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Activities: “How to use ‘each,’ ‘every,’ and ‘all’ in English?”

By: revel arroway
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These activities are part of our English Grammar series. The skills we are practicing here are covered in our article:

Activity 1: ‘Each,’ ‘every,’ or ‘all’?

Check all of the words that you can use in each blank:

  • ____ of the boys

  • ____ one

  • ____ cup of flour

  • ____ lions

  • ____ milk

  • ____ girl

  • ____ of the houses

  • ____ of the water

  • ____ bottle of water

  • ____ the students

  • ____ one of the books

  • they ____

Activity 2: Field Trip!

Jimmy and a bunch of his friends are really excited! They are going on a field trip to the Metro Museum. They took a group picture before getting on the bus. You can see (from left to right) Pam, Jimmy, Duncan, Cassie, Marsha, Greg, and Terry.

A drawing of a group of seven smiling children lined up in front of a yellow school bus. Each child has a necklace with a museum pass on it. From left to right: a white girl with long brown hair, a green sweater and a backpack; a white boy with short, dark hair, a spotted blue collared shirt and a backpack; a black boy with a blue t-shirt, white jacket, and a backpack; a mixed-race girl with curly brown hair, a blue collared shirt over a t-shirt, and a backpack; a white girl with long blonde hair, a blue collared shirt, and no backpack; An asian boy in a lime green sweater and collared shirt with a backpack; a black boy with light hair, a light blue collared shirt, a dark blue t-shirt, and a backpack.

Use the words in the bank to complete the sentences below.

Notes: (a) You can use the words more than once and (b) there can be more than one correct answer!

each
every
all
almost
not

  1. of the kids has a museum pass.

    2. We don’t say all here because the verb is singular

  2. student has a backpack.

    3. Not every is also acceptable. But we must use every here because student is singular (❌all) and we cannot use almost or not before each (❌each)

  3. of them have dark hair.

    4. Almost all is not a good answer, because only 4/7 have dark hair. We cannot say not every because the pronoun (them) is plural. We cannot say not each because not never comes before each

  4. kid is smiling.

  5. the kids are really excited.

  6. one wants to get on the bus and get going!

    7. Every one is also acceptable, but only for emphasis

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