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Unit
7 9 somebody/ anything/ nowhere etc.
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LONDON
Somebody (o r Someone)
has broken the w indow.
She has got som ething in
her m o uth.
Tom lives som ewhere near
London.
somebody/ someone som ething = a thing, som ewhere = in/ to
= a person, but we but w e don't know w hat a place, but we don't
don't know w ho
know where
p eo p le (-body o r -one)
somebody o r someone
anybody o r anyone
nobody o r no-one
O There is somebody (or someone) at the door.
Is there anybody (or anyone) at the door?
There isn't anybody (or anyone) at the door.
There is nobody (o r no-one) at the door.
-body and -one are the same: som ebody = someone, nobody = no-one etc.
thin gs (-thing)
som ething
anything
nothing
O Lucy said som ething but I didn't und erstand w hat she said.
O Are you doing anything at the weekend?
O I was angry, but I didn't say anything.
O 'W hat did you say?' 'Nothing.'
pla ces (-where)
som ewhere
anywhere
nowhere
O
O
Ruth's parents live som ewhere in the south o f England.
Did you go anywhere interesting for yo ur holidays?
O I'm staying here. I'm not going anywhere.
O I don't like this town. There is nowhere to go.
som ething/ anybody etc. + a d jective (big/ cheap/ interesting etc.)
O Did you m eet anybody interesting at the party?
O W e always go to the sam e place. Let's go som ewhere different.
O 'W hat's that letter?' 'It's nothing im portant.'
som ething/ anybody etc. + to ...
O I'm hungry. I w ant som ething to eat. (= so m ething that I can eat)
To ny doesn't have anybody to talk to. (= anybody that he can talk to)
There is nowhere to go in this town. (= nowhere where people can go)
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some and any ^ Unit 76 any and no ^ Unit 77 anybody/ nothing etc. ^ Unit 78
everything/ -body/ -where ^ Unit 80