Elementary 4C SOMETHING, ANYTHING, NOTHING, ETC.

SOMETHING, ANYTHING, NOTHING, ETC.

We use somebody / someone, something, somewhere,etc. with a + verb when you don't say exactly who, what or where.

+ Somebody/ Someone / has taken my pen! - I dind't speak to anybody/ anyone all weekend. ? Did anybody / anyone phone? x No, nobody / no one. Nobody / No one phoned

People

We use anybody/ anyone, anything, anywhere in questions and negatives. We can also use something in a request or offer, e.g.

• Can you buy me some milk?
• Would you like something to drink?
• I didn't do anything last night.
• NOT I didn't do nothing

+ I bought something for dinner. - I dind't do anything at the weekend. ? Is there anything in the fridge? x No,nothing. There's nothing in the fridge.

Things

+ Let's go somewhere this weekend. - We didn't go anywhere this summer. ? Is there anywhere to park? x No, nowhere. There's nowhere to park.

We use nobody/ no one, nothing, nowhere in short answers or in a sentence with a + verb.

Places

any, anything, etc. + positive verb We also use any, anything, etc. + positive verb to mean ' it doesn't matter what, who, etc. e.g

• You can come any day = It doesn't matter which day you come.
• Anybody can como to the party = It doesn't matter who comes.
• I can sleep anywhere = It doesn't matter where I sleep.
• You can bring anything = It doesn't matter what you bring.