A farm in the middle of Detroit: each vs every, each of and a singular verb

Q: What's the difference between each and every?

Use every for the whole group and each one by one : Every volunteer needs work gloves. Each bed has a different crop. With one singular noun, both are often correct, as in each bed or every bed . But only each works for two things and before of , and only every goes before a number: every two weeks . The B1 lesson A farm in the middle of Detroit on edio.ai teaches the difference on a city farm.

Q: Do each and every take a singular or plural verb?

Both take a singular verb , even when a plural noun follows each of : Every volunteer brings a snack. Each of the beds has its own crop. Each of us has a row. So it's has , needs and brings , not have , need and bring . In questions, use does : Does every volunteer need gloves? A gap-fill in A farm in the middle of Detroit , a B1 lesson on edio.ai, practices these verbs.

Q: Is it "every of" or "each of"?

It's each of , because every of doesn't exist . Before the , my or a pronoun, say each of the kids , each of my friends or each of them . To use every , add one : Every one of the volunteers brings water. Also keep the plural noun: each of the volunteers , not each of volunteer . The scheme in A farm in the middle of Detroit on edio.ai lists both slips among its common mistakes.

Q: What are some examples of each and every?

Here are examples from a volunteer weekend on a farm : Every volunteer needs a pair of work gloves. Eliza volunteers every Saturday and Sunday. At Renata's school, each class gets one raised bed. Look at these herbs: each one smells different. Renata's garden club meets every two weeks. Only every two weeks has a plural noun, because a number comes first. All five are from A farm in the middle of Detroit on edio.ai.

Q: What is D-Town Farm?

D-Town Farm is a farm inside Detroit's Rouge Park , a big city park. The Detroit Black Community Food Sovereignty Network has run it there since 2008. It began on about two acres and covers slightly more than seven today. Every year, a small staff and volunteers grow more than 30 kinds of fruits, vegetables and herbs, and three hoop houses give plants a longer season. A farm in the middle of Detroit on edio.ai tells its story.

Q: What gardening vocabulary should B1 students know?

Start with the verbs and tools of a working garden : you weed a row, water the plants and push a wheelbarrow full of soil . A raised bed is a wooden box above the ground, a hoop house is a plastic tunnel that keeps plants warm, and a crop is a plant grown for food, such as collard greens . An herb , like basil, adds flavor. A farm in the middle of Detroit on edio.ai teaches twelve such words.

Q: How do I teach each and every to B1 students?

Start with a group the class can see , such as the students themselves: Every student has a book for the whole group, then Each student reads one page for people one at a time. Then add each of the and check the verb in every sentence. A farm in the middle of Detroit on edio.ai moves from Darius's story and a volunteer day to the scheme, four drills and a school garden plan.

Q: What's a good game for practicing each and every?

Open-the-box prompts about a shared garden work well: one box asks the student to give each person in the group a job, another to say what they do every morning, every week and every two weeks, and the student answers aloud. For a chain round, each student adds one rule for a class garden that starts with Every or Each of us , and the next one repeats it before adding theirs.

Q: What's good homework for each and every?

Good homework pairs each subject with the right verb : gaps such as Each of my neighbors ___ (grow) vegetables , a choice between Each of , Every of and Each , and words to put in order. All nine homework tasks in A farm in the middle of Detroit on edio.ai check themselves, ending with Darius's answer to a listener and a garden club plan to put in order.

Q: How do you practice each and every one-to-one?

Talk through the student's weekly routine : the teacher asks What do you do every morning? and Does each of your friends play a sport? , the student answers, then asks back. The chat in A farm in the middle of Detroit on edio.ai needs no partner: Darius helps the student plan a school garden, and each wrong reply has a slip such as each of bed or Each of the students have a job .

This B1 ESL lesson plan teaches each vs every, with each of and a singular verb, through D-Town Farm, a farm inside a big city park in Detroit.

Grammar: Every + singular noun for a whole group (Every volunteer needs gloves.), each one by one, each of the + plural noun, every two weeks, and a singular verb after them.
Topic: D-Town Farm in Detroit's Rouge Park, where volunteers help grow more than 30 kinds of crops, with words such as raised bed, hoop house and collard greens.
Activities: Darius's story, a volunteer day and a listener's message, self-checking drills, a chat to plan a school garden and open boxes.

