Each and every

## Level and focus

**Level:** A2  
**Category:** Determiners

Use each and every with singular nouns to talk about members of a group.

By the end of this lesson, learners should be able to: **Distinguish each and every in simple contexts and use singular verb agreement.**

## Core idea

This lesson adds a recommended grammar point that improves the coverage of the curriculum without changing the overall CEFR progression. Learners should first recognise the pattern, then practise controlled examples, and only later combine it with adjacent grammar.

## Form

- `each + singular noun`

• every + singular noun

• each of + plural pronoun/determiner + plural noun

• singular verb after each/every + singular noun

  Meaning and use

  Use this grammar when the speaker needs the meaning described in the lesson goal. The examples should stay close to the level and should not rely on advanced vocabulary or several new grammar points at once.

  Examples

  • Every student has a book.

• Each child received a ticket.

• Each of the rooms has a bathroom.

• I go running every morning.

  Common mistakes

  • Using plural noun after every: not every students; use every student.

• Using plural verb after each/every: not Each student have a book; use Each student has a book.

• Overusing each for routines: not I go to work each day; use I go to work every day.

  Teaching sequence

  1. Start with a clear contrast between two forms or meanings.
  2. Give short controlled examples with familiar vocabulary.
  3. Include one item that targets a common mistake.
  4. Add mixed review items that distinguish this point from a neighbouring lesson.
  5. End with simple sentence-level production or recognition.

  Boundary: what not to cover here

  Do not expand into all/both/either/neither here; that is a separate B1 determiner lesson.

  Suggested practice

  For the current exercise system, use 25 multiple-choice exercises. Include clear distractors that test the target grammar, not obscure vocabulary. Later, this lesson can be expanded with gap-fill, error-correction or transformation tasks.

Quick check

Before you move on, can you explain the rule in one sentence and make one example of your own?