All, every, each

  • B1 · Intermediate
  • Grammar lesson
  • 60 min

all + a plural noun, every and each + a singular one: Every guest got a name tag, and each of us brought a dish. From a class reunion twenty years after high school to planning a reunion of your own.

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What's in the lesson

  1. 1Warm-up
  2. 2In this lesson
  3. 3Reading: twenty years laterReading comprehension
  4. 4What does it mean?Grammar exercise
  5. 5Find all, every and eachGrammar exercise
  6. 6all, every, eachGrammar rule
  7. 7all, every or each?Grammar exercise
  8. 8Say it another wayGrammar exercise
  9. 9Find the mistakeGrammar exercise
  10. 10Questions for your teacherGrammar exercise
  11. 11Say it naturallySpeaking practice
  12. 12Plan a reunionSpeaking practice
  13. 13About youGrammar exercise
  14. 14Wrap-up

Homework

  1. 1Homework: garden dayGrammar exercise
  2. 2Homework: which sentence is correct?Grammar exercise
  3. 3Homework: build the sentencesGrammar exercise
  4. 4Homework: then and nowDiscussion

Two slides from the lesson

Warm-up

A few questions about you before we start.

  1. Are you still in touch with anyone from your old school class? How do you keep in touch?
  2. Did every student at your high school have to wear a uniform? What did you think of that?
  3. When you were sixteen, what did all your friends want to be?

Grammar rule

all, every, each

What comes after them

+ a nounverbExample
alla plural noun (or an uncountable noun)plural (singular with an uncountable noun)All the shops close at six. All the milk is gone.
everya singular nounsingularEvery child gets a balloon.
eacha singular nounsingularEach student has a locker.

With of

  • all (of) + the / my / these… + a plural noun: all the shops = all of the shops. all + a plural noun alone is about things in general: All babies cry.
  • all of / each of + us, you, them: all of us, each of them (not all us, each them). We can also say We all know… / They each have…
  • each of + the / my… + a plural noun, then a singular verb: Each of these songs is about love.
  • Not every of: say every one of (or each of): every one of the shops.

every or each?

  • Often both are fine: every morning = each morning.
  • each: one by one, and also for two things: She wore a ring on each hand.
  • every: the whole group (three or more); with almost and with numbers: almost every day, every three days.
  • all day, all night = from the start to the end: I worked all day. every day = Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday…: She swims every day.
  • each can also come at the end, after a number or a price: The kids got two stickers each. (= two stickers for one kid)

Watch out

  • every students, each days → every student, each day
  • every of us → each of us, every one of us, all of us
  • all of guests → all the guests, all of the guests
  • every and each take a singular verb: Every child gets…, Each student has…

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