1 TRY OUT LANGUAGE
2 LEARN GRAMMAR
3 APPLY ON YOUR OWN
Use Indefinite Pronouns
When you are not talking about a specific person or thing, you can use an indefinite pronoun.
| EXAMPLE | Everyone is good at something! |
• Some indefinite pronouns are always singular. They always need a singular verb that ends in -s.
EXAMPLES Everybody knows that the soccer game is tonight.
Nobody wins more games than Roy’s team does.• Some indefinite pronouns are always plural. They need a plural verb that does not end in -s.
EXAMPLES Many of my friends play on the school soccer team.
Both of my cousins hope to be on the team next year!
Everyone on the team works hard.
Practice Together
Say each sentence. Use the correct form of the verb.
1. Several of my friends (play/plays) soccer.
2. Everyone (think/thinks) about how to win.
3. Many (cheer/cheers) when our team scores a goal!
4. Everybody (know/knows) that Carmen is our best player.
Try It!
Read each sentence. Write the correct form of the verb on a card. Then say the sentence and add the correct verb.
5. Each of us (work/works) hard, and that’s what counts.
6. Everybody (want/wants) to play on our team.
7. Few (give/gives) up easily.
8. Nobody (forget/forgets) to come to practice.