17642 all every

all and every: meaning – similar BUT grammar - different
ALL + PLURAL
All days are different.

ALL / EVERY

EVERY + SINGULAR
Every day is different.

All men make mistakes.
Every man makes mistakes.
Other determiners (the, my, this etc.) can be used after all, but

Choose the correct determiner.

not after every.

1 Not all / every girls have long hair.

All the schools were closed in

Every school was closed in

summer.

summer.

all my fellows

all these bags

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
I work hard every day.
worked hard all day.

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

Re-write the sentences with every.
•

All the planes were late. – Every plane was late.

1 All elephants can remember things easily.
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2 Are all roses red?
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3 All horses have four legs.
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4 All cars have engines.

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5 All languages are different.
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6 All the trains stop at this station.
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wrong.
10 I practise the piano for an hour all / every day.

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 baby’s been smiling _______ afternoon.
6 Tom and Peter go to see their grandma
_______ two weeks.

Complete the sentences with every day or all day.
1 Yesterday it snowed ____________.
2 She buys a magazine _____________ but sometimes she
doesn’t read it.
3 We aren’t going out tomorrow. We’ll be at home

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.

___________.
4 My dad usually drinks about three cups of tea
____________.

All women become like their mothers.

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

That is their tragedy.

6 Mr Black was tired yesterday because he worked hard

No man does. That’s his.

_____________.

(Oscar Wilde)

7 Her wife is tired now because she’s been cleaning the
house_________.
8 She cleans the house ______________.

Every day, in every way, I am getting
better and better.
(Emile Coué)