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Bothand Eitheror Neither LB

The document discusses the use of conjunctions "both...and", "either...or", and "neither...nor". It provides examples of how to use each conjunction to emphasize two people or things, an alternative, or that two alternatives are not possible or true, respectively. It then has exercises to practice using the conjunctions correctly.

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Bothand Eitheror Neither LB

The document discusses the use of conjunctions "both...and", "either...or", and "neither...nor". It provides examples of how to use each conjunction to emphasize two people or things, an alternative, or that two alternatives are not possible or true, respectively. It then has exercises to practice using the conjunctions correctly.

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Both...and, either...or, neither...

nor
We use both…and – together to We use either…or together to We use neither…nor together to
emphasize two people or things emphasize that there is an emphasize that two alternatives are not
alternative possible, likely or true
Both Ann and Jane like Maths. You can have either a dog or a Neither Ted nor Mark likes snakes.
cat for your birthday. Neither Ted nor his friends like snakes.

I Underline the correct word. II Rewrite the incorrect sentences.


1 Neither / Either Sarah nor her sisters are very tall. 1 We can either stay in nor go out.
2 I don’t like either / neither football or rugby very We can either stay in or go out
much. 2 I spoke to both Ann or Sally.
3 John Brick is both / either thoughtful and generous. I spoke to either Ann or Sally

4 The shop assistant in the shop persuaded me to buy 3 She neither apologized nor explained.
either/both the skirt and the jacket. __________________________________
4 Neither Joe or Tom came to the party.
5 Neither / Either Bob nor Sam went to university.
Neither Joe nor tom came to the party
6 Adult crocodiles are either / both strong and lively.
5 Nick was both tired and hungry when
7You can have neither / either a cake or a doughnut, he arrived home.
but not both! __________________________________

III Make up sentences, linking these ideas. Use both…and, either…or, neither…nor. Example:
Kate plays the violin. And she sings. Kate both plays the violin and sings.
1 We can watch TV or we can play computer games now.
We can either watch TV or play computer games now
2 Alan couldn’t read Chinese. And he couldn’t write it.
Alan could neither read Chinese nor write it
3 I didn’t know Sam’s address. My sister didn’t know his address.
Neither I nor sister knew the address
4 My new flat is larger than my old flat. And it is closer to my office.
My new flat is both larger and closer to my office than my old flat
5 Dan didn’t meet Tom’s sister. And he didn’t meet Tom’s brother.
He didn’t meet either tomґs sister or tomґs brother
6 It was a very boring lecture. It was very long too. The lecture was both very boring and long
7 Jill is on holiday and so is her sister. Both Jill and her sister are on holidays

IV Complete the text. Use both…and, either…or, neither…nor.


Dangerous pets.
Sometimes people keep crocodiles as their pets. They are 1neither easy 2nor cheap to look
after. These reptiles look 3both cute4and harmless as babies. But that won’t last long.
Crocodiles can reach over 14 feet in length. As a result the adults can be 5both very strong 6and
very dangerous. Crocodiles aren’t vegetarian. They eat 7either fish 8or meat. They need 9both
space 10and expensive equipment.
Crocodiles are 11neither tolerant 12nor tame, they can’t be 13either friendly 14or loving.
Think twice before you decide to have such an exotic but dangerous pet.
KEY
Exercise I
1 Neither 2 either 3 both 4 both 5 Neither 6 both 7 either

Exercise II
1 We can either stay in or go out.
2 I spoke to both Ann and Sally.
3 She neither apologized nor explained. - Correct
4 Neither Joe nor Tom came to the party.
5 Nick was both tired and hungry when he arrived home. - Correct

Exercise III
1 We can either watch TV or play computer games now.
2 Alan could neither read Chinese nor write it.
3 Neither I nor my sister knew Sam’s address.
4 My new flat is both larger than my old one and closer to my office.
5 He didn’t meet either Tom’s sister or his brother.
6 The lecture was both boring and long.
7 Both Jill and her sister are on holiday.

Exercise IV

Dangerous pets.
Sometimes people keep crocodiles as their pets. They are 1 neither easy 2 nor cheap to look after.
These reptiles look 3 both cute 4 and harmless as babies. But that won’t last long. Crocodiles can reach
over 14 feet in length. As a result the adults can be 5 both very strong 6 and very dangerous.
Crocodiles aren’t vegetarian. They eat 7 either fish 8 or meat. They need 9 both space 10 and
expensive equipment.
Crocodiles are 11neither tolerant 12 nor tame, they can’t be 13 either friendly 14 or loving.
So think twice before you decide to have such an exotic but dangerous pet.

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