BOTH NEITHEREITHER

T OR F

Both the mother and the daughter have curly hair.

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Both the mother and the daughter have curly hair. TRUE

T OR F

Both the father and the mother have fair hair.

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Both the father and the mother have fair hair. FALSE

T OR F

Neither the son nor the daughter is happy.

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Neither the son nor the daughter is happy. FALSE

T OR F

Both the daughter and the son are teenagers.

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Both the daughter and the son are teenagers. TRUE

T OR F

It is either spring or summer.

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It is either spring or summer. TRUE

Both the mother and the daughter have curly hair.

Both the father and the mother have fair hair.

Both the daughter and the son are teenagers. RULES for “both (… and)”

• It refers to… • 2 PEOPLE / THINGS

• Its meaning is… • INCLUSIVE (POSITIVE)

• When it is part of the subject, the verb is…

• PLURAL

Neither the son nor the daughter is happy.

RULES for “neither (… nor)” • It refers to…

• 2 PEOPLE / THINGS • Its meaning is…

• INCLUSIVE (NEGATIVE)• When it is part of the subject, if the “second” subject (“daughter” in the example) is singular the verb is…

• SINGULAR

ANSWERS

It is either spring or summer.

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RULES for “either (… or)” • It refers to…

• 2 PEOPLE / THINGS • Its meaning is…

• EXCLUSIVE (ONE OR THE OTHER)

• When it is part of the subject, if the “second” subject is singular, the verb is SINGULAR.

Both … and -> pluralEither … nor, either … or

-> depends on S2

She wants to play either tennis or volleyball.

-> play volleyball ~play tennis Play + either

She wants to either go shopping or relax in the park.

-> go shopping # relaxEither + go

BOTH ….. ANDBOTH ….. AND

The fruit at the local market is cheap. The

fruit at the local market is fresh.

-> The fruit at the local market is

both cheap and fresh.

My father is very interested in football, and so is my brother.

My father is very interested in football, and so is my brother.

-> Both my father and my brother are very interested in football.

He is handsome. He is successful.

->He is both handsome and successful.

Both Jane and Ed are coming with us.

Either the teachers or the principal is responsible for this.

Either the principal or the teachers are responsible for this.

Neither Jill nor her parents are coming to the party.

Neither her parents nor Jill is coming to the party.

EITHER ….. OREITHER ….. OR

• He found the money, or he stole it from somewhere.

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EITHER ….. OREITHER ….. OR

• He found the money, or he stole it from somewhere.

->He either found the money or stole it from somewhere.

• You can pay in cash, or you can pay by cheque.

->You can pay either in cash or by cheque.

• To get our house, you can take the bus , you can take the train.

->To get our house, you can take either the or the train.

• She probably forgot our arrangement, or she got lost.

-> She either forgot our arrangement or got lost.

NEITHER …….NORNEITHER …….NOR

• She isn’t tall. She isn’t short.

-> She is neither tall nor short.

NEITHER …….NORNEITHER …….NOR

• Vicky doesn’t look like her. She doesn’t look like her father.

-> Vicky looks like neither her mother nor father.

• The book wasn’t interesting and it wasn’t informative, either.

-> The book was neither interesting nor informative.

• My children don’t like vegetables. My husband doesn’t either.

• Neither my children nor my husband likes vegetables.