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Exercise • We do not use not with nothing or nobody:
There was nothing to eat. (not There wasn’t nothing
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the
verbs in brackets. to eat.)
There was nobody at home. (not There wasn’t nobody
1 You (feel) better if you (stop) at home.)
eating so much. • We always use an affirmative verb with nothing and
2 If you (not eat) enough at breakfast, you nobody / no one:
(be) hungry before lunch. I saw nothing. (not I didn’t see nothing.)
3 If it (rain) tomorrow, I (stay) at She knew nobody at the party. (not She didn’t know
home. nobody at the party.)
4 We (not be) late if we (leave)
now. Exercise
5 I (help) him if he (ask) me. Rewrite the sentences using the word in bold.
6 If they (not want) to go to the match, I
(go) on my own. 1 My glass is empty.
nothing
something, anything, nothing, etc. There is nothing in my glass.
2 A person is waiting for you.
someone / somebody someone
We use someone / somebody for a person who we don’t
know: 3 Do you know any people in this room?
I can see somebody in the garden. anyone

something
• We use something for a thing which we don’t know: 4 We all love music.
Something has happened to my computer. everyone
• We sometimes use something when making offers:
Would you like something to eat? 5 There isn’t anyone at home.
nobody
anyone / anybody
We use anyone / anybody for people in questions and 6 There’s nothing to do here.
negatives: anything
Is there anybody at home?
I don’t know anyone at this party. 7 Jake ate all the things on his plate.
anything everything
We use anything for things in questions and negatives:
Did you hear anything?
I haven’t got anything in my bag. Unit 12

no one / nobody
We use no one / nobody as the negative of somebody: Present perfect
Nobody came to my birthday party. We use the present perfect to talk about past
experiences: I have seen this film. She hasn’t passed her
nothing
We use nothing as the negative of something: final exams.
I’m sorry. There is nothing we can do to help. • We do not say when the experience happened:
We have travelled hundreds of miles.
everyone / everybody I’ve seen George Clooney.
We use everyone / everybody to mean all of a number of • We use the present perfect to describe something that
people: started in the past and continues into the present:
Everybody is friends with Matt. I’ve lived here for a year.
When she speaks, everyone listens. • We often use ever to ask questions about experiences:
• With all these words, we always use a third person Have you ever ridden a motorbike?
singular verb: Everyone is here. (not Everyone are here.) • We often use never to talk about things we have not
experienced: Maria has never been ill in her life.

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