1. BOTH NEITHER
EITHER

2. T OR F
Both
the mother and the
daughter have curly hair.

3. CHECK
Both
the mother and the
daughter have curly hair.
TRUE

4. T OR F
Both
the father and the
mother have fair hair.

5. CHECK
Both
the father and the
mother have fair hair.
FALSE

6. T OR F
Neither
the son nor the
daughter is happy.

7. CHECK
Neither
the son nor the
daughter is happy. FALSE

8. T OR F
Both
the daughter and the
son are teenagers.

9. CHECK
Both
the daughter and the
son are teenagers. TRUE

10. T OR F
It
is either spring or summer.

11. CHECK
It
is either spring or summer.
TRUE

12.  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

13. 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

14. ANSWERS
It
is either spring or summer.
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.
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15. Both
… and
-> plural
Either … nor, either
… or
-> depends on S2

16. She wants to play either
tennis or volleyball.
-> play volleyball ~play
tennis
Play + either


17. She wants to either go
shopping or relax in the
park.
-> go shopping # relax
Either + go


18. BOTH ….. 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.

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

20. My
father
is
very
interested in football, and
so is my brother.
-> Both my father and my
brother are very interested
in football.

21. He
is handsome. He
is successful.
->He is both handsome
and successful.

22. 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.

23. Neither
Jill nor her
parents are coming to the
party.
Neither her parents nor
Jill is coming to the party.

24. EITHER ….. OR
• He found the money, or he
stole it from somewhere.
.

25. EITHER ….. OR
• He found the money, or he
stole it from somewhere.
->He either found the money or
stole it from somewhere.

26. • You can pay in cash, or you
can pay by cheque.
->You can pay either in cash
or by cheque.

27. • 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.

28. • She probably forgot our
arrangement, or she got
lost.
-> She either forgot our
arrangement or got lost.

29. NEITHER …….NOR
• She isn’t tall. She isn’t
short.
-> She is neither tall nor
short.

30. NEITHER …….NOR
• Vicky doesn’t look like her.
She doesn’t look like her
father.
-> Vicky looks like neither her
mother nor father.

31. • The book wasn’t interesting
and it wasn’t informative,
either.
-> The book was neither
interesting nor informative.

32. • My children don’t like
vegetables. My husband
doesn’t either.
• Neither my children nor my
husband likes vegetables.