All, both: Quantifiers

Exercises: 1 2 3

Exercise 2

Choose the right option in the following questions.

1 _____ a new diet.

A.They both have started

B.Both they have started

C.They have both started

2 He fell and ______ eggs got broken.

A.all the

B.all

C.all of

3 The teacher sent _____ home.

A.them both

B.they both

C.the both of them

4 _____ work in my office.

A.Both her brothers

B.Both of brothers

C.Her both brothers

5 _____ accused of fraud.

A.They both have been

B.They have both been

C.Both them have been

6 Which sentence is NOT correct?

A.All students like holidays.

B.All of students in my class like holidays.

C.All of the students in my class like holidays.

7 Which sentence is NOT correct?

A.Did you drink all of the milk?

B.Did you drink all of milk?

C.Did you drink it all?

8 Which sentence is NOT correct?

A.You both must be crazy.

B.You must both be crazy.

C.Both of you must be crazy.

9 Which sentence is NOT correct?

A.The both suspects were arrested last Friday.

B.Both of the suspects were arrested last Friday.

C.Both the suspects were arrested last Friday.

10 Which sentence is NOT correct?

A.He hates all us.

B.He hates us all.

C.He hates all of us.

Exercises: 1 2 3

All/both: Grammar chart

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All/all the; both/both (the)

We can use both or both the/my/etc. + noun in the same way to refer to two people or things.

Both students/Both the students passed the exam.
They won both matches/both the matches.

We use all + noun (without the) to refer to things/people in general.

All students hate homework. (all + plural countable nouns)
All music makes people feel something. (all + uncountable nouns)

We use all + the/my/etc. + noun to refer to particular people or things.

All the students in my class hate homework. (all the + plural countable nouns)
All the music I download makes me feel something. (all the + uncountable nouns)

All (of) the; both (of the)

We can use all/both + of before both/all of the/my/Tom’s + noun. But it is often omitted.

All (of) the students in my class hate homework.
Both (of the) students passed the exam.

But we cannot use both/all of + noun when there isn’t a determiner, i.e. the, my, this etc., before the noun.

All/Both of students passed the exam.
All/Both of the students passed the exam.

All/both: word order with pronouns

All of us / both of them / etc. (subject)

We can use all/both of + you/us/them before a verb (as the subject of a sentence).

All of us were at the party.
Both of them are wrong.

❗ Note that of is necessary; we cannot omit it.

All us were at the party.
All of us were at the party.

Us all / them both / etc. (object)

We can use you/us/them + all/both after a verb (as the object of a sentence).

The judge sent them all to jail. (=The judge sent all of them to jail.)
She loves them both. (=She loves both of them.)

All/both: word order with verbs (mid position)

All and both can be used in mid position. Mid position is:

➟ Before the verb.

We both like going to the cinema. (=Both of us like going to the cinema.)
They all left without saying goodbye. (=All of them left without saying goodbye.)

➟ After the verb be when it’s the only verb in a sentence.

The boys were all happy. (=All the boys were happy.)
The players are both tired. (=Both [the] players are tired.)

➟ After an auxiliary verb or after the first auxiliary verb if there is more than one.

They are all going to disappear. (=All of them are going to disappear.)
The robbers have both been arrested. (=Both [the] robbers have been arrested.)

➟ In questions, mid position is after the subject.