Indefinite Pronouns

Something about someone and somewhere (indefinite pronouns)

​What are indefinite pronouns?

​They are words that we use to talk about places, people or things.

​​They can start with:

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​SOME

​ANY

​NO

​EVERY

​How do we use them?

​Do you remember????

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​Is this ok?

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​There isn't someone in the house

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​What do you think?

​People

• ​We use SOMEONE or SOMEBODY to talk about people in positive sentences​

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​There is SOMEONE at the door

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​There is SOMEBODY at the door

​People

​We use ANYBODY or ANYONE in questions and negative sentences.

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​There isn't ANYONE at the door

​There isn't ANYBODY at the door

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​Is there ANYBODY at the door?

​Is there ANYONE at the door?

Multiple Select

Has _________ seen my bag?

• anyone

• anybody

• somebody

• someone

Multiple Select

I don't know ______ at the party

• somone

• anyone

• somebody

• anybody

Fill in the Blanks

We can call

to help us.

​Things (objects)

​We use SOMETHING in positive sentences

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​I want SOMETHING to eat

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​We use ANYTHING in negative and questions.

​Do you wan ANYTHING to eat?

​I don't want ANYTHING to eat

Multiple Choice

Let’s get __________________ to eat after our class

• something

• anything

Multiple Choice

I didn’t eat __________________ for lunch, so I’m really hungry now

• anything

• something

Multiple Choice

I had __________________ to do after school.

• anything

• something

Multiple Choice

Do you have ________ for me?

• something

• anything

​Places

​We use SOMEWHERE in affirmative sentences.

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​I want to go SOMEWHERE nice.

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​We use ANYWHERE in negative sentences and questions.

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​We don't have ANYWHERE to sleep.

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​Do you have ANYWHERE to go?

Multiple Choice

I didn’t go __________________ on the weekend

• somewhere

• anywhere

Multiple Choice

He wants to go __________________ interesting

• somewhere

• anywhere

Multiple Choice

• The boy doesn't look like anybody

• Everybody looks like the boy