👩‍🏫 For the teacher:

Give students 12 minutes to read the rule table and finish the four practice sections.

Check answers together using the instant feedback and short explanations below each item.

🧑‍🎓 For the learner:

First read the four clear rules in the table and check the street examples.

Next answer the 12 items and look at the one-word clue in brackets for help.

Indefinite Pronouns Made Easy

Learn how to talk about people, things, and places on our street with words like somebody, anybody, nobody, and everybody.

Somebody, something and somewhere are for positive sentences and offers. Somebody means a person we do not know by name. Someone means the same as somebody. We do not use them in simple negative statements with not.

Anybody, anything and anywhere are for questions and negative sentences. So we write Is anybody there? and I didn't see anything. Anyone means the same as anybody. Do not use them in ordinary positive sentences when you mean a specific unknown person.

Nobody, nothing and nowhere already have a negative meaning, so we do not add not or n't. We say There is nobody here, never There isn't nobody here. No one means the same as nobody.

Everybody and everything mean all the people and all the things. They are singular words in English. So the verb is is or has, never are or have. Everyone means the same as everybody.