This document summarizes the compound words of some, any, no and every and their uses as indefinite pronouns referring to people, things and places. It provides examples of each indefinite pronoun and its forms, including someone, anybody, nobody, everybody, something, anything, nothing, everything, somewhere, anywhere, nowhere and everywhere. It then provides exercises to practice using these indefinite pronouns in sentences.

1. - Compound words of some, any, no and every -
indefinite pronoun
some- any- no- every-
People Things Places
someone
some- something somewhere
somebody
anyone
any- anything anywhere
anybody
no one
no- nothing nowhere
nobody
everyone
every- everything everywhere
everybody
SOME-
Someone
something
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2. ANY-
anywhere
anything
every-
anything
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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3. 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 can’t see flowers _____________________.
4. - Do you think there are flowers _____________________ inside the house?
- No, I don’t. 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 anybody nobody everybody
something anything nothing everything
somewhere anywhere nowhere everywhere
1. School finished at five so ______________________ was having
classes. _____________________ was
playing outside.
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4. 2. Yesterday we didn’t have _____________________ for lunch
because there wasn’t _____________________ in the bar to serve
us.
3. - Was there _____________________ with Helen at the café?
- Yes, there was _____________________. I think it was Sue.
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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 Peter’s 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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