Ex. 17. Choose the correct variant

1. Nick has lived in Glasgow and Dublin but he doesn’t like either/neither city.

2. I can get to Edinburg by plane or train but either/neither way is very expensive.

3. You can keep one of the photos. Either/Neither of them – whichever you like.

4. Either/neither of the examples is wrong. You cannot use any in your report.

5. They offered a couple of variants but we accepted either/neither offer because they didn’t meet our requirements.

6. I haven’t met either/neither of the twins – how could I recognise them?

7. Luckily, neither/either passenger was hurt in the crash.

8. If you see either/neither of these men, contact the police immediately.

9. You can use either/neither method in your research. Both have proved effective.

10. The game wasn’t exciting and either/neither team played well.

Ex.18. Join the sentences with both … and; either … or: neither nor, as in the model.

1. John repairs cars. He repairs motorbikes. → John repairs both cars and motorbikes.

2. I don’t know Ann. I don’t know her husband.

3. We can do it today. We can do it tomorrow.

4. My uncle collects paintings. He collects rarities.

5. His wife doesn’t speak English. She doesn’t speak German.

6. The film was funny. It was very moving.

7. She didn’t call me. She didn’t write to me.

8. You can stay with me. You can stay with Janet.

9. I can drive to the airport. I can take a taxi.

10. We had no umbrella. We had no raincoats. So we got wet.

11. When she was a student, she played basketball. She played tennis.

Ex.19. Choose the correct variant: A, B, C or D.

1. _________ student in the group is required to take the final examination.

A Every

B Either

C Neither

D All

2. I had to go to the post office because I had _________ letters to send.

A few

B a few

C little

D a little

3. For breakfast, I usually drink _________ coffee or green tea.

A both

B either

C no

D neither

4. If there’s _________ soup left, put it in the fridge, please.

A no

B some

C all

D none

5. She’d got ___________ money at the moment but tomorrow she’ll be paid for her project.

A many

B little

C much

D few

6. I had never seen so _________ stars in the sky!

A much

B a lot

C many

D lots

7. Gerald Durrell wrote a book called “My Family and _________ Animals”.

A Another

B The other

C Other

D Others

8. Take your feet off the table. _________ legs aren’t very strong.

A Yours

B Its

C It’s

D Your

9. Who are _________ people over there? Can anybody tell me?

A that

B these

C this

D those

10. There is at least one window in _________ rooms in our apartment.

A most of the

B each

C every

D most

Ex.20. Can you spot mistakes in the following sentences? Be attentive: some sentences are correct.

1. Give me few minutes and I’ll be ready.

2. Sorry, I can’t come to your party because I’m meeting a friend of me tonight.

3. I was too tired to do any work.

4. John’s got a pain in the stomach. I’m taking him to the doctor.

5. I didn’t say nothing. I just left.

6. Garry is very busy with his job. He has little time for anything else.

7. Did it cost much to rent a cottage for summer?

8. I can neither accept nor reject your proposal yet. I need little time to consider it.

9. Not many people live in the countryside. Most of people live in large cities and towns.

10. Jane said she would be in touch. But she neither phoned nor wrote to me.

11. How often do you drive your car? – Each day.

12. These cakes are so delicious! Could I have other one?

13. She is unhappy because she doesn’t have some friends.

14. His speech was so confusing. We understood no of his arguments.

15. For this job you must speak both English or German fluently.

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