BOTH, NEITHER, EITHER

Grammar

WORK IN PAIRS. LOOK AT THE PHOTO AND

DECIDE WHETHER THE STATEMENTS
BELOW ARE TRUE OR FALSE.
Both the mother and the daughter have curly hair.
Neither of them has red hair.

Both the father and the

mother have fair hair.
Neither the son nor the
daughter is happy.
The father looks either
Latino or Italian.
Both the daughter and
the son are teenagers.
It is either spring or
summer.

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WORK IN PAIRS. LOOK AT THE PHOTO AND

DECIDE WHETHER THE STATEMENTS
BELOW ARE TRUE OR FALSE.

Both the mother and the daughter have curly hair. TRUE
Neither of them has red hair. TRUE
Both the father and the
mother have fair hair.
FALSE
Neither the son nor the
daughter is happy.
FALSE
The father looks either
Latino or Italian. TRUE
Both the daughter and the
son are teenagers. TRUE
It is either spring or
summer. TRUE

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WORK IN PAIRS. LOOK AT SENTENCES AND

CHOOSE THE CORRECT WAY TO FINISH
THE
BELOW.
BothRULES
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
more than 2 people / things
Its meaning is
exclusive (one or the other)
inclusive (positive)
inclusive (negative)
When it is part of the subject,
the verb is
plural
singular

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ANSWERS
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

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WORK IN PAIRS. LOOK AT SENTENCES AND

CHOOSE THE CORRECT WAY TO FINISH
RULES
BELOW.
THE
Neither
of them
has red hair.
Neither

the son nor the daughter is happy.

RULES for neither ( nor)

It refers to
2 people / things
more than 2 people / things
Its meaning is
exclusive (one or the other)
inclusive (positive)
inclusive (negative)
When it is part of the subject, if the
second subject (daughter in the
example) is singular the verb is
plural
singular

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ANSWERS
Neither

of them has red hair.

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

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WORK IN PAIRS. LOOK AT SENTENCES AND

CHOOSE THE CORRECT WAY TO FINISH
THE
RULES
BELOW.
The father
looks
either Latino or Italian.
It is either spring or summer.
RULES for either ( or)
It refers to
2 people / things
more than 2 people / things
Its meaning is
exclusive (one or the other)
inclusive (positive)
inclusive (negative)
When it is part of the subject, if the
second subject is singular, the verb
is SINGULAR.

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ANSWERS
father looks either Latino or Italian.
It is either spring or summer.

The

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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