Fill in the blanks.
1............... of us were ill, so we didn't go to work.
Wrong!
Use "Both" when two people were ill.
2I can't choose between these two colors because I like ............... of them.
Wrong!
Use "both" when you like the two colors together.
3I don't like ............... of my maths teachers.
Wrong!
After a negative verb, use "either" to mean not one and not the other.
4He ............... smokes nor drinks.
Wrong!
Use "neither" with nor to join two negative ideas.
5"I can't swim." "I can't ..............."
Wrong!
After a negative statement, use "either" at the end to agree negatively.
6"I can't speak English." "............... can I."
Wrong!
Use "Neither" before an auxiliary verb and subject to agree with a negative statement.
7............... my parents are teachers.
Wrong!
Use "Both" when two parents are teachers.
8............... James nor his brother speaks English.
Wrong!
Use "Neither" with nor to say that two people do not do something.
9Tom didn't go, and Anna didn't go; ............... went to the party.
Wrong!
Use "Neither" when Tom did not go and Anna did not go.
10............... of them have been invited.
Wrong!
Use "Both" with a plural verb when the two people have been invited.
11I looked for the two students, but ............... of them was present there.
Wrong!
Use "Neither" after but to mean not one and not the other.
12You can go ............... by car or by train.
Wrong!
Use "either" with or to show two possible choices.
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- Both of us were ill, so we didn’t go to work.
- I can’t choose between these two colors because I like both of them.
- I don’t like either of my maths teachers.
- He neither smokes nor drinks.
- “I can’t swim.” “I can’t either“
- “I can’t speak English.” “Neither can I.”
- Both my parents are teachers.
- Neither James nor his brother speaks English.
- Tom didn’t go, and Anna didn’t go; Neither went to the party.
- Both of them have been invited.
- I looked for the two students, but Neither of them was present there.
- You can go either by car or by train.