4. Complete the sentences with indefinite pronouns.
(Hoàn thành câu với đại từ không xác định.)
1 Would you like ___________ to drink before we leave?
2 He pressed the button, but ___________ happened.
3 ___________ knows why she resigned; it’s a mystery.
4 When the ground floor flooded, we moved ___________ upstairs to keep it dry.
5 They searched the sea for survivors, but they didn’t find ___________ at all.
6 The room was a mess: there were plastic cups and empty crisp packets ___________.
1 Would you like something to drink before we leave?
(Bạn có muốn uống gì đó trước khi chúng ta rời đi không?)
2 He pressed the button, but nothing happened.
(Anh ấy nhấn nút nhưng không có gì xảy ra.)
3 Nobody knows why she resigned; it’s a mystery.
(Không ai biết tại sao cô ấy lại từ chức; đó là một điều bí ẩn.)
4 When the ground floor flooded, we moved everything upstairs to keep it dry.
(Khi tầng trệt bị ngập, chúng tôi chuyển mọi thứ lên lầu để khô ráo.)
5 They searched the sea for survivors, but they didn’t find anybody at all.
(Họ tìm kiếm những người sống sót trên biển nhưng không tìm thấy ai cả.)
6 The room was a mess: there were plastic cups and empty crisp packets everywhere.
(Căn phòng bừa bộn: những chiếc cốc nhựa và những gói đồ ăn rỗng ở khắp mọi nơi.)
Các bài tập cùng chuyên đề
3 Complete the table with indefinite pronouns from the article.
(Hoàn thành bảng với các đại từ không xác định từ bài báo.)
4 Read the Learn this! box. Complete it with the words below. Use the article to help you.
(Đọc khung LEARN THIS! Hoàn thành nó với những từ dưới đây. Sử dụng bài báo để giúp bạn.)
LEARN THIS! Indefinite pronouns
a We use indefinite pronouns beginning with some- in 1___________ sentences. We use pronouns beginning with any- in 2___________ sentences and 3___________
b Indefinite pronouns take a 4___________ verb form.
Nobody lives in that house.
c But if we refer back to everyone or everybody, we treat them as 5___________.
Everyone is here, aren't they?
LOOK OUT!
We use indefinite pronouns with some-when we make offers and requests, even though they are questions.
Would you like something to eat?
Can I talk to somebody about this job?
(LOOK OUT!
Chúng ta sử dụng đại từ bất định với some-khi chúng ta đưa ra lời đề nghị và yêu cầu, mặc dù chúng là câu hỏi.
Bạn muốn ăn gì đó không?
Tôi có thể nói chuyện với ai đó về công việc này không?)
5 Read the Look out! box. Complete the dialogue with the correct indefinite pronouns.
(Đọc khung LOOK OUT. Hoàn thành cuộc đối thoại với các đại từ bất định chính xác.)
Amelia: Are you doing 1____________ this weekend?
Jake: No, I'm not.
Amelia: Would you like to do 2____________ together, then? How about the cinema?
Jake: Not the cinema. There's 3____________ I want to see. Let's go 4____________ different for a change. We could see some live music.
Amelia: Is there 5____________ in town that has live music?
Jake: Yes - the Oxygen Arena. I can find the programme online. Wait a moment...
Amelia: Is 6____________ good playing?
Jake: There's 7____________ well-known, I'm afraid. But this band might be OK-Purple Dawn. They play hip hop.
Amelia: I'll ask James. He knows 8____________ about hip hop.
2. Complete the indefinite pronouns.
(Hoàn thành các đại từ không xác định.)
1 No___________ was listening when I spoke.
2 My phone must be some___________ in the house.
3 Did you notice any___________ different about Sam?
4 Does any___________ know the lyrics to this next song?
5 I know no___________ about modern classical music.
6 Did you go any___________ exciting during the summer?
3. Underline one mistake in each sentence. Then correct it.
(Gạch chân một lỗi sai trong mỗi câu. Sau đó sửa nó.)
1 We didn’t see nothing we liked in the art gallery.
_____________________________________
2 I shouted, but anybody could hear me.
_____________________________________
3 It doesn’t look as if somebody is home yet.
_____________________________________
4 Nobody saw you, did he?
_____________________________________
5 Has everybody got your tickets?
_____________________________________
5. Complete the dialogue with indefinite pronouns.
(Hoàn thành đoạn hội thoại với đại từ không xác định.)
George: Hi, Ellie. Did you do 1_________ interesting at the weekend?
Ellie:I went to a concert with my cousin on Saturday. It was at a tiny venue 2_________ in London.
George: What was it like?
Ellie:It wasn’t like 3_________ I’d ever heard before. It was incredibly modern.
George: Did you like it?
Ellie: No, I hated it! But 4_________ else seemed to enjoy it. They all clapped at the end. Anyway, what did you get up to?
George: I just stayed in and watched 5_________ on TV.
Ellie:That sounds nice.
George: It was OK. But I was a bit lonely. I didn’t see 6_________ all weekend.
