Unit 89. Both / both of, neither / neither of, either / either of

Complete the sentences with both/neither/either.
Key.2    Neither
3    both
4    Either
5    Neither

1    \'Do you want tea or coffee?\'    \'   Eather  . I really don\'t mind.\'
2    \'What day is it today - the 18th or the 19th?\'    \'_______________. It\'s the 20th.\'
3    A: Where did you go for your holidays - Scotland or Ireland?
     B: We went to _______________. A week in Scotland and a week in Ireland.
4    \'When shall I phone, in the morning or afternoon?\'    \'_______________. I\'ll be in all day.\'
5    \'Where\'s Liz? Is she at work or at home?\'    \'_______________. She\'s away on holiday.\'

Complete the sentences with both/neither/either. Use of where necessary.
Key.2    either
3    both
4    Neither of
5    neither driver ... both / both the / both of the cars
6    both / both of

1       Both    my parents are from London.
2   To get to the town centre, you can go along the footpath by theriver or you can go along the road. You can go ________ way.
3    I tried twice to phone George, but ________ times he was out.
4    ________ Tom\'s parents is English. His father is Polish and his mother is Italian.
5    I saw an accident this morning. One car drove into the back ofanother. Fortunately ________ driver was injured, but ________ carswere badly damaged.
6    I\'ve got two sisters and a brother. My brother is working, but ________ my sisters are still at school.

Complete the sentences with both/neither/either + of us/them.
Key.2    either of them
3    both of them
4    neither of us
5    neither of them

1    I asked two people the way to the station, but    neither of them   could help me.
2    I was invited to two parties last week, but I couldn\'t go to _________________.
3    There were two windows in the room. It was very warm, so I opened _________________.
4    Sarah and I play tennis together regularly, but _________________ can play very well.
5    I tried two bookshops for the book I wanted, but _________________ had it.

Write sentences with both ... and ... / neither... nor ... / either ... or... .
Key.3    Both Joe and Sam are on holiday.
4    Neither Joe nor Sam has (got) a car.
5    Brian neither watches TV nor reads newspapers.
6    The film was both boring and long.
7    That man\'s name is either Richard or Robert.
8    I\'ve got neither the time nor the money to go on holiday.
9    We can leave either today or tomorrow.

1    Chris was late. So was Pat.
        Both Chris and Pat were late.  
2    He didn\'t write and he didn\'t phone.
         He neither wrote nor phoned.   
3    Joe is on holiday and so is Sam.
      ______________________________
4    Joe hasn\'t got a car. Sam hasn\'t got one either.
      ______________________________
5    Brian doesn\'t watch TV and he doesn\'t read newspapers.
      ______________________________
6    It was a boring film. It was long too.
     The film ______________________________
7    Is that man\'s name Richard? Or is it Robert? It\'s one of the two.
     That man\'s name ______________________________
8    I haven\'t got time to go on holiday. And I haven\'t got the money.
     I\'ve got ______________________________
9    We can leave today or we can leave tomorrow - whichever you prefer.
     We ______________________________

Complete the sentences with neither/either/none/any.
Key.2    either
3    any
4    none
5    any
6    either
7    neither

1    We tried a lot of hotels, but    none   of them had any rooms.
2    I took two books with me on holiday, but I didn\'t read ___________ of them.
3    I took five books with me on holiday, but I didn\'t read ___________ of them.
4    There are a few shops at the end of the street, but ___________ of them sells newspapers.
5    You can phone me at ___________ time during the evening. I\'m always at home.
6    I can meet you next Monday or Friday. Would ___________ of those days be convenient for you?
7    John and I couldn\'t get into the house because ___________ of us had a key.