What's inside

Chapter 1Warm-up: get your hands dirty!
- PictureUnlock
- Spin the wheel and answerSpin the wheelUnlock
- Study the words: on the farmVocabularyTry it
- Look at the pictures and choose the wordChoose by pictureUnlock
Chapter 2Let's read: a farm in a city park
- Look at the photo: a farm in a cityPictureUnlock
- Read Darius's story on the show's websiteArticleUnlock
- Read and mark true or falseTrue or falseUnlock
- Read again and choose the correct answerQuizUnlock
Chapter 3Let's listen: volunteer day at D-Town Farm
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- Listen and choose the correct answerQuizUnlock
- Listen to the Listener's Take: Renata's messageListeningUnlock
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- Listen and mark true or falseTrue or falseUnlock
Chapter 4Grammar: every bed, each of the beds
- Study the scheme: each and everyGrammar schemeTry it
- Choose the correct optionChoose the optionUnlock
- Fill in the gaps: use the verb in the present simpleFill in the gapsTry it
- Fill in the table in the present simple: every and each of theFill in the tableUnlock
- Choose the correct answer: which sentence is correct?QuizUnlock
Chapter 5Let's talk: a garden for our school
- Choose the right replies: plan a school gardenChatTry it
- Put the parts of Darius's model plan in the correct orderDrag and dropUnlock
- Sort the words into the correct columns: what, who or when?Sort into columnsUnlock
- Choose the correct option: our garden planChoose the optionUnlock
- Open a box and answer: present your garden planOpen the boxUnlock
Chapter 6Homework
- Match the words and the meaningsMatchUnlock
- Unscramble the wordsAnagramUnlock
- Fill in the gaps with the lesson's wordsFill in the gapsUnlock
- Choose the correct option: new sentencesChoose the optionUnlock
- Fill in the gaps: use the verb in the present simpleFill in the gapsUnlock
- Put the words in the correct orderUnjumbleUnlock
- Choose the correct answer: find the correct sentenceQuizUnlock
- Drag the words into the gaps: Darius answers RenataDrag and dropUnlock
- Put the parts of Savannah's plan in the correct orderDrag and dropUnlock

Gardening vocabulary

12 words and phrases from the lesson, each with a picture and audio in edio.

+9 more with pictures and audio in the lessonMore words

crop
raised bed
prairie
hoop house
beehive
wheelbarrow
herb
collard greens
deer

Grammar: each and every

Each and every both come before a singular noun, and with many nouns either one is right: each bed, every bed. On a farm where volunteers come every weekend and each bed has its own crop, learners see a group as a whole or one by one, add each of before the and a plural noun, and keep the verb singular.

Each and every

every = all of a group, together; each = the members one by one. Use a singular verb after each and every.

Every for the group, each one by one

Every looks at all the members of a group together: Every volunteer needs work gloves. Each looks at them one at a time: Each bed has a different crop. Both go before a singular noun, and each one or every one can replace the noun: Each one smells different.

The forms

Form	Meaning	Examples
every + singular noun	all of a group, together	Every volunteer needs gloves. Eliza comes every Saturday.
each + singular noun	the members one by one	Each bed has its own crop.
each of + the / my / her / Eliza's + plural noun	one by one, in a group we know	Each of the volunteers brings water. Each of my friends grows herbs.
each one / every one	instead of the noun	These herbs are great. Each one smells different.
every + number + plural noun	how often	We weed every two weeks. Water them every three days.

every or each?

every = all of them, together

Every bed in the garden gets sun.
Volunteers come every weekend.
Every volunteer needs work gloves.

each = one by one

Each bed has a different crop.
Each of the kids plants one seed.
Water each plant gently.

Each of + the + plural noun

Before the, my, her or Eliza's and a plural noun, use each of: Each of the volunteers brings water. Each of us and each of them work too. There is no every of; say every one of: Every one of the volunteers brings water.

No “every of”

There is no every of. Say each of or every one of: Each of the volunteers brings water. Every one of the volunteers brings water. Not: Every of the volunteers brings water.

A singular verb, even after each of

The verb agrees with one member: Every volunteer brings a snack. Each of the beds has its own crop. The plural noun after each of doesn't change it, so Each of the volunteers have gloves is a mistake. Questions take does: Does every volunteer need gloves?

