All and everyone 124

Words like 'all' and 'everyone' are similar but aren't used in exactly the same ways.

Helen said "What does everyone want to do?" With the same meaning she could have said "What do all of us want to do?" but not "What do all want to do?"

All and everybody / everyone

All and everyone or everybody can't be used interchangeably

All of them are French. [/] Everybody of French. [x]
All of us are students. [/] All of everybody are students. [x]

We say all of you/ us / them but not everybody of or everybody of

All of them are French. [/] Everybody of French. [x]
All of us are students. [/] All of everybody are students. [x]

All and everything

Sometimes we can use all and everything in expressions like these interchangeably

all he can / everything he can

all we need / everything we need

all you want / everything you want

We'll do everything we can to help you enjoy your stay with us.

We'll do all we can to help you enjoy your stay with us.

We can't use all on its own:

She thinks she knows everything. [/] She thinks she knows all.[x]

He knows everyone there. [/] He knows all there.[x]

But you can use all with about:

They know all about fashion.

He knows all about modern art.

We use call all (but not everything) to mean the only thing/s:

All he likes is football. [/] Everything he likes is football.[x]

All I've bought is a pair of jeans. [/] Everything I've bought is a pair of jeans[x]

Every / everybody / everyone / everything:

1-These words are singular so we use singular verbs with them:

Everyone has to work late on Thursday.

Every ticket was sold within half an hour.

2-But you can also use plural pronouns after everyone / everybody

Everyone said they wanted to go.

or

Everyone said he or she wanted to go

Vocabulary

it won't be long till : soon

...It won't be long till spring comes

pick : take or choose. "to take some things and leave others"

...Pick a card from the pack.

...One of my sisters has been picked for the Olympic team.

[+ object + to infinitive] : She was picked to play for the team.

...The police asked him if he could pick (out) the killer from a series of photos.

...The fairest way to decide the winner is to pick a name out of a hat/at random (= without looking or choosing).

...They picked their way (= carefully chose a route) down the broken steps.

...He's brilliant at picking winners (= choosing what will be successful).

...The richest universities can pick and choose which students they take.

a tenner : (informal, British currency)ten pounds

fiver : noun [C] UK INFORMAL.five pounds, or a note worth five pounds:

...This CD only cost me a fiver.

...Can you change a tenner for two fivers