Question

exercise 1
circle the correct answers.

1. my aunt bought ( something / anything / everything ) for me from australia. it was a boomerang.
2. would you like ( someone / no one / anything ) to go with you to the doctor?
3. do not believe ( nothing / everything / something ) you read on the internet.
4. i thought ( everybody / somebody / anybody ) had a mobile phone but tom did not have one.
5. is there ( anybody / everybody / nobody ) at the customer service counter?
6. not ( nothing / anything / everything ) in the shop is on sale.

exercise 2
fill in the blanks with the correct indefinite pronouns.

1. when the elderly lady fell, ________ stopped to help her up. she had to get up slowly on her own.
2. \there is ________ in the package that the courier delivered,\ said ben in bewilderment.
3. jo is a friendly girl who can get along with ________.
4. \________ is invited to my birthday party!\ shawn announced to all his classmates. \itll be held on 5 august.\
5. my greedy sister ate ______ and i had ______.
6. as ______ volunteered to help out at the food carnival, the teacher had to pick ______ from the class instead.

Explanation:

Exercise 1

1. The sentence is a positive statement about a specific item, so "something" is correct.
2. This is a polite offer, so "someone" (a person to go along) is correct.
3. The advice warns against trusting all content, so "everything" is correct.
4. The speaker assumed all people had phones, except Tom, so "everybody" is correct.
5. This is a question asking if a person is present, so "anybody" is correct.
6. The double negative "Not anything" means "nothing", which fits the meaning that no items are on sale.

Exercise 2

1. The lady had to get up alone, so no one stopped to help.
2. Ben is confused because the package has no contents, so "nothing" fits.
3. A friendly girl gets along with all people, so "everybody" is correct.
4. Shawn is announcing all classmates are invited, so "Everybody" fits.
5. A greedy sister would eat all the food, leaving none for the speaker.
6. No one volunteered, so the teacher had to pick a random person.

Answer:

Exercise 1

1. something
2. someone
3. everything
4. everybody
5. anybody
6. anything

Exercise 2

1. nobody
2. nothing
3. everybody
4. Everybody
5. everything; nothing
6. nobody; somebody