Indefinite pronouns

anyone / no one / everyone, etc.

1. Indefinite pronouns.

Complete the sentences with the pronouns in the box below.

For more information about indefinite pronouns see the Grammar Reference.

2. Indefinite pronouns.

Note that adjectives go after pronouns like something, somebody, no one, anything, etc.

Something criminal has happened to Betty.
No one in Edmond saw anything unusual.

Drag the words in blue to the correct place in the sentences.

3. Indefinite pronouns.

Nobody says they have seen anything unusual.
NOT: Nobody says he has seen anything unusual.
It's difficult to tell someone that they have failed.
Everybody helped themselves.

Indefinite pronouns are singular, but to refer back to them we use plural pronouns, e.g. they, their, themselves.

Complete these sentences with the correct pronoun.

4. Indefinite pronouns.

How good is your memory? Complete these sentences from the previous exercises.

5. Indefinite pronouns.

Use the words in the box to complete the text about a missing person.