The sentence These compound nouns are in affirmative sentences e.g.: I know something about my birthday present You can use ‘some’ in questions if you expect a positive answer e.g.: Can you give me something to drink? The sentence These compound nouns are in questions and negative sentences or in sentences with one of these words: without, neither, none, no, nor, never, seldom, rarely, hardly, to deny, to refuse, to doubt … Using not … any+… we don’t emphasize It is a neutral sentence e.g.: I don’t know anything about the excursion You can use ‘any’ in affirmative statements with a different meaning You e.g.: Anyone knows the answer Task Someone – anyone – no one Choose the correct word to each sentence 1) Sorry, but has phoned to ask about the house for sale 2) Jackie asked to take her home 3) Did the homework? 4) Mrs Nixon saw in the shop 5) can solve this maths problem 6) Could hardly ever water this poor plant? 7) has bought the last bottle of milk 8) Megan and Frank didn’t tell about their marriage 9) Neil found at home, so he couldn’t talk to the Gilmores 10) I haven’t heard complaining about the service 11) broke into their house while they were on holiday in Italy 12) published a disgusting photo about my favourite actress yesterday 13) Can explain me the difference between these two pictures? 14) has been on strike from this company 15) followed me after work The sentence With these compound nouns become the sentence negative Using these compound nouns you express more emphatically what you want to say, maybe in a defensive way e.g.: I knew nothing about your present can use somebody instead of someone, anybody instead of anyone or nobody instead of no one Task Something – anything – nothing Choose the correct word to each sentence 1) Nick has never sent me _ for Christmas 2) Would you like to drink _? 3) Kim showed us _ We didn’t meet her 4) Do you want _ to write on? 5) Did you hear _ about our new teacher? 6) Mr Bishop found _ in the excavation in Egypt 7) Mrs Roberts usually eats _ spicy in this restaurant 8) Jim introduced me _ interesting I was bored 9) Katherine couldn’t carry _ heavy during her pregnancy 10) Mr Irwin noticed _ on the floor 11) Miranda feels _ towards Oliver Maybe it’s love 12) Do you know _ about Mary’s birthday party? 13) Elisa has done _ dangerous yet 14) I can’t draw _ My arm is broken 15) Harry and Mickey learnt _ in that camp Task Somewhere – anywhere – nowhere Choose the correct word to each sentence Task Choose the correct word to each sentence 1) What’s up? Something/Nothing interesting 1) Why have you hidden my keys ? 2) He put my notes I found them in my bag 3) Jessie plays basketball near the school 4) The town is going to build a new theatre They haven’t got enough money 5) Tim left his glasses in the living room 6) Peter will drive His car is at the service-station 7) I like listening to music 8) The burglars broke into a house in Chestnut Street 9) Kyle can’t find his favourite baseball cap 10) After three hours travelling they arrived in the middle of the desert 11) The Lees travel abroad every summer 12) Will you go on holiday ? 13) I’m _ in this list I can’t find my name 14) She waited for him because she was terribly ill 15) Have you written down the receipt of this great cake ? 2) The keys can be anywhere/nowhere I don’t remember where I have lost them 3) Someone/Anyone must have stolen my new mobile 4) You can make a phone call with your mobile almost somewhere/anywhere in the world 5) It can be something/anything interesting 6) Anyone / No one greeted her when she entered the hotel 7) What’s the matter? I can’t find my keys anywhere / nowhere 8) Something / Anything is missing from the soup 9) Open the fridge You can’t find anything / nothing in it 10) jogging 11) Can you recommend me nothing / 12) Do you have a photo about their wedding ceremony somewhere / anywhere? 13) Simon has never read something / anything about the dinosaurs 14) This medicine is for someone / anyone who has a high temperature Billy asked anyone’s / no one’s permission to leave Task 1) Carlos knows _ who can repair the car a) someone b) anyone c) no one 8) My grandparents invited us _ a) somewhere b) anywhere c) nowhere 2) Should Kelly hide her diary _? a) somewhere b) anywhere 9) She usually supposes _ bad a) something b) anything c) nothing c) nowhere 3) Helen met _ from her high school class a) someone b) anyone c) no one 10) Jason has encouraged _ recently a) someone b) anyone c) no one 4) “Can you give me _?” “No, I can’t.” a) something b) anything 11) She sat down _ near the monument a) somewhere b) anywhere c) nowhere c) nothing anything harmless? 