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David Palacios, María Collantes and Vega Cifuentes

Indefinite Pronouns Questions Tags

Indefinite Pronouns

Example

Positive sntences

Negative sentences

Quiestions tags

Place

Grammar rules

Things

People

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By Vega Cifuentes y María Collantes

Indefinite Pronouns

They are formed by combining the quantifiers (every-, some-, any- and no-) with a word that indicates person, place or thing (-one or -body, -where and -thing)

We use indefinite pronouns to refer to people, things or places without saying exactly who or what they are.

Everybody was away

Nobody opened the door.

I didn't meet anybody this morning.

Somebody has broken the window

Everybody / Everyone

No one / Nobody

Anyone / Anybody

Somebody / Someone

People

You can do anything you like.

The room was in a mess everything was on the floor.

What's wrong? Nothing, I'm fine.

There is something in this box

Everything

Nothing

Anything

Something

Things

I looked everywhere

They didn't go anywhere

Nowhere, I was at home.

Let's go somewhere and have some tea.

Everywhere

Nowhere

Anywhere

Somewhere

Places

Did she tell you anything?

I want nothing. ______ I don't want nothing.

"Pronouns with the particle no are used with a positive verb because in English you can not use two negative forms in one sentence"

Would you like something to eat?

"In interrogative sentences, we used Indefinite Pronouns with any. - However, when we are quite sure that the answer to the question is a yes, we use some"

There is nowhere as beautiful as Paris

"Negative sentences can only be formed with the Indefinite Pronouns that include any"

i didn't see anybody.

"We use a singular verb with them"

There is someone in the kitchen. Everybody enjoyed the concert. Nobody came to my party.

"In afirmative sentences, Indefinite Pronouns with: -Some are used to describe an undetermined person, thing or place. -Every are used to describe a complete cuantity. -No are used to describe an absence of person, thing or place"

Grammar Rules for the use of Indefinite Pronouns

By David Palacios

Questions Tags

A positive statement is followed by a negative question tag. A negative statement is followed by a positive question tag.

Question tags are short questions at the end of statements. They are mainly used when we want to confirm that something is true or not.

+info

+info

VS

Posiive sentences with negative tags

Negative sentences with positive tags

David, María and Vega

Thanks!

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