IndefinitePronounsEnglishOnlineINC3-4.pptx

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Indefinite
Pronouns
CLBlevel3-4
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Warm-up: Solve the riddle.
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It has hands and a face but it can’t hold anything or smile.

Warm-up: Solve the riddle.
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It has hands and a face, but it can’t hold anything or smile.
A clock.

What is a Pronoun…?
A pronoun is a word that:
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What is a Pronoun…?
A pronoun is a word that takes the place
of a noun.
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Pronouns:
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Read the sentence.
1. Ilya made chocolate chip cookies.
She made chocolate chip cookies.
What if we didn’t know who made the cookies?
We can use an indefinite pronoun…

Indefinite Pronouns:
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What is an indefinite pronoun?
An indefinite pronoun:
• is a pronoun that refers to a person or a thing without
being specific. We use indefinite pronouns when we don’t
know who, or where, or what…
Examples:
Someone made chocolate chip cookies!
I need something to hold this window open.

Indefinite pronouns:
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Some common examples:
anybody everybody nobody somebody
anyone everyone no one someone
anything everything nothing something

Indefinite pronouns:
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The most common indefinite pronouns begin with these
quantifiers:
• any (anything, anybody, anywhere)
• some (something, somebody, somewhere)
• every (everything, everybody, everywhere)
• no (nothing, nobody, nowhere)

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The Quantifiers:
Some is unspecified. As a pronoun, it means we don’t know the
specific person/place/thing. We use “some” often in positive sentences.
Someone has eaten the cookies.
There is something in the bag.
Any is unspecified. As a pronoun, it means one possibility out of many,
or it doesn’t matter who. We also use “any” in negative sentences.
Anyone can come to the party.
There isn’t anything in the bag.

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The Quantifiers:
No is easy! No is ZERO (0).
No one is home right now.
Every means all.
Everyone loves cookies.

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1. Indefinite pronouns
a) For people: we use pronouns ending in “body” or
“one”(nobody, somebody, anyone)
b) For things: we use pronouns ending in “thing”
(anything, something, nothing)
c) For places: we use pronouns ending in “where”
(anywhere, somewhere, nowhere)

2. Indefinite Pronouns:
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We generally use a singular verb after an indefinite
pronoun.
Examples:
1. Everyone is coming to the party.
2. Something is making a noise in the basement.

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When we refer back to an indefinite pronoun, we
normally use a plural pronoun:
Example:
Everybody enjoyed the concert. They all stood up and
clapped.

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We use pronouns with no-, with positive clauses.
Example:
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Nobody came.
(NOT Nobody didn't come.)

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We do not use another negative in a clause with
nobody, no one or nothing:
Examples:
Nobody came. (NOT Nobody didn't come.)
Nothing happened. (NOT Nothing didn't happen.)

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We can add 's to an indefinite pronoun to make a
possessive:
Examples:
They were staying in somebody's house.
Is this anybody's coat?

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Fill in the blanks with an indefinite pronoun. More than
one answer may be correct.
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1. Does _______________ (anyone/anywhere) know the answer?
2. I rang the doorbell but __________(somebody/no one) answered.

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1. Does _anyone__ (anyone/anywhere) know the answer?
2. I rang the doorbell but _no one_(somebody/no one) answered.

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3. Where is ___________ (everybody/everything) going?
4. Did you hear _____________(anything/anyplace) I’ve just said?

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3. Where is _everybody_ (everybody/everything) going?
4. Did you hear _anything_(anything/anyplace) I’ve just said?

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5. There is ___________(nowhere/somewhere/anyone) in the world
I’d rather be.
6. ______________(anyone/everyone) is angry with me.

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5. There is nowhere/somewhere (nowhere/somewhere/anyone)
in the world I’d rather be.
6. _Everyone___(anyone/everyone) is angry with me.

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7. I haven’t got ________(nothing/anything) to say.
8. Could we go __________ (somewhere/everywhere) sunny?

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7. I haven’t got anything (nothing/anything) to say.
8. Could we go somewhere (somewhere/everywhere) sunny?

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9. _______________ (no one/everyone) doesn’t like Winter in
Manitoba.
10. ____________ (No one/everyone) loves Winter in Manitoba.

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9. Everyone (No one/everyone) doesn’t like Winter in Manitoba.
10. No one/everyone (No one/everyone) loves Winter in
Manitoba.

More practice:
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https://elt.oup.com/student/solutions/int/grammar/grammar_08_0
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https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/indefinite-pronouns-
exercise-1.html

For each riddle, find the indefinite pronouns and
try to guess the answer.
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1. You walk into a room carrying something. Glass
breaks, everybody screams and something dies.
What happened?

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1. You walk into a room carrying something. Glass
breaks, everybody screams and something dies.
What happened?
You dropped a fish bowl.

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2. What can you find here, there and everywhere?

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2. What can you find here, there and everywhere?
The word “here”.

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3. What flies around all day but doesn’t go anywhere?

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3. What flies around all day but doesn’t go anywhere?
A flag.

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4. Somebody’s mother has four sons. North, South and East. What is the name
of the fourth son?

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4. Somebody’s mother has four sons. North, South and East. What is the name
of the fourth son?
Somebody.

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5. Everyone has it but no one can lose it.

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5. Everyone has it but no one can lose it.
A shadow.

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6. It doesn’t belong to everyone, it belongs to you. But everybody uses it and
it doesn’t worry you.

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6. It doesn’t belong to everyone, it belongs to you. But everybody uses it and
it doesn’t worry you.
Your name.

Look at the picture. Fill in the blanks with indefinite pronouns.
The woman looks sad. Maybe she fought
with …………….. or she wanted to have a
party and …………….. came.
Perhaps she failed an exam because she
didn’t know …………….., or a family member
fell ill and there is …………….. she can do.
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The woman looks sad. Maybe she fought
with someone or she wanted to have a
party and no one came.
Perhaps she failed an exam because she
didn’t know everything, or a family
member fell ill and there is nothing she
can do.
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Maybe she needs help but she can’t find
_____________ to help her, or she did
____________ silly and is embarrassed now.
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Maybe she needs help but she can’t find
anyone/someone to help her, or she did
something silly and is embarrassed now.
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Look at the picture. Make a sentence using an indefinite pronoun
about something happening in it.
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That’s Not My Job
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This is a story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and
Nobody.
There was an important job to be done and Everybody was sure that Somebody
would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got
angry about that, because it was Everybody's job. Everybody thought Anybody
could do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn't do it.
It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what
Anybody could have done.

Sources:
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https://www.ef.com/ca/english-resources/english-grammar/indefinite-pronouns/
https://promova.com/english-grammar/indefinite-pronouns-in-english
https://www.grammar-monster.com/glossary/indefinite_pronoun.htm
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/grammar/english-grammar-reference/indefinite-pronouns
https://www.ef.com/ca/english-resources/english-grammar/indefinite-pronouns/
https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/pronouns-notmyjob.php
https://eslbrains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/ESL-Brains-Everyone-has-it-but-no-one-can-
lose-it-indefinite-pronouns-SV-1269.pdf

Questions?
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Your Homework is…
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For each sentence, identify the indefinite pronoun.
Complete the sentences so they are true for you.
a) Nobody in my family gets up…
b) I don’t know anybody who speaks…
c) Today, I have eaten something…
d) Everybody in my family likes watching…
e) I know somebody who went…
f) Nothing on my desk is…
g) This week, I haven’t been anywhere…

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