone, everybody We use everyone/everybody with a singular verb to mean all of a number of people. Everyone knows the answer. © everything ‘We use everything with a singular verb to mean all of a number of things Everything is beautifulGRAMMAR 54 PRONOUNS 2 1. Complete each sentence with a pronoun beginning some-, any-, no- or every-. 1 Can Task you something, 2 2 we a 4 Thereis.. snsueus has gone wrong today! Its been terrible! has taken my bike, and I'm going to find out who! nicer than a warm bath. a here have a pen I could borrow? 6 1 feel so unhappy! 7 , somewhere, wants a phone call from you! 8 wvnon Thave is yours! . loves me! 2. Change the underlined words to one word. Not one of the people in the room welcomed Peter. All the people in the room clapped loudly. Not one of the people I asked knew the way. Does one of the people here know the time? Not one person laughed at the head teacher's joke. ‘There isn’t one single thing to eat. All the things Roger planned went badly wrong. ‘There's a person at the door. evyauneune 3 Rewrite each sentence so it has the same meaning. Use the words in bold. 1 There isn’t anyone at home. no one There. is.1w0.o0vt Mm se 2 We all know that. everyone 3. There is nothing to do. anything 4 The box was empty. nothing 5. There aren't any left. none 6 Imet a person who knows you. somebody 7 didn't eat oe a) nothing 8 Do you know any people in this town? anybody 139