Principais indefinite pronouns

◾somebody ( alguém) ◾ someone(alguém) ◾ something (alguma coisa) usados em frases

afirmativas

◾anybody (alguém) ◾ anyone (alguém) ◾ anything (alguma coisa) usados em frases negativas e
interrogativas

◾nobody (ninguém) ◾ no one (ninguém) ◾ nothing (nada) usados em frases afirmativas

◾everybody (todo mundo) ◾ everyone (todo mundo) ◾ everything (todas as coisas)

Pessoas e coisas

Quando usamos o pronome indefinido referindo-se a pessoas, colocamos body or one no final;
quando estamos nos referindo a coisas, colocamos thing no final.

◾ Everybody likes him. (Todos gostam dele.)

◾ She tried to contact them but no one answer the phone. (Ela tentou contatá-los mas
ninguém atendeu o telefone).

◾ She gave me everything she had. (Ela me deu tudo o que ela tinha)

◾ Can anyone talk to me? (Alguém pode me responder?)

◾ Nobody is here to see the good job I did.

Verbos no singular

Sempre que usamos os pronomes indefinidos, os verbos que aparecem logo após sempre virão
no singular:

◾Nobody is here to cook. (Ninguém está aqui para cozinhar)

◾Something is strange. (Alguma coisa está estranha)

Terminaçoes body/one

Sempre que os pronomes indefinidos terminarem com body/one, usamos they/their.:

◾Everybody enjoyed the party. They were all very happy. (Todos adoraram a festa. Eles
estavam muito felizes)

Exercises:

1) Try to use the appropriate indefinite pronoun: ( tente usar o pronome indefinido correto)

– Something (alguma coisa): usado em frases afirmativas

– Anything (alguma coisa): usado em frases negativas ou interrogativas

– Nothing (nada)

– No one, nobody (ninguém): usado para pessoas

– Anyone, anybody (alguém): pode ser usado tanto um quanto o outro, desde que a frase seja
negativa ou seja uma pergunta.
– Someone, somebody (alguém): em frases afirmativas / pode ser usando tanto um quanto o
outro.

I have ______________ to do with it.

She is talking to _______________.

Is _________________ there to answer the door?

Did __________________ happened to her? I think she seems really strange.

Maria and John are planing _________________ because they are talking to
_______________ We don’t even know.

___________________ is going on. She didn’t come here for a reason.

We have to discuss this issue with ___________________ because we couldn’t find a solution
yet.

Does ____________________ want to buy my old car?

_______________________ came to the class today, I guess because it’s been raining all day.

I didnt see _________________ yesterday.

I saw ___________________ when i was driving home.

The teache didn’t do ___________________ to make the situation better.

_______________________ strange is happening to her.

_______________________ has to stop them. They are being very rude.

Are the girls doing ____________________ tonight?

2) Select the right option. (Selecione a opção correta)

a) Tem alguém aqui?

Is there anybody here?

Is there somebody here?

b) Alguém tem que pagar por isso.

Anybody has to pay for it.

Somebody has to pay for it.

c) Tem alguma coisa errada.

There's anything wrong.

There's something wrong.

d) Tem alguma coisa para comer?

Is there anything to eat?

Is there something to eat?

e) Não tem nada para fazer.

There isn't nothing to do.

There isn't anything to do.

3) Pass the sentences to English:

a) Todo mundo quer alguma coisa.

c) Ninguém sabe sobre nada.

b) Nenhum de vocês viu o filme.

d) Alguém está interessado em alguém?

e) Você não sabe de nada.