All and whole have similar meanings but the grammar is different. They can both be used with singular nouns to mean ‘every part of’. All goes before the determiner and the noun whereas whole goes between the determiner and the noun.
Fill in the blanks with all, whole, the whole or all the.
1. We can’t spend ................................... time arguing.
Correct!
Wrong!
2. Why do you argue .......................... time?
Correct!
Wrong!
3. ........................................ thieves have been caught.
Correct!
Wrong!
4. ............................. family attended the function.
Correct!
Wrong!
5. You are ................................. responsible for this.
Correct!
Wrong!
6. You have eaten ........................... loaf.
Correct!
Wrong!
7. ......................... London was talking about her affairs.
Correct!
Wrong!
8. That is ............................. point.
Correct!
Wrong!
9. It is ....................... in the mind.
Correct!
Wrong!
10. If I were a millionaire, I would travel ..................... world.
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Wrong!
Answers
1. We can’t spend the whole time arguing.
2. Why do you argue all the time?
3. All the thieves have been caught.
4. The whole family attended the function.
5. You are wholly responsible for this.
6. You have eaten a whole loaf.
7. All London was talking about her affairs.
8. That is the whole point.
9. It is all in the mind.
10. If I were a millionaire, I would travel the whole world.
