All and whole

- All + determiner + noun = determiner + whole + noun

• all my life/ my whole life


• Julie spent all the summer at home/ Julie spent the whole summer at home

- more common: whole + singular countable noun
- more common: all + uncountable noun

• She wasted the whole lesson


• She’s drunk all the milk.

All and Every

- Every = all without exception

- All (+determiner)+ plural = Every + singular

• All children need love/ Every child needs love


• All cities are noisy/ Every city is noisy


• Please switch off all the lights/ Please switch off every light


• I’ve written to all my friends/ I’ve written to every friend I have (not… every my friend)

- All + uncountable nouns (not every)

• I like all music (not.. every music)

- All or Every + singular countable nouns = every part of/ the whole of

• She was here all day (from morning to night)


• She was here every day (=Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday…, Sunday)

- Negative sentences= Not all/every + noun + affirmative verb

• Not all Scottish people drink whisky


• Not every student passed the exam

II.

We use every + singular noun (every house / every country etc.):

• Alice has been to every country in Europe.


• Every summer we have a holiday by the sea.


• She looks different every time I see her.

Use a singular verb after every

• Every house in the street is the same, (not 'are the same')


• •Every country has a national flag, (not 'have')

Compare every and all:

• Every student in the class passed the exam
  All the students in the class passed the exam


• Every country has a national flag.
  All countries have a national flag.

every day and all day

every day = on all days:

• how often? EVERY DAY=SUN + WON + TUE + WED + THUR + FRI + SAT

• A: How often do you read a newspaper? B: Every day.


• Bill watches TV for about two hours every evening. (= on all evenings)

all day = the complete day:

how long? ALL DAY=Beginning of the day-->End of the dav

• The weather was bad yesterday. It rained all day.


• I was tired after work yesterday, so I watched TV all evening. (= the complete evening)

Use a singular verb after everybody/everyone/everything:

• Everybody has problems, (not 'Everybody have')

All, Everybody and Everything

- All not alone = Everybody

• all the people stood up


• Everybody stood up (not all stood up)

- all + relative clause (=all (that)…) = everything

• all (that) I have is yours (or Everything…)


• Everything is yours (not all is yours)


• She lost all she owned ( or …Everything she owned)


• She lost Everything (not She lost all)

- all often = negative meaning = nothing more= the only thing

• This is all I’ve got


• all I want is a place to sleep

- That’s all = It’s finished