(20.1) EXERCISE - EITHER and NEITHER

Put in either or neither.

1. Which hockey stick do you want? You can have _____. I don’t want _____, thank you. _____ is big enough for me.

 2. She showed me a pair of bracelets and told me that I could have _____ of them.

3. _____ of the films was much good and I’m sure you won’t like _____ of them.

4. _____ of the boys wants to go and _____ of them is ready so we can go without them.

5. Which cake do you want? _____, please. I like both of them.

6. Do you think that _____ of those boys will win? No, I’m afraid not. I’m sure that _____ of them is fast enough.

7. You can come on _____ day – Saturday or Sunday. _____ of them is a busy day for us.

8. I don’t know which road to take. _____ of them looks very smooth. Ask that man if _____ of them goes to the village.

9. In hockey there is an umpire at _____ end but _____ of them is supposed to award a short corner at the opposite end.

10. She doesn’t like _____ of those dresses and she says that _____ of them fits her properly.

Join up each pair of sentences by using either … or or neither… nor.

Example: John doesn’t know the answer. Peter doesn’t know the answer. Neither John nor Peter knows the answer.

Example: He wants this pen. He wants that pen. (He wants one of them). He wants either this pen or that pen.

11. Mary doesn’t want one. Janet doesn’t want one.

12. It opens this way. It opens that way.

13. I lost it at school. I lost it on my way home.

14. Robert is not as tall as I am. George is not as tall as I am.

15. She’s the kind of person you love. She’s the kind of person you hate.

16. London is not as crowded as Hong Kong. Paris is not as crowded as Hong Kong.

17. My father does not like this part of the town. My mother does not like this part of the town.

18. The train arrives at six o’clock. The train arrives at seven o’clock.

19. He comes to school by taxi. He comes by bus.

20. You don’t want it. I don’t want it.