Fill in the blanks with the appropriate Indefinite Pronoun. Read the sentences carefully.
Interpret them mentally for understanding what they mean, then, choose an Indefinite
Pronoun to complete them. Let's practice your ability of interpretation too.
1 - Does ……………………………... want to play tennis this afternoon ?
2 - What's that smell? - I think …………………………. is burning.
3 - I asked if ………………….… wanted ice cream, but ………………….. answered, so I just
bought one for myself.
4 - Did ……………………... call me while I was out ?
5 - Your face looks familiar. Haven't I seen you ………………..……...….. before ?
6 - She left the room without saying …………………..... .
7 - This doesn't look like a very nice restaurant. Can we go ……………………...……. else ?
8 - I have ……………...…...….. more to say to you. Good Bye !
9 - I have never been …………………………..……. more beautiful than Rio de Janeiro.
10 - It felt strange. I was sure that …………………………..….. was looking at me.
11 - "What do you want for dinner ?" - "……………………...…… . I don't care!"
12 - It was Sunday morning and the town was deserted. …………………….....… was in the
streets, and …………………………...…… was open.
13 - Who was at the party ? …………………………. . - Pete, Anna, James, Sally and Roger.
14 - Where do you want to go on vacation ? - ………………...……………....... with a beach .
I don't care as long as it has a nice sandy beach !
15 - "oh, I'm so lazy. I want to do ……………………….…… today."
16 - Does …………………………..… knows what's on TV tonight?
17 - "I saw ………………...……..… I wanted to, at the party."
18 - "........................................ she cooks is tasteful."
19 - "............................................ can dance waltz. It's easy."
20 - ………………………….… I go I see masks.
Soluções para a tarefa
Resposta:
1) anybody
2) something
3) somebody/someone, no one
4) anybody
5) somewhere
6) anything
7) somewhere
8) nothing
9) to a place (é mais comum de ouvir), mas seguindo a ordem do exercício, pode usar somewhere
10) something
11) anything
12) no one, nothing
13) everyone
14) anywhere
15) nothing
16) anybody
17) everything
18) everything, anything
19) Anybody
20) everywhere
Explicação:
Tradução e uso:
*Everyone, everybody (todos, todo mundo) - sentenças positivas
*Anyone, anybody (ninguém, qualquer pessoa/um) - sentenças negativas e interrogativas
*No one, nobody (ninguém) - sentenças negativas quando não há uso do "not" - Ex.: Nobody wanted to dance (correto) / Nobody didn't want to dance (incorreto)
*Everything (tudo) - sentenças positivas
*Nothing (nada) - sentenças negativas quando não há uso do "not" - Ex.: There was nothing there (correto) / There wasn't nothing there (incorreto)
*Anything (nada, qualquer coisa) - sentenças negativas e interrogativas