Before doing this activity you may need to read the text you will find at the end
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| We bought a toy for every ______________________ | child / chidren |
| Every ______________________ had a different colour | flowers / flower |
| Look for every picture of him in the house and burn ______________________ | them / it / her / him |
| Every man tries to protect ______________________ family | their / his |
| Every student brought ______________________ photograph | his / her / their |
| ______________________ the ______________________ in the factory ______________________ broken | Every / was / window / were / windows / All |
| Every person tries to protect ______________________ family | his / their / her |
| Otello or Hamlet? I think ______________________ ______________________ are fascinating. | both / story / stories / all / every |
| Where have you been? I've been looking for you ______________________ | every where / every places / everywhere / every place |
| Every ______________________ fantastic | day was / days were |
| ______________________ useful information was transferred to the police department | All / Every |
| ______________________ these people are looking for a job | Every / All / Both |
| ______________________ waters ______________________ polluted | was / Every / All / were |
| If you want everybody out of your house, go downstairs and tell ______________________ to get out. | his / her / them |
| It is very difficult to choose, I like ______________________ | every things / all thing / everything |
| I have 10 cats. In the morning, every ______________________ ______________________ to the kitchen and I give ______________________ some milk. | them / cats / come / him / them / its / comes / it / cat / her |
| Everything ______________________ destroyed during the hurricane | was / were |
| Every boy has a box, but ______________________ are all empty | their boxes / his box |
| Not everybody ______________________ happy with the new law | was / were |
| ______________________ my legs are hurting | All / Every / Both |
| He had ______________________ eyes red | every / both / all |
| ______________________ the little houses were painted in blue | Every / Both / All |
| Every ______________________ you showed me ______________________ different, but I like ______________________ all | sweaters / is / him / it / sweater / her / them / are |
| Not every animal ______________________ a name | have / has |
| ______________________ you go, you can find someone who speaks English | in every place / to all places / Everywhere |
| ______________________ the ______________________ in the shop ______________________ imported | flower / was / Every / All / flowers / were |
| Everybody's downstairs waiting for you. Go and talk to ______________________. | him / her / them |
| There is a big tree and a small tree. ______________________ trees are near the wall. | Both / Every / All |
| I have 2 boys and a girl. ______________________ my ______________________ ______________________ got blue eyes. | All / Both / son / sons / have / Every / has |
| ______________________ the tables were dirty | Every / All |
| Everybody had ______________________ shoes muddy | his / her / their |
| Every ______________________ a title | book has / books have |
| Every ______________________ came to my door wagging ______________________ little tail | his / dogs / their / her / dog |
| Everybody ______________________ this song | likes / like |
| ______________________ my friends ______________________ in Rome | All / live / lives / Every |
| They lost ______________________ hope | every / all |
| The countryside was beautiful, there were flowers ______________________. | all places / all the place / everywhere |
| Come on, ______________________ ______________________ waiting for you | every one / is / everyone / every ones / all people / are |
| ______________________ books ______________________ something interesting to tell | Every / has / have / All |
EVERY
It is used before a singular noun, and needs a singular verb
Every day is different (not: every days are different)
Every child was sleeping
negative:
Not every child was sleeping, two of them were talking But if we use a pronoun or possessive with EVERY, we normally use it in the plural (especially when talking about people including both sexes)
Every student took their book and went away (...took his/her book... is very formal)
I can't phone every person in town to tell them the news
Suddenly, every child woke up and they all started to cry
but if it's only male or female: Every woman must fight for her children (or: their children)
The same is true for compounds with EVERY: everybody, everyone, everything, everywhere
Everybody is free to do it or not
I talked to everyone to convince them that they should help
Everything was clear to me
I looked for my dog everywhere, but couldn't find him
EVERY vs ALL
The meaning is basically the same, but they use different structures
Every is = All are
Every child needs love = All children need love
Every light was out = All the lights were out
We don't use EVERY in front of articles, possessives or demonstratives, or with uncountable nouns
- All the birds flew away (not: every the birds)
- I've written to all my friends (not: to every my friends)
- All those people were looking for a restaurant (not: every those people)
- I like all music (not: every music) If we only talk about two people or things, we use BOTH
- I have three sons. They all have a car
- I have two sons. They both have a car
- We both need a break
As a subject, BOTH goes in "mid-position" (before normal verbs, after special verbs: modals and auxiliaries)
- we're both Spanish
- we both work here