A singular verb, every time

Subject	Example
every + noun	Every volunteer brings a snack.
each + noun	Each bed has its own sign.
each of + the / my / Eliza's + plural noun	Each of the beds has its own crop.
each of us	Each of us has a row.
each of you	Each of you has a job.
each of them	Each of them waters one bed.
questions	Does every volunteer need gloves?

Common mistakes

Every beds need water.
Every bed needs water.
every + one (singular) noun
Each of volunteer gets a job.
Each of the volunteers gets a job.
each of + the + plural noun
Every of the kids plants a seed.
Each of the kids plants a seed.
no “every of”: say each of
Each of the volunteers have gloves.
Each of the volunteers has gloves.
each of … + a singular verb

Often the same, but not always

With one noun, each and every often mean the same. Only every goes before a number for how often: We weed every two weeks, not each two weeks. For two things, only each works: a glove on each hand, not on every hand.

Often the same

With one noun, each or every often means the same: each bed / every bed. Think of each when you look at the things one by one, and every when you look at the whole group. Only every goes before a number: every two weeks (not: each two weeks).

Two things? Use each

With two things, use each, not every: She has a glove on each hand. (Not: on every hand.) Every is for groups of three or more.

At D-Town Farm and in Renata's garden

Every volunteer needs a pair of work gloves.
Eliza volunteers every Saturday and Sunday.
Each of the farm's three hoop houses helps plants grow.
At Renata's school, each class gets one raised bed.
Look at these herbs: each one smells different.
Renata's garden club meets every two weeks.

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What's in the lesson

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4 games
1 article
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2 transcripts

The main objectives of this lesson are to:

use every + a singular noun for a whole group and for routines: Every volunteer needs a pair of work gloves. Eliza volunteers every Saturday and Sunday.
look at things one by one with each and each of + the + plural noun: Each bed has its own crop. Each of the kids plants one seed.
keep the verb singular after both: Each of the volunteers has gloves, not have; Does every volunteer need long pants?
say how often with every + a number: We weed every two weeks, never each two weeks
present a garden plan with what, who and when: Every class takes care of one bed, and each of the students has a job.

Lesson 23 is the third lesson of Green living, unit 6 of English B1.1 · Stories That Travel. It builds on A1.2 lesson 18, where every day and every Saturday answered How often…?, and on lesson 22, whose some of and none of lead to each of the. Lesson 24 ends the unit with fewer and less. Volunteer work suits the grammar: who comes every weekend, and which job each person does.

Students spin a wheel of questions about plants and vegetables, then learn twelve words, from weed and water to hoop house and collard greens, with pictures and audio. They read Darius's story about D-Town Farm, then hear him weed with Eliza, a volunteer, and Renata, a 17-year-old from Michigan, ask what he would plant in her class's raised bed, both AI-voiced. The grammar chapter has the scheme and four self-checking drills, among them a table of every and each of the with a verb. In the speaking chapter, the student plans a school garden with Darius in a chat, puts his model plan in order, sorts its parts into what, who and when, completes a plan and opens boxes to present one.

All nine homework tasks check themselves: a word match, an anagram and a gap-fill for the words, then a choice of forms in new sentences, verbs in the present simple, word order, a quiz on the correct sentence, Darius's answer to Renata with words to drag in and Savannah's plan to put in order.

Grammar:: each and every · each of + plural noun · every two weeks · singular verb after each / every
Topic:: D-Town Farm · Detroit · Rouge Park · city farms · gardening · volunteering · green living · Stories That Travel

Teaching tips

Point at students one at a time and say Each of you has a pen, then sweep a hand over the class: Every student has a pen. Ask which sentence looked at people one by one.
Ask students to guess the farm's size before the reading, then check in Darius's story: about two acres at the start, slightly more than seven today, inside a park of 1,184 acres.
Play the volunteer day twice: first for Darius's jobs on the farm, then for each each and every. Students raise a hand at each one and say the verb that follows it.
Turn the plan into a poster: groups draw a garden with four raised beds and label what, who and when, with each bed, every class and every two weeks, then present it to the class.

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Questions about this lesson

What's the difference between each and every?

Use every for the whole group and each one by one: Every volunteer needs work gloves. Each bed has a different crop. With one singular noun, both are often correct, as in each bed or every bed. But only each works for two things and before of, and only every goes before a number: every two weeks. The B1 lesson A farm in the middle of Detroit on edio.ai teaches the difference on a city farm.

