Anything, Something, Everything, Nothing

Indefinite pronouns

Places: Anywhere, Somewhere, Everywhere, Nowhere
Cualquer sito, Algun sitio, todos sitios, ningun sito

Nowhere – Not in any place
Anywhere – In any place, but not in a specific place.
Somewhere – In a specific but unknown place
Everywhere – In all places.

Double negatives: Just like in maths. a minus x a minus is a positive.

If we said “I don’t know nothing”, it would I mean “I know something”.

We use the prefix “any” in sentences that contain a negative.

Example: I don’t know anything.

Things: Anything, Something, Everything, Nothing

Cualquer cosa, Alguna cosa, todas las cosas, ninguna cosa.

People: Anybody / Anyone, Somebody / someone, Everybody / everyone, Nobody / no-one
Cualquer persona, Alguna persona, Todos, Nadie

Time:
Anytime, Sometime, Everytime, Never
En Cualquer momento, En Algun momento, Cada vez/Siempre, Nunca


Exercise:
I can’t find my keys ____anywhere__! They must be ___somewhere______. Have you looked __everywhere_____?
They are ___nowhere____ to be found.

  1. Did you meet _________ interesting in Albacete? ________ interesting!
  2. Lis needs _____ to look after her potatoes when she goes on holiday to Ibiza.
  3. There is a radio active squirrel ________ in the forest.
  4. Do you mind if I sleep on your sofa? I don’t have _______ to go.
  5. ________ is bigger in Texas!
  6. ________ must have happened, because the police are _________
  7. _________has been eating my porridge!
  8. Honestly, I haven’t done __________. I’m innocent!
  9. __________ in La Mancha in a town whose name I do not wish to recall lived a knight…..etc…
  10. I am bored. There is ________ to do in Ávila!
  11. We can’t go shopping on Sundays in Ávila, _____ is open.
  12. Did you win anything in the raffle ? I didn’t win _________ apart from this goldfish.
  13. Does __________ know where I can buy a potato in Ávila on a Sunday?
  14. Why does Marcos always carry a potato ___________ he goes ?
  15. Iker lifted his magic wand up to the sky and muttered some words under his breath. The clouds formed and it started to rain potatoes. Within a matter of minutes there were potatoes ________, as far as the eye could see.
  16. Juan lost his favourite potato. It must be around here ________!
  17. Sandra was disappointed that she didn’t have ________ to plant potatoes this year.
  18. Montse needs _____ to look after her potatoes when she goes on holiday to Ibiza.
  19. Lis went to Gadis to buy more potatoes, but there were none left. ________ had already bought them all.
  20. Will thinks there is _________ better to grow potatoes than England!
  21. I can’t eat ________containing ________.