Indefinite Pronouns

We don't know exactly WHO did it!

Indefinite Pronouns

Poll

Have you ever heard phrases like...

Somebody took my pencil! or,

Silence everybody!!!

Some other examples are...

• SOMEBODY is shouting!

• EVERYBODY is paying attention.

• Is ANYBODY missing today?

• There is NOBODY missing today.

But we don't mention exactly WHO is doing the action....

It's like a mystery! :O

We call this words ---> INDEFINITE PRONOUNS, that means they are not SPECIFIC.

Multiple Choice

TRY to fill in this example...

_____ left that green lunchbag in Campo Deportivo.

• Somebody

• Everybody

• Anybody

• Nobody

We use SOMEBODY

when we don't say EXACTLY who.

It could have been a girl, a boy or a teacher.

Multiple Choice

TRY to fill in this example...

_____ was shouting and the teacher was very stressed.

• Somebody

• Everybody

• Anybody

• Nobody

We use EVERYBODY

for AFFIRMATIVE sentences refering to a GROUP of people.

Multiple Choice

TRY to fill in this example...

Is ______ there? Knock, knock!!

• someone

• everybody

• anybody

• nobody

We use ANYBODY

for QUESTIONS, or with a NEGATIVE verb.

Multiple Choice

TRY to fill in this example...

There's _____ at the school right now, it's very late.

• somebody

• everybody

• anybody

• nobody

We use NOBODY

with affirmative sentences BUT WITH A NEGATIVE meaning.

Multiple Choice

I need _____ to help me with the Science project, this is so difficult!

• everybody

• somebody

• anybody

Multiple Choice

_____ helped me with the Science project, I did it alone :(

• Somebody

• Nobody

• Anybody

Multiple Choice

Can _____ help me finish the project? It's very difficult! :/

• somebody

• nobody

• anybody

Multiple Choice

It seems that _____ is busy with their own projects, so nobody can help me.

• somebody

• everybody

• anybody