Fill in the blanks with both, either or neither.
1............... of us were ill, so we didn't go to work.
Wrong!
Use "Both" to say that the two people were ill.
2There were two chops, and now his plate is empty. He has eaten ............... of them.
Wrong!
Use "both" because he ate the two chops.
3I don't like ............... of the colors.
Wrong!
Use "either" after a negative verb to mean not one and not the other.
4I liked ............... colors.
Wrong!
Use "both" before a plural noun to mean the two colors.
5Tom and Ana are coming. I have invited ............... of them.
Wrong!
Use "both" because Tom and Ana were both invited.
6Anna and Ben are both absent from my guest list. I have not invited ............... of them.
Wrong!
Use "either" after a negative verb to mean that neither person was invited.
7I tried the two keys, but ............... key opens the door.
Wrong!
Use "Neither" to say that not one key and not the other key opens the door.
8I could not choose between them; I liked them ............... .
Wrong!
Use "both" after the object pronoun to mean the two choices.
9............... Mark nor Samuel passed the test.
Wrong!
Use "Neither" with "nor" to connect two negative alternatives.
10We ............... liked the movie.
Wrong!
Use "both" after the subject to say that the two of us liked the movie.
11She ............... sings and dances.
Wrong!
Use "both" with "and" to add two actions.
12She ............... sings nor dances.
Wrong!
Use "neither" with "nor" to connect two negative actions.
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- Both of us were ill, so we didn’t go to work.
- There were two chops, and now his plate is empty. He has eaten both of them.
- I don’t like either of the colors.
- I liked both colors.
- Tom and Ana are coming. I have invited both of them.
- Anna and Ben are both absent from my guest list. I have not invited either of them.
- I tried the two keys, but Neither key opens the door.
- I could not choose between them; I liked them both .
- Neither Mark nor Samuel passed the test.
- We both liked the movie.
- She both sings and dances.
- She neither sings nor dances.
