All/both Flashcards
both/both (the)
We can use both or both the/my/etc. + noun in the same way to refer to two people or things.
___ students/___ ___ students passed the exam.
Both students/Both the students passed the exam.
They won ___ matches/___ ___matches
They won both matches/both the matches
All
We use all + noun (without the) to refer to things/people in general.
___ students hate homework. (all + plural countable nouns)
All students hate homework. (all + plural countable nouns)
___ music makes people feel something. (all + uncountable nouns)
All music makes people feel something. (all + uncountable nouns)
all the
We use all + the/my/etc. + noun to refer to particular people or things.
___ the students in my class hate homework. (all the + plural countable nouns)
All the students in my class hate homework. (all the + plural countable nouns)
___ the music I download makes me feel something. (all the + uncountable nouns)
All the music I download makes me feel something. (all the + uncountable nouns)
All (of) the; both (of the)
We can use all/both + of before both/all of the/my/Tom’s + noun. But it is often omitted.
___ (___) the students in my class hate homework.
All (of) the students in my class hate homework.
___ (___ ___) students passed the exam.
Both (of the) students passed the exam.
All/Both of ___ students passed the exam
All/Both of the students passed the exam.
All of us / both of them / etc. (subject)
We can use all/both of + you/us/them before a verb (as the subject of a sentence).
___ ___ ___ were at the party. (We)
All of us were at the party.
___ ___ ___ are wrong. (They)
Both of them are wrong.
All ___ us were at the party.
All of us were at the party.
Us all / them both / etc. (object)
We can use you/us/them + all/both after a verb (as the object of a sentence).
The judge sent ___ ___ to jail. (=The judge sent all of them to jail.)
The judge sent them all to jail. (=The judge sent all of them to jail.)
She loves ___ ___. (=She loves both of them.)
She loves them both. (=She loves both of them.)
All/both: word order with verbs (mid position)
All and both can be used in mid position. Mid position is: Before the verb. After the verb be when it’s the only verb in a sentence. After an auxiliary verb or after the first auxiliary verb if there is more than one. In questions, mid position is after the subject.
We ___ like going to the cinema. (=Both of us like going to the cinema.)
We both like going to the cinema. (=Both of us like going to the cinema.)
They ___ left without saying goodbye. (=All of them left without saying goodbye.)
They all left without saying goodbye. (=All of them left without saying goodbye.)
The boys were ___ happy. (=All the boys were happy.)
The boys were all happy. (=All the boys were happy.)
The players are ___ tired. (=Both [the] players are tired.)
The players are both tired. (=Both [the] players are tired.)
They are ___ going to disappear. (=All of them are going to disappear.)
They are all going to disappear. (=All of them are going to disappear.)
The robbers have ___ been arrested. (=Both [the] robbers have been arrested.)
The robbers have both been arrested. (=Both [the] robbers have been arrested.)
Have they ___ finished?
Have they both finished?
