Exercícios sobre Indefinite Pronouns
Check the correct alternative.
a) Is there ______________________you want to know?
1) any else
2) anybody
3) anything
b) ____________likes her. She isn't trusty.
1) anybody
2) anywhere
3) nothing
c) Will ____________ take this boxes, please?
1) anywhere
2) anybody
3) anything
a) Anything
b) Anybody
c) Anybody
Justificativa: Anything é usado para coisas, e anybody, para pessoas.
Complete the sentences using the compounds of some and any, like the example:
Example: Can someone tell me what is happening here?
a) We spent our holiday ____________________ near the beach.
b) She said she's fine, she can bear _______________________.
c) We haven't seen ________________________________there.
d) I want to say ____________________________to her tonight.
e) I don't need ____________________________from the bakery.
a) somewhere
b) anything
c) anyone
d) something
e) anything
Justificativa: Somewhere e something são usados em sentenças afirmativas. Anything e anyone, em sentenças negativas e interrogativas.
(ITA) _________ cures a headache faster than an aspirin.
a) Nothing
b) None
c) Nobody
d) Somebody
e) Anybody
a) Nothing
Justificativa: As palavras Nobody, Somebody e Anybody correspondem a pessoas. None equivale a nenhum. Logo, apenas nothing (nada) enquadra-se no contexto da frase.
(MACKENZIE) _________ of you can speak English well.
a) None
b) Nothing
c) Nobody
d) Anybody
e) Someone
a) None (nenhum)
Justificativa: Essa é uma questão de coerência semântica, ou seja, devemos escolher a palavra cujo significado mais se encaixa no contexto da frase.
Nothing: nada
Nobody: ninguém
Anybody: alguém
Someone: alguém
