“Someone should have checked the report.” “No one told me.” This A2 lesson practises someone, anyone, no one and everyone through a very familiar office situation: a task that falls through the cracks. Free worksheet below.
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Level: A2 (pre-intermediate) · Focus: Someone, anyone, no one, everyone: talk about who is responsible at work
What’s in the worksheet
- 8 words for responsibility: responsible for, in charge of, deadline, remind, assign, follow up…
- Indefinite pronouns: someone, anyone, no one, everyone
- Common mistakes: “No one don’t know…”, “Everyone are…”
- A speaking task: what went wrong, and who is in charge next time?
- Answer key on the last page
How it went in class
The double negative (“No one doesn’t know”) is the classic error for Spanish speakers, because Spanish uses “nadie no…”. I put it on the board early and we corrected it together every time it appeared.
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