Someone Else, Who Else and Someone Else’s
By the end: I can refer to an additional person and their possessions.
Try the activities, then check your answers.
Try the activities, then check your answers.
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An additional or different person
Put else after someone, anyone or nobody. Someone else means another person in the situation.
Someone else can help you.
Is anyone else coming?
Nobody else can still leave some people present
The short sentence excludes people beyond the group already mentioned.
Ask what more
Else also follows question words such as who, what and where. It asks for another person, thing or place.
Who else knows?
What else do we need?
Add possession to the whole phrase
Put ‘s after else in someone else’s. With whose else, use whose else without another possessive ending.
This is someone else’s coat.
Whose else could it be?
Guided practice
Say or write your answer first. Compare form and meaning with the model.
1. Correct: Else someone is here.
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Someone else is here.
Else follows the pronoun.
2. Complete: Who ___ can help?
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else
Else asks about an additional person.
3. Complete: This is someone ___ notebook. Show possession.
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else’s
Add ‘s after else.
4. Correct: Someone’s else bag is here.
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Someone else’s bag is here.
The possessive ending follows the whole phrase.
5. Ask about additional food needed.
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What else do we need to buy?
Other clear questions with what else work.
6. Rewrite: Another person has my key.
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Someone else has my key.
Use someone else before the verb.
7. Does nobody else came mean nobody at all came?
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Not necessarily. It excludes additional people beyond those already mentioned.
Else depends on the existing group.
8. Write one question about an extra person and one about an extra place.
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Who else is coming? Where else can we meet?
Keep else after the question word.
A short conversation
Listen first, then open the transcript when useful.
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A: Is anyone else joining us?
B: Yes, a friend of Sara’s.
A: What else do we need to bring?
B: Nothing else. But please check your bag; this one is someone else’s.
Listening checks
Listen to each extract or open its transcript. These three questions have a separate score.
Mastery quiz
Choose the best answer for each situation. The score is out of eight.
Use it in your own words
Speaking 1
Ask three questions with who else, what else and where else.
Reveal a possible response
Who else can help? What else do we need? Where else can we meet?
Success check: Choose the right question word.
Speaking 2
Explain two items that belong to other people.
Reveal a possible response
This is someone else’s bag. That’s someone else’s notebook.
Success check: Place the possessive after else.
Put it all together
Plan a small gathering. Add a person, request another item and identify a misplaced possession.
Reveal a possible response
Is anyone else coming? What else should we bring? This jacket is someone else’s, so let’s leave it here.
Success check: Keep additional reference and possession distinct.
Take it with you
I can refer to an additional person and their possessions.