SOME, ANY, NO AND COMPOUNDS

 

SOME

 

- IN AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES:

    I’m going to buy some clothes.

    There’s some ice in the fridge.

    We did some exercises.

 

- Some + plural countable nouns

     I need some new shoes.

 

- Some + uncountable nouns

     I need some money.

 

- IN QUESTIONS, when a Yes/No answer is expected.

     Can I have some coffee?

     Would you like some more meat?

 

 ANY

 

- IN NEGATIVE SENTENCES (used with not) and QUESTIONS (used without not):

 

     I’m not going to buy any clothes.

     There isn’t any orange juice in the fridge.

     Has he got any friends?

 

- IN AFFIRMATIVE sentences with the meaning of every:

 

    You can take any pen.

    Any of them is useful.

 

NO

 

It is used instead of ANY, and the verb always appears in the affirmative form. We use no especially after have (got) and there is / are:

 

No = not + any or not + a

 

    There are no cars in the parking lot.

 

    We’ve got no coffee.

 

    It’s a nice house, but there’s no garden.

 

 

COMPOUNDS

 

 

PEOPLE

Somebody

Someone

Anybody

Anyone

Nobody

No one

THINGS

Something

Anything

Nothing

PLACES

Somewhere

Anywhere

Nowhere

 

 

Use somebody, something, someone, etc. when you don’t say exactly who, what or where.

     Somebody broke the window.

     I went somewhere nice at the weekend.

     She has something in her mouth.

 

 

Use anything, anybody, anywhere, etc. in questions or with a (-) verb.

    I didn’t do anything last night

                     NOT      

           I didn’t do nothing. (x)

 

 

Use nothing, nobody, nowhere, etc. in short negative answers or in a sentence (with an affirmative verb).

 

    Who’s in the bathroom?

    Nobody. Nobody is in the bathroom.

                           NOT      

                    Anybody is in the bathroom. (x)

 

 You can use nobody/ no one/ nothing at the beginning of a sentence or alone (to answer a question)

 

 

SOME, ANY, NO & EVERY COMPOUNDS

 

 

usage

some

1. Afirmative sentences

2. Interrogative sentences when they mean
    invitation or when an affirmative answer
    is expected

someone

somebody

something

somewhere

any

1. Interrogative sentences
2. Negative sentences (to have a negative
    meaning “any” has to follow “not”)

3. Affirmative sentences meaning “every”

anyone

anybody

anything

anywhere

no


1. Affirmative or interrogative sentences,
    to which they confer a negative meaning.

2. Mainly used as subjects.

no one

nobody

nothing

none

nowhere

every

 

 

Affirmative, negative or interrogative sentences

everyone

everybody

everything

everywhere