All, every, and whole

Question 1

We do not normally use all to mean ev___/___, but we say all of us/you/them, not ev___ of us.

Answer 1

We do not normally use all to mean everybody/everyone, but we say all of us/you/them, not everybody of us.

Everybody enjoyed the party. ^{(<em>not </em>All enjoyed)}.

All of us enjoyed the party. ^{(<em>not</em> Everybody of us)}

Question 2

Sometimes you ___ use all or everything.

Answer 2

Sometimes you ___ **use **all or everything.

I’ll do all I can to help _or I’ll do everything I can to help.

ou can say all I can/all you need

Question 3

​You can say all I can/all you need, etc., but we don’t normally use all al____.

Answer 3

​You can say all I can/all you need, etc., but we don’t normally use all alone.

He thinks he knows everything. _{(<em>not </em>he knows all)}

Our vacation was a disaster. Everything went wrong. _{(<em>not</em> All went wrong)}

But you cans say all about:

He knows all about computers.

We also use all (not everything) to mean “the only thing(s)”:

All I’ve eaten today is a sandwich. _{(the only thing I’ve eaten)}

Question 4

Whole = comp___, ent___. Most often we use whole with sin___ nouns.

Answer 4

Whole = complete, entire. Most often we use whole with singular nouns.

Did you read the whole book. _{(= all of the book, not just a part of it)}

Lila has lived her whole life in Chile.

I ate a whole package of cookies. _{(= a complete package)}

We use the/my/her, etc. before whole. Compare:

The whole way/all the way ** her whole** live/all her life

We do not normally use whole with uncountable nouns:

I’ve spent all the money you gave me. _{(not the whole money)}

Question 5

We use every to say how of__ something happen (**every day **/ every Monday / every 10 minutes / every three weeks).

Answer 5

We use every to say how often something happen (**every day **/ every Monday / every 10 minutes / every three weeks).

^{On vacation we went to the beach <strong>every day</strong>.}

^{There’s a bus <strong>every to minutes</strong>.}

^{We see each other <strong>every six months</strong>.}

All day / whole day = the complete day, from beginning to end:

We spent all day/whole day at the beach. _{(<em>not</em> all the day)}

He didn’t say a word all night/the whole night.

Compare all the time and every time:

They never go out. There are at home all the time. _{(continuously)}

Every time I see your, you look different. _{(= each time)}

Question 6

All/everything/everybody/everyone has their faults. Nobody is perfect.

Answer 6

Everybody/everyone** **has their faults. Nobody is perfect.

Question 7

Nothing has changed. All/everything/everybody/everyone is the same as it was.

Answer 7

Nothing has changed. E__verything is the same as it was.

Question 8

Kate told me all/everything/everybody/everyone about her new job. It sounds very interesting.

Answer 8

Kate told me everything/all about her new job. It sounds very interesting.

^{<span>(we don’t normally use <strong>all</strong> alone except for <strong>all about</strong>)</span>}

Question 9

I didn’t have much money with me. All/everything/everybody/everyone I had was 10 dollars.

Answer 9

I didn’t have much money with me. A__ll I had was 10 dollars.

^{<span>(we can say <strong>all I can/all you need</strong>, etc. need)</span>}

Question 10

We had completely diffrent opinions. I disagree with all/everything/everybody/everyone she says.

Answer 10

We had completely diffrent opinions. I disagree with everything/all she says.

^{(we can sayall I can/all you need, etc. need)}

Question 11

Sue didn’t say where she was going. All/everything/everybody/everyone she said was that she was going aaway.

Answer 11

Sue didn’t say where she was going. All she said was that she was going aaway.

^{<span>(we use <strong>all</strong> - not every thing - to mean “the only thing”)</span>}

Question 12

Rewrite. Everyone on the team played well. The ____.

Answer 12

Rewrite. Everyone on the team played well. The ____.

The whole team played well.

Question 13

Rewrite. The police came to the house. Theyr were looking for something. They searched everywhere, every room. They ____.

Answer 13

Rewrite. The police came to the house. Theyr were looking for something. They searched everywhere, every room.

They searched the whole house.

Question 14

Tom is sick. He has some medicine. He has to take it ____ four hours.

Answer 14

Tom is sick. He has some medicine. He has to take it every four hours.

Question 15

Sue works every day/all days except Sunday.

Answer 15

Sue works every day except Sunday.

Question 16

I’m tired. I’ve been working very hard all the day/all day.

Answer 16

I’m tired. I’ve been working very hard all day.

^{<span>(we say <strong>all day</strong>, not all the day)</span>}

Question 17

It was terrible. Whole building/the whole building was destroy.

Answer 17

It was terrible. The whole building was destroy.

^{<span>(we use <strong>the/my/her</strong>, etc. before whole)</span>}

Question 18

I don’t like the weather. It rains every time/all the time.

Answer 18

I don’t like the weather. It rains all the time.

^{<span>(= always, countinuously)</span>}

Question 19

When I was on vacation, all my luggage/my whole luggage was stollen.

Answer 19

When I was on vacation, all my luggage was stollen.

^{<span>(we don’t use whole with uncountable nouns)</span>}