indefinite pronouns

INDEFINTE PRONOUNS I. Complete the sentences, using something, or anything. 1. Is there ________ on Mr. Brown’s desk right now? 2. Yes, Mr. Green put ________ there a few minutes ago. 3. Did you say ________ to Mr. Lewis about our plans? 4. No, I didn’t say ________ to him about our plans. 5. Is there ________ in the middle drawer of that desk? 6. There isn’t ________ there, I looked in the drawer. 7. Did the girls buy ________ at that department store? 8. No, Alice and Louise didn’t buy ________ at the store now. 9. Did the mailman bring ________ for me this morning? 10. Yes, he did. There’s ________ for you on the desk in your room. 11. Is Mr. Evans going to tell us ________ about his trip? 12. Yes, he’s going to tell us ________ about his trip. II. Complete the sentences, using someone or anyone. 1. Listen! There is ________ at the front door now. 2. Mr. Benson didn’t tell ________ about his suggestions. 3. Did you see ________ in the hall outside my office? 4. Frank didn’t have a book. He lent his to ________. 5. There will be ________ in this office before 9 a.m. 6. Please don’t tell ________ about this matter until later. 7. Did you ask ________ to help you with the work tomorrow? 8. ________ left this package on your desk this morning. 9. Please give this envelope to ________ in Dean Brown’s office. 10. Do you know ________ in the biology class? 11. There wasn’t ________ in the office after 5.30 p.m. 12. ________ told Mr. Duncan the news a few minutes ago. III. Complete the sentences, using anyone or no one. 1. There was _____________ at the information desk this morning. 2. There isn’t _____________ in Mr. Brown’s office right now. 3. _____________ finished the examination before three o’clock. 4. John didn’t see _____________ in Dean Brown’s office. 5. John saw _____________ in the hall outside the office either. 6. He didn’t notice _____________ in the other room. He’s sure of that. 7. _____________ in the whole class knew that word. 8. Please don’t tell _____________ about this until next Sunday. 9. _____________ said anything to me about it at the meeting. 10. The chairman didn’t get suggestions from _____________ in the audience. 11. I saw _____________ from our class at the meeting yesterday. 12. _____________ knows a thing about this except you and me. IV. Complete the sentences, using anyone, someone, something or anything. 1. Is there _____________ here who speaks French? 2. _____________ I know told me _____________ of the details. 3. I saw hardly _____________ I knew at the party, and I didn’t get _____________ to drink. 4. Don’t let _____________ in. I’m too busy to see _____________. 5. You’re looking very miserable; has _____________ upset you? 6. Scarcely _____________ was wearing a dinner jacket. 7. _____________ who believes what Jack says is a fool. 8. Come and have supper with us if you aren’t doing _____________ tonight. 9. All the salaries are being paid much later now; it’s _____________ to do with the computer. 10. Is there _____________ moving about downstairs? I heard _____________ falling. 11. Is there _____________ living in that house? It looks deserted. V. Complete these sentences with someone, something, anyone, anything, no one, nothing, everyone, everything. 1. We arranged the meeting, but ________ came. 2. Janet Jones is ________ I rarely see these days. 3. She valued friendship more than ________ in the world. 4. I always get to work before ________ else. 5. While you are making dinner, I’ll get on with ________ else. 6. ________ has changed. Everything is the same as it was. 7. I hope ________ will be comfortable here. We try to make each guest feel at home. 8. We don’t think there’s ________ wrong with her reading ability. 9. Hardly ________ turn up to the meeting. 10. I am not going to the party because I’ve got ________ to wear. 11. I thought I heard ________ knocking at the door. 12. ________ calls her Maggie, but her real name’s Margaret. 13. The earthquake destroyed ________ within a 25-mile radius. 14. There was complete silence in the room. ________ said ________. 15. Sarah was upset about ________ and refused to talk to ________. 16. ____________ phoned you today, but he didn’t tell me his name. 17. ____________ was having lunch in the restaurant, so there was ____________ in the office. 