Either he or they is/ are going to take care of the problem.. Neither my aunts nor my grandmother want/ wants to come to the celebration.. Neither Sally nor the other children believe/ b
Trang 1CHỦ ĐÈ 11 – EITHER … OR / NEITHER … NOR/ BOTH … AND/ NOT ONLY … BUT ALSO
Not only A but also B: Không những A mà còn B
Both A and B: cả A và B đều
Either A or B : hoặc A hoặc B
Neither A nor B: cả A và B đều không
Chú ý:
- A và B là từ cùng loại
- Với cấu trúc Either A or B, Neither A nor B, Not only A but also B, nếu cụm này được làm chủ ngữ thì động từ chia theo B
Bài tập 1: Chia động từ cho các câu sau
1 Both Tom and Peter (live/ lives) in a suburb of Chicago
2 Either he or they (is/ are) going to take care of the problem
3 Neither my aunts nor my grandmother (want/ wants) to come to the celebration
4 Both my father and my brother (intend/ intends) to finish the project
5 Neither Sally nor the other children (believe/ believes) in the tooth fairy
6 Either I or Jack (has/ have) investigated the situation already
7 Both the students and the teacher (believes/ believe) in evolution
8 Either the uncle or the aunt (send/ sends) the boy a birthday card every year
9 Neither Jennifer nor Katherine (were/ was_ able to attend the party last week
10 Either the participants or the sponsors (are/ is) going to make a donation
Bài tập 2: Viết lại câu dùng các cấu trúc trên
1 Tom was late So was Ann
2 She didn't write and she didn't phone
3 Jim is on holiday and so is Carrol
4 John doesn't smoke and he doesn't drink
5 Jim hasn't got a car Carrol hasn't got a car either
6 It was a very boring film It was verry long too
7 Is that the man's name Richard? Or is it Robert? It's one of the too
8 I haven't got item to go on holiday And I haven't got the money
9 We can leave today or we can leave tomrrow- whichever you prefer