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Tout est prêt pour le dîner.

Tout est prêt pour le dîner.
Everything is ready for dinner.
From Lesson 47:Expressions of quantity (un peu de, beaucoup de)·French

Questions & Answers about Tout est prêt pour le dîner.

Since we are learning about quantity words like beaucoup de, why isn't there a de after Tout?
Expressions of quantity like beaucoup (a lot) and un peu (a little) need de when they describe a noun, like beaucoup de pain (a lot of bread). In this sentence, Tout (Everything) stands completely on its own as the subject, so no de is needed.
Why is the adjective prêt in the masculine singular form?
When the pronoun Tout (Everything) is the subject of a sentence, it is always treated grammatically as a masculine singular "it". That is why we use the masculine singular adjective prêt instead of the feminine prête.
Why do we say pour le dîner instead of just pour dîner?
In French, nouns almost always need an article in front of them, even when English doesn't use one. So while English says "ready for dinner", French says "ready for the dinner" (pour le dîner).
Can dîner be used as a verb too?
Yes! dîner is both a noun (le dîner, meaning the dinner) and a regular -er verb (dîner, meaning to dine or to have dinner). Here, the article le tells us it is being used as a noun.

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