18. I had to go to the cinema on my own because ____________ wanted to go with me. 19. I rang the doorbell but ____________ was in. 20. I asked a lot of people, but ____________ knew the answer. 21. ____________ told me that it was a good film, but now I can’t remember who told me. 22. Don’t worry! I won’t tell ____________ else about it. 23. The office was empty. ____________ had left when I arrived. VI. Complete each of the following sentences with some- or any- + -body/ -thing/ -where. 1. I was too surprised to say ________. 2. There’s ________ at the door. Can you go and see who it is? 3. Does ________ mind if I open the window? 4. You must be hungry. Would you like ________ to eat? 5. Quick, let’s go! There’s ________ coming and I don’t want ________ to see us. 6. Sally was upset about ________ and refused to talk to ________. 7. We slept in a park because we didn’t have ________ to stay. 8. There was ________ on the beach. It was deserted. 9. “Where did you go for your holidays?” – “________. I stayed at home.” 10. “What did you buy?” – “________. I couldn’t find ________ I wanted.” 11. I wasn’t feeling hungry, so I didn’t eat ________. 12. This machine is very easy to use. ________ can learn to use it in a very short time. 13. ‘Do you live ________ near Jim?’ ‘No, he lives in another part of town.’ 14. ‘Where shall we go on holiday?’ ‘Let’s go ________ warm and sunny.’ 15. They stay at home all the time. They never seem to go ________. 16. I’m going out now. If ________ phones while I’m out, can you tell them I’ll be back at 11.30? 17. Sue is very secretive. She never tells ________ to ________. VII. Rewrite the sentence in brackets, replacing one of the words with one or ones. 1. He’s just bought a new suit. (It’s a blue suit) 2. A: Who’s your favourite actor? – B: (The actor that I like best is Joe Late) 3. I’m going to buy an orange juice. (Would you like an orange juice?) 4. The chocolate cakes are popular. (But the strawberry cakes are nicer.) 5. A: Which house do you like? – B: (I like the house with the red door.) 6. I bought a blue carpet last time. (This time I want a green carpet.) 7. English is a difficult language. (There isn’t an easy language.) 8. A: Where did you put the photos? – B: (Do you mean the photos that we took in Turkey?) VIII. If appropriate, replace the underlined words or phrases with one or ones. If it’s not possible or unlikely, write no after the sentence. 1. I answer most of the questions, but had to miss out some very difficult questions. 2. The female violinists in the orchestra outnumber the male violinists by about three to one. 3. Traffic is light in most of the city, but there is heavy traffic near the football stadium. 4. The issue discussed at the meeting was an extremely complicated issue. 5. If you’re making a cup of coffee, could you make a cup of coffee for me? 6. If you’re buying a newspaper from the shop, could you get a newspaper for me? 7. He used to work for a finance company, but he moved to an insurance company. 8. ‘Was it these earrings you wanted?’ ‘No, the earrings on the left of those, please?’ 9. Many people are happy about the new road being built, but there are some angry people, too. 10. Dave is really good at taking photos of old buildings. There’s an excellent photo of a local church in his office. 11. On one channel was a war film and on the other was a horror film, so I turned the TV off. 12. ‘Are these your shoes?’ ‘No, the blue shoes are mine.’ 13. There are a lot of gloves here. Are these your gloves? 14. The damage to the car was a problem, of course, but an easily solved problem. 15. ‘I’ll just clean my shoes before we go out.’ ‘Can you do my shoes, too, please?’ IX. Fill in brackets with one and ones, it or them. 1. Is that your pen? May I borrow _________? 2. If you’d like a biscuit, help yourself to _________. 3. These are my parents from Vietnam. Have you met _________ before? 4. This AO DAI is too long. Have you got a shorter _________? I’d like to wear it on graduation day. 5. I like most apples, but I don’t like green _________. 6. I’ve lost my glasses. Have you seen _________? 