Before doing this activity you may need to read the text you will find at the end
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Gapped text | Items |
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Every ______________________ a title | books have / book has |
Everybody's downstairs waiting for you. Go and talk to ______________________. | her / them / him |
______________________ books ______________________ something interesting to tell | has / Every / have / All |
There is a big tree and a small tree. ______________________ trees are near the wall. | Every / Both / All |
Everything ______________________ destroyed during the hurricane | was / were |
Every ______________________ had a different colour | flower / flowers |
Every student brought ______________________ photograph | their / her / his |
Every person tries to protect ______________________ family | her / his / their |
They lost ______________________ hope | every / all |
______________________ waters ______________________ polluted | were / Every / All / was |
______________________ the tables were dirty | Every / All |
Look for every picture of him in the house and burn ______________________ | her / them / him / it |
If you want everybody out of your house, go downstairs and tell ______________________ to get out. | her / them / his |
Every ______________________ you showed me ______________________ different, but I like ______________________ all | is / them / him / her / sweaters / are / sweater / it |
______________________ the ______________________ in the factory ______________________ broken | windows / window / was / were / Every / All |
I have 10 cats. In the morning, every ______________________ ______________________ to the kitchen and I give ______________________ some milk. | its / him / it / her / cat / them / comes / cats / them / come |
We bought a toy for every ______________________ | chidren / child |
It is very difficult to choose, I like ______________________ | all thing / everything / every things |
______________________ my legs are hurting | Both / All / Every |
______________________ my friends ______________________ in Rome | All / lives / live / Every |
Not everybody ______________________ happy with the new law | were / was |
I have 2 boys and a girl. ______________________ my ______________________ ______________________ got blue eyes. | has / son / Both / have / sons / All / Every |
______________________ the ______________________ in the shop ______________________ imported | flowers / was / Every / All / were / flower |
Every ______________________ fantastic | days were / day was |
Not every animal ______________________ a name | has / have |
______________________ useful information was transferred to the police department | All / Every |
______________________ the little houses were painted in blue | Every / Both / All |
He had ______________________ eyes red | every / both / all |
______________________ these people are looking for a job | Both / Every / All |
Everybody had ______________________ shoes muddy | his / her / their |
Everybody ______________________ this song | like / likes |
Every man tries to protect ______________________ family | his / their |
Come on, ______________________ ______________________ waiting for you | are / everyone / every one / all people / every ones / is |
Where have you been? I've been looking for you ______________________ | every place / everywhere / every where / every places |
Every ______________________ came to my door wagging ______________________ little tail | dogs / his / their / her / dog |
______________________ you go, you can find someone who speaks English | to all places / in every place / Everywhere |
The countryside was beautiful, there were flowers ______________________. | all the place / everywhere / all places |
Otello or Hamlet? I think ______________________ ______________________ are fascinating. | story / all / stories / both / every |
Every boy has a box, but ______________________ are all empty | their boxes / his box |
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