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EXERCISE A
Choose
the correct indefinite pronoun and write its number in the brackets.
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1
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Has ___________ got my pen?
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(1)
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nothing
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(2)
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something
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(3)
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everything
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(4)
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somebody
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2
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My pen-friend has sent me __________ by post.
I wonder what it is!
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(1)
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everything
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(2)
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anything
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(3)
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something
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(4)
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nothing
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3
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I went to my friend’s house but there was __________ there.
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(1)
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everybody
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(2)
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anybody
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(3)
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nothing
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(4)
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nobody
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4
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I know I have to phone __________ but I can’t
remember who!
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(1)
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someone
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(2)
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something
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(3)
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no one
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(4)
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everyone
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5
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Sorry, what did you say?
__________, I didn't say a word!
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(1)
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Everything
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(2)
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Nobody
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(3)
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Nothing
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(4)
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Something
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6
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Oh! I've got __________ in my eye. It hurts!
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(1)
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someone
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(2)
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something
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(3)
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anything
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(4)
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nothing
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7
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__________ of the answers are correct.
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(1)
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None
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(2)
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Nobody
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(3)
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Something
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(4)
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Everything
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8
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__________ wants to be happy.
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(1)
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No one
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(2)
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Everything
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(3)
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Everyone
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(4)
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Nothing
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9
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Children, make sure you take __________ home with you this
afternoon. Remember to take all your work and all your other belongings.
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(1)
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anything
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(2)
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nothing
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(3)
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none
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(4)
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everything
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10
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Dad, __________ phoned for you but I don't know who
it was.
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(1)
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no one
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(2)
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someone
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(3)
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everyone
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(4)
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something
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11
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__________ is going out to play until you have all finished the
exercise!
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(1)
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Everybody
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(2)
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Somebody
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(3)
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Nobody
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(4)
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Nothing
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12
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Jill: Sh!
Katy: What?
Jill: I thought I heard __________.
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(1)
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something
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(2)
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nothing
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(3)
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everything
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(4)
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anyone
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EXERCISE B
Choose the correct indefinite
pronoun in brackets to fill in the gaps.
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The rescue
attempt
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Last year, the town where my
aunt and uncle live was flooded. The river had burst its banks and the news
said that a lot of the town was under a metre of water! The news presenter
also said, "If you know (1) ______ (no one / someone) who lives in the
town, please ring the special number." I rang the number but (2)
______ (nobody / somebody) answered. So I decided to do (3) ______ (something
/ everything) to help. I thought that if (4) ______ (everybody /
everything) did a little (5) ______ (nothing / something) to help, it would
help (6) ______ (someone / everyone). I thought about what my aunt and
uncle would need and put (7) _______ (everything / nothing) into a big
backpack: a torch, food, some bottled water, and a warm blanket. I also
took my mobile phone. I started walking towards the town. It was dark and
very quiet, and I saw (8) _____ (nobody /everybody) in the streets. When I
got to the outskirts of the town, the police and ambulances were already
there. I started to look for my aunt and uncle and even asked some people,
but (9) ______ (no one / none) of them seemed to have seen my aunt and
uncle. Suddenly my phone rang. It was my father and he wanted to know where
I was. I told him (10) ______ (nothing / everything). Then he said,
"Well done, son, but you can come home now. Your aunt and uncle are
safe with us!"
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EXERCISE C
Choose the correct indefinite
pronoun in brackets to fill in the gaps.
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A lucky day
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One day, Alan Smith the
policeman had finished work and was walking home when he thought he heard (1)
_____ (something / nothing). He turned around but could see (2) _____ (something
/ nothing). "That's funny!" he thought. He carried on walking and
then he heard a noise again. He turned around quickly. "Yes," he
thought. "I did hear (3) _____ (something / nothing). I think (4) _____
(someone / everyone) is following me." He looked around but he could
see (5) _____ (somebody / nobody). He carried on walking and heard the
noise again. "I must do (6) _____ (everything / something)," he
thought. He looked around for a place to wait but there was nowhere to hide.
Then he saw a man walking towards him. "He looks familiar," said
the policeman to himself. "But (7) _____ (nobody / none) of my friends
would be following me at this time of the night." The man came up to
the policeman and stopped. The policeman looked at him and tried hard to think
which (8) _____ (one / someone) of his friends he was. Then he asked the
man, "Are you (9) _____ (someone / anyone) I've met before? Do I know
you?"
The man replied, "But
(10) _____ (somebody / everybody) knows me! I present the 'It's Your Lucky
Day' programme on television. And today, Inspector Smith, it's your lucky
day!"
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