Question

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.
 It's very quiet in the office today. There's ___ here. ___ is on holiday.

A. anybody/everybody
B. anything/nothing
C. nobody / all of them
D. somebody / nothing
E. nobody / everybody

Answer 1

Hint: A pronoun (I, me, he, she, herself, you, it, that, they, each, few, many, who, whoever, whose, someone, everybody, etc.) is a word that takes the place of a noun. In the sentence Joe saw Jill, and he waved at her, the pronouns he and her take the place of Joe and Jill, respectively. There are three types of pronouns: subject (for example, he); object (him); or possessive (his).

Complete answer:
Indefinite pronouns apply to entities or objects that we do not recognise.
The sentence listed shows the individuals in the office. So, an indefinite pronoun that applies to a person must be used in both the blanks.

'Anybody' and 'nobody' both are used to indicate people. Anybody is used to indicate a part of the whole while nobody refers to none.
Since a negative meaning is implied by the second sentence,' nobody' must be used. Not every one of them is a pronoun.
The full sentence would then be-It 's very quiet in the office today. Nobody is here. Everybody is on leave. Thus, the correct answer is choice E. Options A, B , C, D are wrong.

Hence the correct answer is option ‘E’

Note: We use indefinite pronouns to refer to people or things without saying exactly who or what they are. We use pronouns ending in -body or -one for people, and pronouns ending in -thing for things: Everybody enjoyed the concert.