{"id":72097,"date":"2019-09-14T07:01:14","date_gmt":"2019-09-14T07:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=72097"},"modified":"2024-02-13T14:31:53","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T14:31:53","slug":"all-vs-all-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/all-vs-all-of\/","title":{"rendered":"All vs. All Of"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>All<\/strong> refers to three or more items. It is used mostly before plural and uncountable nouns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>All children need love.<\/li><li>I love all music.<\/li><li>All the invitees turned up.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>When <strong>all<\/strong> is followed by a plural noun, the verb is normally plural. After an uncountable noun, we use a singular verb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>All cheese contains fat.<\/li><li>All the lights were out.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>All + noun<\/strong> is not normally used as the subject of a negative verb. We more often use the structure not all + noun + affirmative verb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Not all birds can sing. (NOT All birds cannot sing.)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">All and All of<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Before a noun with no determiner (possessives, articles and demonstratives) we use all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>All children need love.<\/li><li>All cheese contains fat.<\/li><li>All lights were out.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Before a noun with a determiner (the, my, this etc.), <strong>all and all of<\/strong> are both possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>All the lights were out.<\/li><li>All of the lights were out.<\/li><li>I have invited all my friends to my birthday party.<\/li><li>I have invited all of my friends to my birthday party.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Before a personal pronoun (us, them etc.) we use all of + object form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>All of us love music. (NOT All us love music)<\/li><li>I have invited all of them. (NOT I have invited all them.)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">All with nouns and pronouns<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>All<\/strong> can modify nouns and pronouns. We normally place it before the noun\/pronoun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>I have invited all (of) my friends.<\/li><li>All of us love music.<\/li><li>I love all of you.<\/li><li>All of us are going to the movies.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We can put all after pronouns used as objects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>I love you all. (= I love all of you.)<\/li><li>Give my love to them all. (= Give my love to all of them.)<\/li><li>I have made you all something to eat. (= I have made all of you something to eat.)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Note that<strong> all<\/strong> cannot be put after pronouns used as subject complements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Is that all of them? (NOT Is that them all?)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">All with verbs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>When <strong>all<\/strong> refers to the subject of a clause, it can go with the verb. When the verb consists of just one word, and that word is not a form of<strong> be<\/strong> (is, am, are, was, were), <strong>all<\/strong> is placed before the verb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>They all came. (All + other verb)<\/li><li>We all love music. (All + other verb)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>When the verb is a form of be, all is placed after it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>You are all welcome. (be + all)<\/li><li>We were all invited. (be + all)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>When there are two auxiliary verbs, all goes after the first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>They have all gone home. (Auxiliary verb + all + other verb)<\/li><li>They have all been told. (Auxiliary verb + all + auxiliary verb + other verb)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Note that these meanings can also be expressed by using <strong>all (of) + noun\/pronoun.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>All of them came.<\/li><li>All of us love music.<\/li><li>All of you are welcome.<\/li><li>All of us have been invited.<\/li><li>All of them have gone home.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">All vs. All of &#8211; Grammar Exercise<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Complete the following sentences using<strong> all or all of.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. Your boy has eaten &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; the cake. (all \/ all of)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; children need love and attention. (All \/ All of)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3. She has invited &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; (us all \/ all of us).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4. &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; my friends are active on social media. (All \/ All of)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5. &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- that I have is yours. (All \/ All of)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>6. &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; that I want is a place to lie down. (All \/ All of)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>7. &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; us are going to the party. (All \/ All of)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>8. The cat has drunk &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- the milk. (all \/ all of)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>9. &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; my family live in Canada. (All \/ All of)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Answers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>1. Your boy has eaten <strong>all \/ all of<\/strong> <strong>the<\/strong> cake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. <strong>All children<\/strong> need love and attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3. She has invited us <strong>all \/ all of us<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4. <strong>All \/ all of my friends<\/strong> are active on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5. <strong>All<\/strong> that I have is yours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>6. <strong>All<\/strong> that I want is a place to lie down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>7. <strong>All of us<\/strong> are going to the party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>8. The cat has drunk<strong> all \/ all of the milk.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>9. <strong>All \/ all of my family<\/strong> live in Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">See Also<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/grammar\/and-but-or-because-so.htm\">And, But, Or, So | Worksheet<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/grammar\/kinds-of-adjectives-worksheet.htm\">Kinds of adjectives worksheet<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/grammar\/cbse-class-10-grammar-worksheets.htm\">CBSE Class 10 Grammar Worksheets<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/grammar\/combining-two-sentences-using-too-to-so-that.htm\">Combining two sentences using so..that.. and too&#8230;to<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/grammar\/prepositions-exercise-for-class-9.htm\">Prepositions exercise for class 9<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/grammar\/present-perfect-tense-worksheet-cbse-grade-6.htm\">Present perfect tense worksheet for grade 6<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All refers to three or more items. It is used mostly before plural and uncountable nouns. All children need love. I love all music. All the invitees turned up. 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