whole & all

February 11, 2011

WHOLE

It has the same meaning with All, but only used with singular countable nouns

The whole town…………………….. All the town

The whole magazine …………………….. All the magazine

My whole life …………………….. All my life

This whole book …………………….. All this book

  • The whole city celebrates the anniversary of the liberation.

  • After the match, my whole body ached.

  • The global warming threatens the whole world.

  • We think her whole attitude is very rude.

  • I can’t spend my whole life working in an office.

  • Your whole family was behind you when you lost my job.

  • Tom’s whole life revolves around computer games.

  • The whole report is about the problems of the system.

Whole

With time expressions all doesn’t take the

The whole day …………………….. All day …………………….. All the day

The whole week …………………….. All week …………………….. All the week

  • She spent the whole day / all day cleaning

  • I had to work all weekend / the whole weekend on my essay..

  • It rained all week / the whole week.

  • You can find bananas all year / the whole year.

a whole + noun

  • He ate a whole lamb by himself.

  • There’s still a whole month till my birthday.
  • A mistake can sometimes ruin a whole life.
  • I spent a whole day in the hospital.
  • There’s still a whole week until the meeting.





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