Indefinite pronouns

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INDEFINITE PRONOUNS

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PEOPLE

THINGS

PLACES

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everybody

everyone

somebody

someone

anybody

anyone

PEOPLE

nobody

no one

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SOME

somebody

someone

something

somewhere

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ANY

anybody

anyone

anything

anywhere

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NO

nobody

no one

nothing

nowhere

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EVERY

everybody

everyone

everything

everywhere

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We use somebody / something / somewhere mainly in positive sentences. We can find somebody who can help.There's something in the bag.Let's go somewhere this weekend. We can use somebody / something / somewhere in questions when they are offers or requests or when we think the answer is yes. Are you looking for something? (= I think you're looking for something.) Would you like something to eat?

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We use anybody / anything / anywhere in the same way, but for questions and negative sentences. I can't find anybody who can help. Is there anything in the bag? We didn't go anywhere this weekend.We also use anybody / anything / anywhere with sentences that have a negative feeling. There is hardly anybody here. She ate hardly anything. We spent the weekend at home without going anywhere.

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We often use anybody / anything / anywhere after 'if'. If anybody would like a coffee, tell me now! If anything is wrong, you need to phone the reception.If there's anywhere that you don't want to go, please send me an email.We also use anybody / anything / anywhere with the meaning 'it doesn't matter who / which / where'. Anybody can do this. I'd like to go anywhere! I just don't want to be here!She was so hungry that she ate anything.

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Nobody = not anybody Nothing = not anything Nowhere = not anywhere I don't know anyone who's coming = I know nobody who's coming.There isn't anything here = there's nothing here.She doesn't want to go anywhere = she wants to go nowhere.Usually the sentence with 'no' is stronger and more emphatic.We don't usually use a negative verb with nobody / nothing / nowhere. Sometimes you hear this but it's not standard English. I don't know nobody.

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Everybody = all the people Everything = all the things Everywhere = all the places. These can be used in positive sentences, negative sentences and questions. I think that she has been everywhere in Europe. He doesn't know everything. Do you know everybody here?

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everything

something

THINGS

anything

nothing

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everywhere

somewhere

PLACES

anywhere

nowhere

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Play

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TRY AGAIN

WRONG!

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She wants to live ______by the sea (in a certain place).

somewhere

anywhere

nowhere

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She put ______ in the box, all the things that she had.

something

anything

everything

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Does ____ have a phone charger? (I don't know if a person has a charger or not.)

someone

anyone

everyone

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We went _____ this weekend. We stayed at home.

somewhere

anywhere

nowhere

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She didn't bring ____to the party.

something

anything

nothing

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Is there ____ in the room?

someone

anyone

no one

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- What's wrong?- ____ , I'm fine.

something

anything

nothing

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_____ lives in that house. It's empty.

Someone

Anyone

No one

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THANKS!

Monika Wróbel

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