General English Level 4 Version 2.1 © 2004 acl Pty Ltd GELEV4 Unit 04 Topic 01.doc 1. Cynthia uses somewhere, anywhere, nowhere and everywhere to talk about places in a general way. We call these words indefinite adverbs. For example, I had come to find some ancient rock paintings which were somewhere nearby... (Cynthia knew there were paintings but didn't know exactly where.) It came from nowhere! (She didn't know where the crocodile came from.) Look Is there somewhere anywhere to go ? There is somewhere nowhere to go. 2. Cynthia uses someone, anyone, no-one to talk about a person without saying exactly who they are. We call these words indefinite pronouns. For example, Someone found me a few hours later and rescued me. (A person found her but she doesn't say who it was.) …but there was no-one to help me. (There was no person to help her.) Everyone is another indefinite pronoun. For example, Everyone rushed to help me. Information We can also use -body instead of -one: somebody, anybody, nobody Look Is there someone anyone here? There is someone no-one here. 3. We use the 3rd person singular form of the verb with these words, for example, There was no-one else around … Someone found me a few hours later and rescued me. 115