Fill in the blanks with each or every.
1You have to change the sheets ............... other day.
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Use "every" in the fixed expression "every other day".
2Buses leave ............... ten minutes.
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Use "every" for regular intervals such as "every ten minutes".
3............... team in a cricket game has 11 players.
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Use "Each" when you are thinking about the teams separately.
4............... of them was given a present.
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Use "Each" before "of" with a plural pronoun such as "them".
5I could understand ............... word she said.
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Use "every" to mean all the words without exception.
6The four students ............... received a laptop.
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Use "each" after a plural subject to refer to the students one by one.
7She kissed them ............... on the forehead.
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Use "each" after an object pronoun such as "them".
8There is ............... chance that we will win.
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Use "every" in the expression "every chance" to mean a very good chance.
9............... of them was asked to speak for a few minutes.
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Use "Each" before "of" with a plural pronoun such as "them".
10I visit my grandparents ............... now and then.
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Use "every" in the fixed expression "every now and then".
11I have written to ............... friend I have.
Select 2 answers.
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Both "every" and "each" can mean all the friends individually in this sentence.
12Almost ............... child in cities receives school education.
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Use "every" after "almost" before a singular countable noun.
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- You have to change the sheets every other day.
- Buses leave every ten minutes.
- Each team in a cricket game has 11 players.
- Each of them was given a present.
- I could understand every word she said.
- The four students each received a laptop.
- She kissed them each on the forehead.
- There is every chance that we will win.
- Each of them was asked to speak for a few minutes.
- I visit my grandparents every now and then.
- I have written to every / each friend I have.
- Almost every child in cities receives school education.