SOME, ANY, NO AND COMPOUNDS
SOME
- IN AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES:
I’m going to buy some clothes.
There’s some ice in the fridge.
We did some exercises.
- Some + plural countable nouns
I need some new shoes.
- Some + uncountable nouns
I need some money.
- IN QUESTIONS, when a Yes/No answer is expected.
Can I have some coffee?
Would you like some more meat?
ANY
- IN NEGATIVE SENTENCES (used with not) and QUESTIONS (used without not):
I’m not going to buy any clothes.
There isn’t any orange juice in the fridge.
Has he got any friends?
- IN AFFIRMATIVE sentences with the meaning of every:
You can take any pen.
Any of them is useful.
NO
It is used instead of ANY, and the verb always appears in the affirmative form. We use no especially after have (got) and there is / are:
No = not + any or not + a
There are no cars in the parking lot.
We’ve got no coffee.
It’s a nice house, but there’s no garden.
COMPOUNDS
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PEOPLE |
Somebody Someone |
Anybody Anyone |
Nobody No one |
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THINGS |
Something |
Anything |
Nothing |
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PLACES |
Somewhere |
Anywhere |
Nowhere |
Use somebody, something, someone, etc. when you don’t say exactly who, what or where.
Somebody broke the window.
I went somewhere nice at the weekend.
She has something in her mouth.
Use anything, anybody, anywhere, etc. in questions or with a (-) verb.
I didn’t do anything last night
NOT
I didn’t do nothing. (x)
Use nothing, nobody, nowhere, etc. in short negative answers or in a sentence (with an affirmative verb).
Who’s in the bathroom?
Nobody. Nobody is in the bathroom.
NOT
Anybody is in the bathroom. (x)
You can use nobody/ no one/ nothing at the beginning of a sentence or alone (to answer a question)
SOME, ANY, NO & EVERY COMPOUNDS
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usage |
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some |
1. Afirmative sentences
2. Interrogative sentences when they mean |
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someone |
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somebody |
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something |
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somewhere |
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any |
1. Interrogative sentences 3. Affirmative sentences meaning “every” |
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anyone |
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anybody |
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anything |
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anywhere |
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no |
2. Mainly used as subjects. |
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no one |
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nobody |
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nothing |
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none |
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nowhere |
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every |
Affirmative, negative or interrogative sentences |
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everyone |
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everybody |
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everything |
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everywhere |
ACTIVITIES:
http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/237.html
http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/70.html
http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-1/exercise-english-152.php
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/confusing_words/something_anything.htm
http://www.tolearnenglish.com/free/news/0gsomeanyno.htm
http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-2591.php
http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-5938.php
http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-21125.php