Social networking/Social media 2 - indefinite pronouns

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 2

Indefinite pronouns

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• Indefinite pronouns (onbepaalde voornaamwoorden)

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Indefinite pronouns

(onbepaalde voornaamwoorden)

Indefinite pronouns are used to describe people, places or things in a general, unspecified way; they do not refer to

any particular person, place, or thing.

Examples:

They found something strange in their soup.
I couldn’t find my phone anywhere.
I opened the door but there was no one at home.
Everybody enjoyed the concert.

What's the difference between

some and any?

What's the difference between
some and any?

+ We have some bananas.

- We don't have any bananas.

? Do we have any bananas?

On the next slides, complete the sentences with one of the following indefinite pronouns

1. Where's my pen? I've looked ________ but I can't find it.

1. anywhere
2. somewhere
3. nowhere
4. everywhere

2. Using social media can be a real problem. ________ should know that.

1. Anyone
2. Someone
3. Everyone
4. No one

3. The teacher asked a question, but ________ knew the answer.

1. someone
2. no one
3. everybody
4. nobody

4. ________ left a message for you at the reception.

1. Anyone
2. Nobody
3. Somebody
4. Anybody

5. Ouch! There's ________ in my eye!

1. something
2. nothing
3. anything
4. everything

6. I have no idea where Sally is. She could be ________ .

1. anyone
2. anything
3. anybody
4. anywhere

7. Do you want a place to relax on your holiday? There's ________ better than here!

1. anywhere
2. nowhere
3. everywhere
4. somewhere

8. It's so noisy. Let's
go ________ quieter.

1. somewhere
2. anywhere
3. nowhere
4. everywhere

Complete this sentence so it is true for you.
Everyone knows that I ...

Complete this sentence so it is true for you.
For my next holiday, I'd like to go somewhere ...

Complete this sentence so it is true for you.
I don't like eating anything that has got ... in it.

Complete this sentence so it is true for you.
I think anyone can learn to ...

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all / some / none / any

all, some, none, any

These words are used to give extra information

about a group of people or things.  Think about how

you would say these sentences in Dutch:

All of my friends came to the party.

Some of them arrived late.
None of them had a good time.
I didn’t know any of the boys at the party.

Remember this?

+ We have some bananas.

- We don't have any bananas.

? Do we have any bananas?

On the next slides, choose the correct answer

s

1. My friends had a great time at my birthday party. _____ of them wanted to leave.

1. All
2. None
3. Some
4. Any

2. I have no idea which of these pens is Carla's. They all look exactly the same, so _____ of them could be hers.

1. all
2. some
3. any
4. none

3. These bikes all look good, but I'm sure _____ of them are
better than the others.

1. some
2. any
3. none
4. all

4. These T-shirts are really cool. _____ of them would be fine for me.

1. None
2. Any
3. Some
4. All

5. These caps weren't expensive. I got _____ of them for 12 pounds.

1. none
2. some
3. any
4. all

6. We tried lots of different jeans, but _____ were the right size for me.

1. none
2. some
3. any
4. all

7. All the questions were really hard. I couldn't answer _____ of them!

1. none
2. any
3. some
4. all

8. Her songs are OK. I quite like _____ of them.

1. all
2. any
3. none
4. some

Almost finished...

Complete the sentences on the next slides with

all, some, none or any.

There may be more than one answer possible.

1. There are 32 students in Sarah's class. It's amazing that all of them like music, but ______ of them listen to jazz.

2. I like most American TV shows, but _____ of them are terrible!

3. OK, he scored three goals, but _____ of them were lucky!

4. The cakes that I made were horrible. We couldn't eat _____ of them, so we threw them all away.

5. My three brothers like IT (information technology), but _____ of them is as good with computers as my sister.

6. Look at those cameras. ______ of them are very cheap, but others are very expensive.

Good job!

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Translate it on the slide after that.

Translation of the text

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