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RULES FOR INDEFINITE PRONOUNS:

Fill in the blanks with the correct INDEFINITE PRONOUN:

ALL included: 1. Did _____________ bring an extra pencil I can borrow?


Everything  Everything is ready for the party tonight.
Everybody  Everybody can come to the game if he has a ticket. 2. What just happened? I saw _______________ hit that other
Everyone  Everyone needs to use a pencil for this quiz. car and keep driving!

3. That is it, Stew. _______________ you tell me is a lie! I


SPECIFIC but unknown: cannot believe _________________ you say!
Something  Something is wrong with my finger. It hurts.
4. _________________ in life is free because you have to work
Somebody  Somebody told me you had a girlfriend. I thought
for it.
you were single!
Someone  Someone parked illegally and left his car lights on. 5. ________________ told me that you cheated on the test. Is
that true?

6. Shh! I thought I just heard ________________.


Questions / Negative Sentences (99% of the time)
Anything  Don’t you know anything about being polite? 7. Forget it. I give up. I cannot do _______________ right.
Anybody  Does anybody have an extra pencil I can borrow?
Anyone  I just moved here, so I don’t know anyone yet. 8. Does _______________ think that the world will end in ten
years?

9. Ouch! _________________ is wrong with my tooth. It really


None included: hurts.
Nothing  Nothing is wrong with your finger.
Nobody  Nobody helped me with my paragraph. I did it alone. 10. You look really busy, Mr. Diaz. Can I help you with
No one  No one is allowed to enter Fulbright without proper _________________?
identification.
11. _________________ who studies English at Fulbright
should review his notes daily.

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