Do each and every take a singular or plural verb?

Both take a singular verb, even when a plural noun follows each of: Every volunteer brings a snack. Each of the beds has its own crop. Each of us has a row. So it's has, needs and brings, not have, need and bring. In questions, use does: Does every volunteer need gloves? A gap-fill in A farm in the middle of Detroit, a B1 lesson on edio.ai, practices these verbs.

Is it "every of" or "each of"?

It's each of, because every of doesn't exist. Before the, my or a pronoun, say each of the kids, each of my friends or each of them. To use every, add one: Every one of the volunteers brings water. Also keep the plural noun: each of the volunteers, not each of volunteer. The scheme in A farm in the middle of Detroit on edio.ai lists both slips among its common mistakes.

What are some examples of each and every?

Here are examples from a volunteer weekend on a farm: Every volunteer needs a pair of work gloves. Eliza volunteers every Saturday and Sunday. At Renata's school, each class gets one raised bed. Look at these herbs: each one smells different. Renata's garden club meets every two weeks. Only every two weeks has a plural noun, because a number comes first. All five are from A farm in the middle of Detroit on edio.ai.

What is D-Town Farm?

D-Town Farm is a farm inside Detroit's Rouge Park, a big city park. The Detroit Black Community Food Sovereignty Network has run it there since 2008. It began on about two acres and covers slightly more than seven today. Every year, a small staff and volunteers grow more than 30 kinds of fruits, vegetables and herbs, and three hoop houses give plants a longer season. A farm in the middle of Detroit on edio.ai tells its story.

What gardening vocabulary should B1 students know?

Start with the verbs and tools of a working garden: you weed a row, water the plants and push a wheelbarrow full of soil. A raised bed is a wooden box above the ground, a hoop house is a plastic tunnel that keeps plants warm, and a crop is a plant grown for food, such as collard greens. An herb, like basil, adds flavor. A farm in the middle of Detroit on edio.ai teaches twelve such words.

How do I teach each and every to B1 students?

Start with a group the class can see, such as the students themselves: Every student has a book for the whole group, then Each student reads one page for people one at a time. Then add each of the and check the verb in every sentence. A farm in the middle of Detroit on edio.ai moves from Darius's story and a volunteer day to the scheme, four drills and a school garden plan.

What's a good game for practicing each and every?

Open-the-box prompts about a shared garden work well: one box asks the student to give each person in the group a job, another to say what they do every morning, every week and every two weeks, and the student answers aloud. For a chain round, each student adds one rule for a class garden that starts with Every or Each of us, and the next one repeats it before adding theirs.

What's good homework for each and every?

Good homework pairs each subject with the right verb: gaps such as Each of my neighbors ___ (grow) vegetables, a choice between Each of, Every of and Each, and words to put in order. All nine homework tasks in A farm in the middle of Detroit on edio.ai check themselves, ending with Darius's answer to a listener and a garden club plan to put in order.

How do you practice each and every one-to-one?

Talk through the student's weekly routine: the teacher asks What do you do every morning? and Does each of your friends play a sport?, the student answers, then asks back. The chat in A farm in the middle of Detroit on edio.ai needs no partner: Darius helps the student plan a school garden, and each wrong reply has a slip such as each of bed or Each of the students have a job.

Are there interactive exercises for each and every?

Yes: a verb gap-fill and a garden chat that mark answers. Without an account, this page plays three parts of A farm in the middle of Detroit, a B1 lesson on edio.ai: Darius's volunteer day with Eliza, gaps for present simple verbs after each and every, and the chat that plans a school garden. The rest of the lesson is locked.

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What's inside

Gardening vocabulary

Grammar: each and every

Every for the group, each one by one

The forms

every or each?

Each of + the + plural noun

A singular verb, even after each of

A singular verb, every time

Common mistakes

Often the same, but not always

At D-Town Farm and in Renata's garden

Try the each and every exercises

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The main objectives of this lesson are to:

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The whole course: English B1.1 · Stories That Travel

Unit 1 Travel smart

Unit 2 Dream jobs, new jobs

Unit 3 Space and discovery

Unit 4 Life online

Unit 5 Screen and page

Unit 6 Green living

Unit 7 Sporting moments

Unit 8 Mysteries and lost worlds

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