7. Students from Year 1 look eager while the _________ from Year 4 look bored when they talk about their school. 8. Those are the many kinds of traditional food of our country. Would you like to try _________? 9. We wish both uptown people and the downtown _________ happiness in the New Year. 10. When compared, her cake looks more beautiful while the _________ made by her mother tastes better. X. Find the mistakes in these sentences and correct them. 1. He didn’t want something to do with the arrangements for the party. 2. Normally I don’t like wearing a scarf, but it was so cold I put it on. 3. If anyone call, tell them I’m not at home. 4. There was hardly no one on the beach. It was almost deserted. 5. Have everybody remembered to bring pen and notebook? 6. If anybody wants a ticket for the concert, he can get it from my office. XI. Some of the sentences below are not correct. Tick the right ones, and correct the wrong ones. 1. Someone who saw the accident should contact the police. 1.____________ 2. I wasn’t feeling hungry, so I didn’t want to eat anything. 2.____________ 3. My umbrella is black and the blue once is my sister’s. 3.____________ 4. There was a thunderstorm during the night but I heard something. 4.____________ 5. Martin was in hospital for three days but everyone went to see him. 5.____________ 6. If anyone has any question, I’ll be pleased to answer him. 6.____________ 7. Mai’s parents let her choose some sweets, and she took the small ones. 7.____________ 8. Are you thirsty, Michael? Would you like anything to drink? 8.____________ 9. I have looked all over the house but I can’t find my watch somewhere. 9.____________ 10. Hardly someone passed the exam because it was extremely difficult. 10.___________ XII. Using the words given and other words, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. Do not change the word given (Use 2 – 5 words in total). 1. Have you made any arrangements for this weekend? Anything Are _____________________________________ this weekend? 2. The police want to contact people if they saw the robber. Anyone The police want to talk to _________________________________ the robber. 3. If people deliberately start a fire, they should be punished. Anyone I think ________________________________a fire should be punished. 4. Bob couldn’t hear what the teacher was saying. Something The teacher _________________________________ couldn’t hear it. 5. Jane was sure there was no mistake in her homework. Nothing Jane was sure __________________________________ with her homework. 6. Nobody plays this piece as beautifully as he does. More He plays this piece __________________________________ else. 7. I was the only person who wanted to watch the programme. Else There was __________________________________ me who wanted to watch the programme. 8. While I was driving, I realized that the car wasn’t working properly. Something While I was driving, I realized that ___________________________________ the car. XIII. Choose the best answer. 1. I asked if _________ wanted an ice cream? A. anyone B. someone C. everyone D. no one 2. Did _________ phone me when I was out? A. anyone B. someone C. everyone D. no one 3. Your face looks horribly familiar. Haven’t I seen you _________ before? A. anywhere B. nowhere C. somewhere D. everywhere 4. She left the room without saying _________. A. nothing B. something C. everything D. anything 5. I have never been to _________ more beautiful than Thailand. A. anywhere B. nowhere C. somewhere D. everywhere 6. Who was at the party? _________ Pete, Anne, Mark, Barry, all the Pearsons, Sally Masters and Sally Bennett. A. Anyone B. Someone C. Everyone D. No one 7. What would you like to eat for lunch? _________ I don’t mind. A. Nothing B. Something C. Everything D. Anything 8. Where do you want to go on holiday? _________ with a beach. I don’t care where we go as long as it’s sunny and has got a nice sandy beach. A. Anywhere B. Nowhere C. Where D. Everywhere 9. I have _________ to say to you. Goodbye. A. nothing B. something C. everything D. anything 10. I felt so embarrassed. I was sure that _________ was looking at me. A. anyone B. someone C. everyone D. no one . INDEFINTE PRONOUNS I. Complete the sentences, using something, or anything. 1. Is there ________ on Mr. Brown’s