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ALL / EVERYall and every: meaning similar BUTgrammar - different

ALL + PLURAL EVERY + SINGULAR

All days are different.

All men make mistakes.

Every day is different.

Every man makes mistakes.

Other determiners (the, my, this etc.) can be used after all, but

not after every.

All the schools were closed insummer.

all my fellows all these bags

Every school was closed insummer.

every fellow every bag

all day = a complete day (from morning to night) ; every day = on

all days (on Monday, on Tuesday, on Wednesday etc.)

I was very tired yesterday. I

worked hard all day.

I work hard every day.

Choose the correct determiner.

1 Not all / every girls have long hair.

2 All / Every problem is difficult.3 She likes all / every kinds of movies.

4 Not all / every problem is important.

5 I took part in all / every competition.

6 I usually win all / every competitions.

7 All / Every house in this street has a big living

room.

8 All / Every children in this class study hard.

9 All / Every the machines in the house went

wrong.

10 I practise the piano for an hour all / every day.

Re-write the sentences with every.

All the planes were late. Every plane was late.

1 All elephants can remember things easily.

___________________________________

2 Are all roses red?

____________________________________

3 All horses have four legs.

____________________________________

4 All cars have engines.

____________________________________

5 All languages are different.

____________________________________6 All the trains stop at this station.

___________________________________

Complete the sentences with all or every.

1 _______ glasses in the house is broken.

2 _______ languages have nouns.

3 _______ her students have left school.

4 Does she believe this story? She believes

_________ word.

5 The babys been smiling _______ afternoon.

6 Tom and Peter go to see their grandma

_______ two weeks.

7 Why do you write _______ other line?

8 ______ year is new and different.

9 ______ houses in that village look the same.

10 _____ house in that village looks the same.

Complete the sentences with every day or all day.

1 Yesterday it snowed ____________.

2 She buys a magazine _____________ but sometimes she

doesnt read it.

3 We arent going out tomorrow. Well be at home

___________.

4 My dad usually drinks about three cups of tea

____________.

5 I felt ill yesterday, so I stayed in bed __________.

6 Mr Black was tired yesterday because he worked hard

_____________.

7 Her wife is tired now because shes been cleaning the

house_________.

8 She cleans the house ______________.

All women become like their mothers.

That is their tragedy.

No man does. Thats his.

(Oscar Wilde)

Every day, in every way, I am getting

better and better.

(Emile Cou)