Determiners and pronouns - not + anybody/anyone/anything nobody/no-one/nothing

Question 1

• we use not + anybody/anyone/nobody/no-one → for PEOPLE
• we use not + anything/nothing → for THINGS

# -body and -one are the same:
   → anybody = anyone
   → nobody = no-one

Remember:
→ negative verb + anybody/anyone/anything
→ positive verb + nobody/no-one/nothing

Answer 1

…There isn’t anybody/anyone in the room.
…There is nobody/no-onein the room.
…A: Who is in the room?
B: Nobody. / No-one.

…There isn’t anything in the bag.
…There is nothing in the bag.
…A: What’s in the bag?
B: Nothing

Question 2

• nobody = not + anybody
  no-one = not + anyone
• nothing = not + anything
• You can use nobody/no-one/nothing at the beginning of a sentence or alone (to answer a question)

Answer 2

…I’m lonely. I have nobody to talk to. (= I don’t have anybody)
…The house is empty. There is no-one in it. (= There isn’t anyone in it.)

…She said nothing. (= She didn’t say anything.)
…There’s nothing to eat. (= There isn’t anything to eat.)

...The house is empty. Nobody lives there.
...‘Who did you speak to?’
   ‘No-one.
...Nothing happened.
...‘What did you say?’
   ‘Nothing.