When you want to go somewhere with someone but they don’t want to go with you. عندما تريد الذهاب إلى مكان ما مع شخص ما لكنهم لا يريدون الذهاب معك |
Everything has beauty but not everyone sees it لكل شيء جماله ولكن لا يمكن للجميع رؤيته
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That moment you’re telling your friends a story and you realise that nobody is listening. في تلك اللحظة أنت تخبر أصدقائك قصة وأنت تدرك أن لا أحد يستمع |
That feeling when you have 50 friends on social media but there isn’t anyone online. هذا الشعور عندما يكون لديك 50 صديق على مواقع التواصل الاجتماعي ولكن لا يوجد أي شخص على الإنترنت |
1.SPEAKING Discuss in pairs. Are you a fan of memes? Why?
تناقشوا معا. هل أنت من محبي الميمات؟ لماذا ؟
Indefinite pronouns ضمائر غير محددة
students’ own answers
2.Study the Grammar box and find six examples of indefinite pronouns inthe memes
ادرس المربع النحوي وابحث عن ستة أمثلة للضمائر غير المحددة في الميمات
1. somewhere, someone
2. everything, everyone
3. no body
4. anyone
Indefinite pronouns ضمائر غير محددة We use: • somebody (someone), nobody (no one), anybody (anyone) and everybody (everyone) to talk about people • something, nothing, anything and everything to talk about things • somewhere, nowhere, anywhere and everywhere to talk about places Affirmative Everybody needs somebody to talk to. I’ve got something to tell you. Tell me everything! Negative There’s nobody to talk to. /There isn’t anybody to talk to. I’ve got nothing to do. /I haven’t got anything to do. There’s nowhere to go. /There isn’t anywhere to go. |
Questions
Is there anybody sitting in that seat?
Is there anything to eat?
3 Complete the sentences with the pronouns from the box.
أكمل الجمل بالضمائ ر من الصندوق
anyone anything anywhere everyone nothing somebody something |
1 I can’t find my phone anywhere.
2. Everyone loves Asma. She’s really nice.
3. I’m looking for something, anything to give to Mum on her birthday but I can’t find!
4. Does anyone want to go with me to the match tonight?
5. I’m really bored. I’ve got nothing to do.
6.Somebody phoned you a few minutes ago.
4 SPEAKING In pairs, say which of these statements you agree with.
التحدث في أزواج، قل أي من هذه العبارات التي تتفق معها
1. Everybody needs somebody to talk to.
الجميع بحاجة إلى شخص للتحدث معه
2. Family is everything. العائلة هي كل شيء
3. Nobody’s perfect. لا أحد مثالي
4. There isn’t anyone I love more than my mother.
لا يوجد أحد أحبه أكثر من أمي
5. Today when money talks, everyone listens.
اليوم عندما يتحدث المال الكل ينصت
students’ own answers
Indefinite pronouns
1 ★ Choose the correct words to complete the sentences.
1 I haven’t got ……….to say to you.
a. nothing b. something c. anything
2 Is there……………………. else you’d like to visit while you are here?
a. anywhere b. everywhere c. nowhere
3 We’re bored. There’s…………. to do here.
a anything b something c nothing
4 I want to go……………… exciting next year, like India.
a. anywhere b. somewhere c. everywhere
5 Do you know………………… here?
a. somebody b. nobody c. anybody
6 Listen, ……………………… I have something important to tell you.
a. everyone b. someone c. anyone
2 ★ Replace the underlined parts in the sentences below with indefinite pronouns with the same meaning.
1 I want to go to all the countries on this list. I want to go everywhere on this list.
2 I know nothing.
I don’t know anything
3 Let’s meet at a different place.
Let’s meet somewhere different.
4 I know all the people in my school.
I know everyone in my school.
5 My brother doesn’t do anything to help in the house.
My brother does nothing to help in the house.
6 He has no place to sleep tonight.
He has nowhere to sleep tonight.
7 Let’s call another person to help us.
Let’s call someone to help us.
8 I don’t want any people to see my new haircut – it’s terrible! I don’t want anyone to see my new haircut – it’s terrible!
3 ★★★ Complete the mini-conversations with the correct forms of the words from the box.
everyone/like everyone/wait everywhere/look nobody/make something/happen something/smell |
Kamal Mmm. 1 Something smells nice.
What is it?
Maher Freshly-baked bread. Would you like some?
Kamal Yes, please. Yummy!
2 Nobody makes better bread than my sister!
everyone/like everyone/wait everywhere/look nobody/make something/happen something/smell
Raed Do you want to see the new science fiction film?
Talal No, I don’t really like science fiction.
Raed What? 3Everyone likes science fiction! It's so cool.
Tareq Where are we?
Yousuf I don’t know. It’s too dark.
4Everywhere the same at night.
Salwa Hi, come in. 5Everyone is waiting for you.
Nada I’m sorry I’m late. 6something is happening in the town centre today and all the buses are late.