Complete the following sentences using both, either or neither.
1............... my sisters live in the US.
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Use "Both" when the statement is true for two people or things together.
2............... of them were ill and didn’t go to work.
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Use "Both" before "of them" when the statement is true for the two people together.
3I know you don’t like me. I don’t like you ...............
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Use "either" at the end of a negative sentence meaning "also not."
4John didn’t come. ............... did Peter.
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Use "Neither" before an auxiliary verb and subject to mean "also not."
5I don’t like ............... of these colors.
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Use "either" after a negative verb to mean "not one or the other."
6I can’t decide between these two dresses. I like them ...............
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Use "both" after the object pronoun when you like the two things together.
7............... cheese or butter will do.
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Use "Either" with "or" to mean that one of the two choices is acceptable.
8We can ............... swim.
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Use "both" after a modal verb and before the main verb when the statement is true for two people.
9............... of them is here.
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Use "Neither" with a singular verb to mean "not one and not the other."
10I don’t like ............... of them.
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Use "either" after a negative verb to mean "not one or the other."
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- Both my sisters live in the US.
- Both of them were ill and didn’t go to work.
- I know you don’t like me. I don’t like you either
- John didn’t come. Neither did Peter.
- I don’t like either of these colors.
- I can’t decide between these two dresses. I like them both
- Either cheese or butter will do.
- We can both swim.
- Neither of them is here.
- I don’t like either of them.