Except and except for Both except and except for can be used after words like all, every, no, everything, anybody, nowhere, whole etc In other cases, we use except for All the invitees turned up except Shyam OR All the invitees turned up except for Shyam Both except and except for are possible after all Except for Shyam all the invitees turned up (NOT Except Shyam all the invitees turned up.) Exercise Combine the pairs of sentences using except He knows only Malayalam He does not know any other language Two boys have not come All the others have come John did not stand up All the other boys stood up Maya has not passed the test All the other girls have passed We have brought all our instruments But we haven’t brought my guitar He ate everything on his plate But he didn’t eat the potatoes I have cleaned all the rooms I haven’t cleaned the guestroom John and Mary came Nobody else came Nobody helped me You helped me ANSWERS He does not know any language except (for) Malayalam All the boys have come except (for) two All the boys stood up except (for) John All the girls have passed the test except (for) Maya We have brought all our instruments except (for) my guitar He ate everything on his plate except (for) the potatoes I have cleaned all the rooms except (for) the guestroom Nobody came except (for) John and Mary Nobody helped me except you Stay on top of your writing! Download our grammar guide from www.englishgrammar.org to stay up-to-date Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)