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something, anything, nothing, etc.
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somebody Somebody (or someone) has broken the window.
somebody / someone = a person but we don’t know who
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something She has something in her mouth.
something = a thing but we don’t know what
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somewhere Tom lives somewhere near London.
somewhere = in/to a place but we don’t know where
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People (+) verb (-) verb Quick! Somebody’s coming.
I didn’t know anyone at that party. (-) verb Where’s Tom? Has anybody seen him? (?) questions ‘Who did you meet?’ ‘Nobody’ short answers Nobody came to class yesterday.
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Things Ann said something. I didn’t buy anything.
(+) verb I didn’t buy anything. (-) verb Did you have anything to drink? (?) questions ‘What’s in the bag?’ ‘Nothing.’ short answers There’s nothing in the bag. or Nothing happened.
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Places They live somewhere in England. (+) verb
Did you go anywhere interesting last Christmas? (-) verb I’m not going anywhere next summer. (?) questions ‘Where did you go yesterday?’ ‘Nowhere.’ short answers I don’t like this town. There’s nowhere to go.
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