PDF chapter test TRY NOW
Study the information about ‘each’ and ‘every’.
1. We use each when we talk about two people or things.
My friend and I each ordered a salad to startwith.
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2. We can use each and every when we talk about more than two things.
Every child at the party had a piece of cake.
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3. We should use every after these words ‘nearly’ and ‘not’.
Nearly every shop is shut today.
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Not every taxi driver is on strike today.
4. We cannot use ‘of’ after ‘every’ and we cannot use ‘every’ at the end of a sentence.
Each of the children got a toy.
They got a toy each.
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5. We can use every with a few uncountable nouns.
My granny gave me every encouragement when I was a child.