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Our new ESL Lesson Plan teaches about the use of two important pronouns u2013 Anybody Nobody. A robust lesson plan with clear description, examples and practice opportunities, this is an engaging lesson that will help your students understand the use of these pronouns. The lesson is designed for Level B1 (pre-intermediate).<br><br>If you want additional lesson plans and support, including teachersu2019 notes, be sure to register
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N14.1 – Anybody, nobodyLesson 1/1 ESL Lesson Plan Alternative Tags: pronouns
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There’s no one at home There is no one at home. There is nobody at home. There isn’t anyone at home. There isn’t anybody at home. Who is at home? No one. Who is at home? Nobody.
No person… no one / nobody / anyone / anybody = no person no one = nobody anyone = anybody We use a positive verb + no one / nobody We use a negative verb + anyone / anybody I’m sorry. There is no one who can help you now. Please call again tomorrow. It’s strange… I heard the doorbell… But there wasn’t anybody there!
Answers to Who? no one and nobody are answers to Who? Who was in the garden? No one. It was a dog. Who was in the garden? Nobody.
Use no one / nobody / anyone / anybody Remember, more than one answer is possible 1. There’s _____ in the office. 2. I didn’t know _____ at the party. 3. The meeting started ten minutes ago but there’s _____ in the meeting room!
Use no one / nobody / anyone / anybody Remember, more than one answer is possible 4. They are looking for a new doctor but they haven’t found _____ yet. 5. Apart from the bride and groom, we didn’t know _____ at the wedding.
Look at these examples The bookshelf is empty. There is nothing on the bookshelf. There isn’t anything on the bookshelf. What is on the bookshelf? Nothing.
No thing… nothing and anything = no thing We use a positive verb + nothing We use a negative verb + anything The police found your bag but unfortunately, there is nothing in it. It’s too dark in here. I can’t see anything.
Answers to What? nothing is an answer to What? What is the matter? Nothing. What is in the box? Nothing.
Use nothing or anything I’m so bored today. There’s _____ to do. There isn’t ___ on TV tonight. I’m going to read a book. I don’t want you to eat _____ before dinner! I didn’t study for the science test tomorrow and I feel like I don’t know _____. 10. Dad! There’s _____ in the fridge! Can we order pizza tonight?
Say the sentences with nobody / no one / nothing There isn’t anybody in the room. There is no one in the room. 12. We didn’t find anything.
Say the sentences with nobody / no one / nothing 13. Terrence doesn’t have anything to do at work today. 14. There isn’t anything to see at the cinema. 15. There isn’t anybody at the bus stop.
Use anybody / anyone / anything below 16. There is nothing in the cupboard. It’s true. There is nobody who cooks lasagna like you! The police found nothing. There‘s no one sitting next to me. Michael was at home but he heard nothing.
Summary! nobody / nothing as an answer to a question nobody / nothing at the beginning of a sentence Who was at the meeting?’ ‘Nobody!’ ‘What’s wrong?’ ‘Nothing. I just want some quiet. Nobody came to the meeting. Nothing happened.
Answer the questions! Use nobody / no one / nothing 21. What do you want to eat? Nothing. Who received 100% on the exam? What happened last night? 24. Who came late to class today?
Answer the questions! Use nobody / no one / nothing 25. So… who saw you? What did you say to him? What are you doing tonight? 28. Who helped you?
Answer the questions! Use anybody / anyone / anything What do you want to eat? I don’t want anything. What did you send? Did you drink orange juice? Who did you see? 33. What did you do?
Answer the questions! Use anybody / anyone / anything 34. Who did you talk to? 35. What did you watch on TV? 36. Who did you call? 37. How many people were there? 38. Who did you meet?
Complete the sentences Use nobody / no one / nothing / anybody / anyone / anything I worked all day and I had _____ to eat. Your room is a mess and that’s why you can’t find _____! 41. She didn’t drink _____ for five hours before going to hospital.
Complete the sentences Use nobody / no one / nothing / anybody / anyone / anything 42. _____ can help you. You must do this by yourself. 43. You know what? There wasn’t _____ at band practice today!
Which is correct? 44. Nothing/no one was injured in the car accident. 45. No, I didn’t ask nothing/anything. 46. There’s no one/anyone at home this morning. 47. Nobody/anybody is perfect. We all make mistakes. 48. Tracey looked but she didn’t find nothing/anything.
Which is correct? The police said they didn’t catch anyone/no one. 50. No one/Anybody can answer this question. It’s too difficult. 51. There wasn’t nobody/anyone in the gym today. 52. There is nothing/no one to do. 53. I searched under the bed but I found anybody/nothing.
Complete the sentences not + any / no / none / nobody / anybody / nothing / anything There are _____ cans of cola left in the fridge. Who drank the last one? I don’t think _____ in this room knows the answer! _____ of the students did their homework. Nicole has ___ money at the moment. 58. _____ I do ever makes you happy… I’m leaving you!
Complete the sentences not + any / no / none / nobody / anybody / nothing / anything 59. No thank you… I don’t want ___. 60. I can’t believe it! Bertie spent all our money and now I have ___!
Complete the sentences not + any / no / none / nobody / anybody / nothing / anything 61. ____ answered the door so I guess there wasn’t _____ at home. 62. I bought milk yesterday but there’s ____ left. And there’s ___ yogurt! 63. ______ wants to buy that house. It’s been on sale for two years.
Complete the sentences not + any / no / none / nobody / anybody / nothing / anything There is _____ at the Hotel Reception Desk. ‘What did Fiona do last night?’ ‘_____.’ I’m going to the shop. Do you want ______? _____ wants to play with me today. I think I’ll read a book. 68. James has _____ sense of direction. He always gets lost!
any / anything / anybody In some cases, any, anything and anybody have a meaning that is close to all or everything or everyone. I need some help. It doesn’t matter who helps me. Anyone can help me. I need something to drink. It doesn’t matter which drink. I could drink anything. I’m so hungry. It doesn’t matter where we go to eat. Any restaurant will be OK.
Compare no and any There are no trains at this hour. You can take any train home. There is nothing to eat! I will eat anything! Don’t leave the door unlocked. Anyone could come inside! Nobody said a word during the exam.
Complete the sentences! nobody no anybody 69. __________ can unpack the dishwasher! It doesn’t have to be me all the time! 70. __________ ever helps me to clean the house. 71. __________ restaurant allows you to smoke inside.
Complete the sentences! anything any nothing __________ dish on the menu is just $10 today. There is __________ I want from this shop 74. __________ is fine. Just hurry up and choose one!
Say the sentences another way not + any / no / none / nobody / anybody / nothing / anything 75. There wasn’t anything to do. There was nothing to do. 76. John doesn’t have any money this week. 77. There was none in the fridge. 78. I didn’t take any photos because my camera was broken. 79. Frank didn’t write anything.
Say the sentences another way not + any / no / none / nobody / anybody / nothing / anything He owes me nothing. There isn’t anybody at the swimming center. She has no friends who live close to her. Alan doesn’t have any hair. 84. There are no more questions!
