indefinite pronouns from the net

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• Indefinite pronouns are used to refer to nonspecific persons or
things.
• They can be singular or plural, and their form depends on
whether they are the subject, object in a sentence.
• Examples of indefinite articles
"someone," "anything," "everyone," "somebody," "nothing,".
• I saw something interesting on the way to school.
• Somebody left their phone on the bus.

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Indefinite pronouns
People
things
places
Every
Some
No
Any
everyone
everybody
Somebody
someone
Nobody
none
Anybody
anyone
Everything something
nothing
anything
Everywhere
somewhere nowhere anywhere

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Something/Somebody / somewhere
• We use Something/Somebody / somewhere
• to talk about things or people or places in general, but we
don't know exactly what or who.
• We use something/somebody/somewhere in positive
sentences
• I saw something interesting on the way to school.
• Somebody left their phone on the bus.
• I met him Somewhere in the city centre.

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Checkpoint
Fill in the Blanks:
Something/Somebody / somewhere
1. ______ gave me a birthday present.
2. I lost ______ important at school.
3. We went ______ to have fun last weekend.

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Choose the Correct Pronoun:
1. ______ is making a lot of noise in the kitchen.
a) Somebody
b) somewhere
c) anything
2. I forgot to do ______ at home.
a) everyone
b) something
c) anything
3. I left my books _______but I can’t remember it
a) Somebody
b) somewhere
c) anything
4. We went ______ for ice cream after school.
a) Somebody
b) somewhere
c) anything

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Anything/Anybody / anywhere
We use anything , anybody , anywhere :
in questions and negative sentences to talk about things,
people or places in general .
Do you want to eat anything after lunch?
I didn't see anybody at the park.
Did you see him anywhere ?

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Checkpoint
1) I don't have anything / anybody to offer my guest for a drink.
2) Is there anything / anywhere I can do to help you prepare?
3) Have you seen anything / anybody with a blue phone case?
4) I can't call anything / anybody because my phone is missing!
5) We can't decide on anything / anywhere to spend my vacation.

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Checkpoint
1) Do you want to do something / anything fun this weekend?
2) I can't find somebody / anybody to play with.
3) Is there anywhere / everywhere interesting to visit in this city?

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Everything/Everybody / everywhere
We use Everything/Everybody / everywhere
to talk about all the things or people in a group, in positive
sentences only.
Everybody loves pizza!
Can we decorate everything for the party?
Do you want to eat anything after lunch?

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Checkpoint
1.We decorated the room with streamers and balloons. _____--looked festive!
a) everything
b) everybody
c) everywhere
2.The party was a blast! _______ had a great time.
a) everything
b) everybody
c) everywhere
3. In science class, we learned about _____--- from planets to
plants!
a) everything
b) everybody
c) everywhere
4.During sports day, ____played and enjoyed their time.
a) everything
b) everybody
c) everywhere
5. We had a wonderful time exploring new places. ____ we went
was beautiful!
a) everything
b) everybody
c) everywhere

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Checkpoint
unscramble the words to create sentence
1.decorated / party / looked / for / the / amazing! /
Everything /
Everything looked amazing for the party!)
_________________________________________________
___
2.
happy / students
/ theon
/ trip
were trip.)
/ on / field. /
(Everybody
was happy
the/ field
Everybody /
_________________________________________________
___

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Nothing/Nobody / anywhere
We use Nothing/Nobody / nowhere
• in negative sentences without not to say
there are no things or people or places
There is nowhere to go this weekend.
There's nothing in the fridge.
Did you see nobody at the store?

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Checkpoint
unscramble the words to create sentence
1.open / fridge / left / and / there / was / in / the. / Nothing /
_________________________________________________
___
There was nothing left in the open fridge
2. park / saw / we / the / afternoon. / Nobody /
We saw nobody at the park this afternoon
_________________________________________________
___

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Checkpoint
correct the sentence
1.There were nowhere interesting movies on TV, so I
decided to read a book.
2.We couldn't find anywhere to eat because all the
restaurants were closed.
3.The cookies I baked yesterday are gone! There’s nobody
left!
4.I have everywhere to put my new shoes because my closet
is full.

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Indefinite pronouns
Every
positive
Negative
questions
Some
No
Any
nothing
anything
everyone Somebody
everybody someone
anywhere

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Correct the mistakes:
1. I saw **somethings** interesting on the way to school.
2. Did you see **anybody** at the store yesterday?
3. We can decorate the classroom with **everything** colorful!
4. There's **nothing** left to eat in the fridge. Do you want to
order **nothing**?
5. **Everybody** loves burger here , they all love pizza.

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Correct the mistakes:
6. I can't find nowhere to put my new book.
7. Is there anybody I can do to help?
8. We can’t find something to watch for the movie tonight.
9. Did you hear a noise downstairs? There must be nobody there.
10. I don't have anybody special planned for the weekend.

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Choose the Correct Pronoun:
1. Is there ______ who can help me fix this flat tire?
a) anybody
b) nobody
c) everybody
d) somebody
2. we forgot to bring ______ for lunch!
a) something
b) anything
c) everything
d) nothing
3. We can travel ______ we in this summer vacation!
a) anywhere
b) nowhere
c) everywhere
d) someplace

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Choose the Correct Pronoun:
4. I didn't see ______ familiar at the party last night.
a) anybody
b) nobody
c) everybody
d) somebody
5. There's ______ wrong with the internet connection.
a) something
b) anything
c) everything
d) nothing

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Choose the Correct Pronoun:
1. I looked for my glasses ______, but couldn’t find them
a) everywhere
b) somewhere
c) nowhere
d) anywhere
2. Did you hear ______ interesting on the news today?
a) something
b) anything
c) everything
d) nothing

22.

Choose the Correct Pronoun:
8. ______ came to the party and all had fun.
a) Nobody
b) Somebody
c) Everybody
d) Anybody
9. There's ______ beautiful to see in nature, if you just take the time to
look.
a) something
b) anything
c) everything
d) nothing
10. Did you see ______inside the room when you were there?
a) something
b) anything
c) everywhere
d) nothing