15) Which word is incorrect? Two solutions are right Where is Luke? He has gone nowhere / somewhere 5) Paul taught French _ in Wales last year a) somewhere b) anywhere c) nowhere 12) Has _ interesting happened to you? a) something b) anything c) nothing 6) Could you draw _ memorable into my album? a) something b) anything c) nothing 13) The teachers can correct the tests _ at school a) somewhere b) anywhere c) nowhere 7) Does Sue listen to _? a) someone b) anyone 14) Trudy had _ for dinner a) someone b) anyone c) no one http://www.phillipmartin.info/clipart/homepage.htm c) no one Task 1) Sorry, but no one has phoned to ask about the house for sale 2) Jackie asked someone to take her home 3) Did anyone the homework? 4) Mrs Nixon saw someone in the shop 5) No one / Someone can solve this maths problem 6) Could anyone hardly ever water this poor plant? 7) Someone has bought the last bottle of milk 8) Megan and Frank didn’t tell anyone about their marriage 9) Neil found no one at home, so he couldn’t talk to the Gilmores 10) I haven’t heard anyone complaining about the service 11) No one / Someone broke into their house while they were on holiday in Italy 12) Someone published a disgusting photo about my favourite actress yesterday 13) Can anyone explain me the difference between these two pictures? 14) No one / Someone has been on strike from this company 15) Someone followed me after work Task 1) Why have you hidden my keys anywhere? 2) He put my notes nowhere I found them in my bag 3) Jessie plays basketball somewhere near the school 4) The town is going to build a new theatre nowhere They haven’t got enough money 5) Tim left his glasses somewhere in the living room 6) Peter will drive nowhere His car is at the servicestation 7) I like listening to music anywhere 8) The burglars broke into a house somewhere in Chestnut Street 9) Kyle can’t find his favourite baseball cap anywhere 10) After three hours travelling they arrived somewhere in the middle of the desert 11) The Lees travel somewhere abroad every summer 12) Will you go on holiday anywhere? 13) I’m nowhere in this list I can’t find my name 14) She waited for him nowhere because she was terribly ill 15) Have you written down the receipt of this great cake anywhere? Task 5: Choose the incorrect word to each sentence 1) Carlos knows _B_ who can repair the car a) someone b) anyone c) no one 2) Should Kelly hide her diary _ A _? a) somewhere b) anywhere c) nowhere 3) Helen met _ B _ from her high school class a) someone b) anyone c) no one 4) “Can you give me _A_?” “No, I can’t.” a) something b) anything c) nothing 5) Paul taught French _ B _ in Wales last year a) somewhere b) anywhere c) nowhere 6) Could you draw _ C _ memorable into my album? a) something b) anything c) nothing 7) Does Sue listen to _ A _? a) someone b) anyone c) no one Task 1) Nick has never sent me anything for Christmas 2) Would you like to drink something? 3) Kim showed us nothing We didn’t meet her 4) Do you want something to write on? 5) Did you hear anything about our new teacher? 6) Mr Bishop found nothing / something in the excavation in Egypt 7) Mrs Roberts usually eats something spicy in this restaurant 8) Jim introduced me nothing interesting I was bored 9) Katherine couldn’t carry anything heavy during her pregnancy 10) Mr Irwin noticed something on the floor 11) Miranda feels something towards Oliver Maybe it’s love 12) Do you know anything about Mary’s birthday party? 13) Elisa has done nothing dangerous yet 14) I can’t draw anything My arm is broken 15) Harry and Mickey learnt nothing in that camp Task 4: Choose the correct word to each sentence 16) What’s up? Something/Nothing interesting 17) The keys can be anywhere/nowhere I don’t remember where I have lost them 18) Someone/Anyone must have stolen my new mobile 19) You can make a phone call with your mobile almost somewhere/anywhere in the world 20) It can be something/anything interesting 21) Anyone / No one greeted her when she entered the hotel 22) What’s the matter? I can’t find my keys anywhere / nowhere 23) Something / Anything is missing from the soup 24) Open the fridge You can’t find anything / nothing in it 25) Where is Luke? He has gone nowhere / somewhere jogging 26) Can you recommend me nothing / anything harmless? 27) Do you have a photo about their wedding ceremony somewhere / anywhere? 28) Simon has never read something / anything about the dinosaurs 29) This medicine is for someone / anyone who has a high temperature 30) Billy asked anyone’s / no one’s permission to leave 8) My grandparents invited us _ B _ a) somewhere b) anywhere c) nowhere 9) She usually supposes _ B _ bad a) something b) anything c) nothing 10) Jason has encouraged _ B _ recently a) someone b) anyone c) no one 11) She sat down _ B _ near the monument a) somewhere b) anywhere c) nowhere 12) Has _ A _ interesting happened to you? a) something b) anything c) nothing 13) The teachers can correct the tests _C_ at school a) somewhere b) anywhere c) nowhere 14) Trudy had _ B _ for dinner a) someone b) anyone c) no one