Keterangan tempat tak tentu. Kata-kata some, any, every dan no dapat dirangkai dengan where menjadi: somewhere, anywhere, everywhere dan nowhere. kata-kata tersebut adalah keterangan tempat tak tentu (Idefinite Adverb of Place), yaitu suatu keterangan yang menyatakan tempat yang tidak pasti di mana itu. Misalnya:
- somewhere = di/ke suatu tempat
- anywhere = di/ke suatu tempat
- everywhere = di/ke mana-mana
- nowhere = tidak di/ke manapun
Penggunaan keterangan tempat tak tentu
Untuk keterangan tempat tak tentu dalam kalimat positive dipergunakan somewhere.
Contoh:
1. I met your father somewhere in town this morning.
2. Tono lost his pen somewhere in the street.
3. Mr. Hasan lives somewhere in this village.
4. There is a stove somewhere in the kitchen.
5. You can buy ice cream somewhere on Jalan Merdeka.
Bentuk negative (-) dan Interrogative (?)
(+) Tono went somewhere in town last night.
(-) Tono didn't go anywhere in town last night.
(?) Did Tono go anywhere in town last night?
Yes, he did. atau: Yes, he went somewhere in town last night.
No, he didn't. atau: No, he didn't go anywhere in to town last night.
(+) The purse is somewhere around here.
(-) The purse isn't anywhere around here.
(?) Is the purse anywhere around here?
Yes, it is. atau: Yes, it is somewhere around here.
No, it isn't. atau: No, it isn't anywhere around here.
Baca juga: The Simple Present Tense