This grammar exercise tests your ability to useeach and every correctly. Complete the following sentences using an appropriate word or phrase.
1I visit my parents every ...............
Wrong!
Use "week" after "every" with one regular time period.
2Buses run ............... ten minutes.
Wrong!
Use "every" to talk about regular intervals such as "every ten minutes".
3She had a child holding on to ............... hand.
Wrong!
Use "each" when you are thinking about the two hands separately.
4She was carrying bags in each ...............
Wrong!
Use the singular noun "hand" after "each".
5The two brothers love each ...............
Wrong!
Use "other" in the reciprocal phrase "each other" for two people.
6Everybody ............... come.
Wrong!
Use "has" because "everybody" takes a singular verb.
7............... of us sees the world differently.
Wrong!
Use "Each" before "of us" because "every" cannot come directly before "of".
8You can ............... apply for your own membership cards.
Wrong!
Use "each" after a plural subject to mean every person individually.
9I spoke to ............... of the boys in the class.
Wrong!
Use "each" before "of the boys" because "every" cannot come directly before "of".
10She sent them ............... a present.
Wrong!
Use "each" after the object pronoun to mean every person individually.
Answers
- I visit my parents every week.
- Buses run every ten minutes.
- She had a child holding on to each hand.
- She was carrying bags in each hand.
- The two brothers love each other.
- Everybody has come.
- Each of us sees the world differently.
- You can each apply for your own membership cards.
- I spoke to each of the boys in the class.
- She sent them each a present.
