You
just got in to work. When you were in the parking lot, you saw and heard a car
alarm. When you get inside you make this announcement. Hey,
is anyone driving a blue Buick? Your alarm's going off.
anyone
You can use
"anyone" when you want to direct a question at a whole group of
people:
Does anyone know
how to fix this?
Has anyone seen my
cell phone? I think I left it laying in here somewhere.
(an alarm) goes off
The verb that
describes an alarm making its alarm sounds is "go off". Car alarms,
fire alarms, and even your alarm clock at home all "go off":
I was in class when
the tornado alarm went off.
I usually wake up
before my alarm even goes off.
Other things that
are similar to alarms also "go off":
When he said that,
warning bells went off in my head. Why did he want to know about that?
Did you hear the
gun go off?
His temper is like
a time bomb waiting to go off.
Hey
You
say "Hey" at the beginning of a sentence in casual English when you
want to get someone's attention. For example:
Hey,
Hitomi, can you hand me that box over there?
It's
common to say "Hey" before you ask someone a question, or when
someone has done something that's wrong or unfair:
Use "hey"
with people you know or are familiar with. When you're talking to people you
don't know as well, "Excuse me" is more polite.