Exercises with the answer at the end of the page.

1. Exercise 1: Fill the gaps with both, either, either … or, neither or neither … nor
1. She's __________ sociable and sensitive.
2. He plays __________ tennis nor squash.
3. Ali: Do you want ice cream or apple pie?
Siti: Can I have _____________ , please.
4. You can only have _____________ ice cream _____________ pie.
5. Tina wasn’t in class today. ______________ was Cathy. Hmm.
6. Justin Bieber or Adam Levine? I don't like _________ of them.
7. I found two pairs of nice jeans in the sales so I bought _____________.
8. Both streets go to the station. You can take _______________ .
9. Clara: Are you a doctor or a dentist?
Hudson: _____________ I’m a football player.
10. So who’s bringing a tent, ______________ you ____________ Mickey?
11. Danny: What shall we have for lunch, pasta or rice?
Ahmad: _____________ will do. I really don't mind.
12. _____________ you obey your mother ____________ you go to your room.
13. What a disaster. I failed ____________ my maths test and my French test.
14. I like ______________ Ana _____________ Ramos. They’re both bad and obsessed with money.
15. I like ______________ normal paella and seafood paella but my favourite rice dish is arroz
a banda.
16. _______________ my sister and I have blue eyes, but my brother's are brown.
17. ______________ she leaves or I will. I can't live with her anymore.

2. Exercise 2: Fill the gaps with both, either, either … or, neither or neither … nor
1. I love __________________ of my sisters equally!
2. __________________ me nor my brother like mushrooms.
3. I can't choose, so please can I have __________________ of them?
4. Please will __________________ you or Gary buy some milk later?
5. Do __________________ of you have a black dress I can borrow?
6. __________________ of them want to come with me so I suppose I will have to go by
myself.
7. I'm so lucky! I went to __________________ Spain and Portugal this year!
8. I don't think England or Brazil will win the world cup this year, __________________ of
them.
9. I can't decide what to have for dinner. I think __________________ pizza or roast chicken.
10. I don’t like __________________ of them.
11. I can’t decide between these two dresses. I like them __________________.
12. __________________ Maya nor Ann passed the test.
13. __________________ the manager ______________ his subordinates could give a satisfactory
explanation.
14. You can have __________________ tea __________________ coffee.
15. I don’t think much of __________________ of them. They both lack the required skillset.
16. I know you don’t like me. I don’t like you __________________.
17. Jane didn’t come. __________________ did Selena.
18. I invited __________________ of them, but __________________ turned up.
19. _________________ Martin and James are brilliant boys.
20. She is ______________ intelligent nor hardworking.
21. ________________ my uncle __________ my aunt could come to the party.
22. I'm thinking of traveling to ______________ Argentina ________________ Brazil.

3. Answer Exercise 1
1. both
2. neither
3. both
4. either …. or
5. neither
6. either
7. both
8. either
9. neither
10. either … or
11. either
12. either …. or
13. both
14. neither … nor
15. both
16. both
17. either
Answer Exercise 2
1. Both
2. Neither
3. Both
4. Either
5. Either
6. Neither
7. Both
8. Neither
9. Either
10. Either
11. