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Chaque bénévole distribuera des vêtements.

Chaque bénévole distribuera des vêtements.
Each volunteer will distribute clothes.
From Lesson 145:Indefinite adjectives (quelques, plusieurs, chaque)·French

Questions & Answers about Chaque bénévole distribuera des vêtements.

Why is bénévole singular if we are talking about all the volunteers?
The word chaque translates to "each" or "every." Just like in English, it always describes a singular noun. So we say chaque bénévole (each volunteer) and use the singular verb distribuera, even though we are referring to multiple people in a group.
How do we know if bénévole is masculine or feminine here?
We don't! The noun bénévole (volunteer) ends in an "e", so its spelling is exactly the same for both men and women. The word chaque also doesn't change for gender, so chaque bénévole works perfectly for anyone.
What tense is distribuera?
It is the future tense of the regular verb distribuer (to distribute). To form this tense, you keep the full infinitive (distribuer) and add the future ending. Since the subject chaque bénévole is singular (like "he" or "she"), we add the ending -a to get distribuera.
Why is there a des before vêtements when the English translation just says clothes?
In French, nouns almost always need an article (like "a," "the," or "some") in front of them. Because the volunteers are handing out an unspecified number of clothes ("some clothes"), we must use the plural indefinite article des. In English, we usually drop the word "some," but French requires the des.

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