All
cheese contains protein All children
need affection
2.
All
the people in the room were silent.
Have you eaten all the bread?
3.
I've
invited all my friends
to the party.
I've been waiting all my life
for this opportunity.
4a.
Who's
left all this paper on
my desk?
4b.
Look
at all those balloons!
BOTH
+
1
2
3
4
-
the
my, your, etc.
these, those
Countable noun in the plural
Example:
1.
Both
children were born in Italy.
2.
He
has crashed both (of) the cars.
3.
Both
(of) my parents have fair hair.
4
You
can take both (of) these books
back to the library. See note below
HALF +
1
2
3
4
a
the
my, your, etc.
this, that,
these, those
Uncountable
or
countable noun
Example:
1.
I
bought half a kilo of
apples yesterday.
2.
You
can have half (of) the cake.
She gave me half (of) the apples.
3.
I've already given you half (of) my
money. Half (of) his books were
in French.
4
Half
(of) these snakes are harmless
You can take half (of) this sugar.
NOTE:
All, both, half + OF: 'OF' must be added when followed
by a pronoun:
All of you;
both of us; half of them It is also quite common to add it in most of the above situations
except when there is no article (No.1 in all the tables above.)
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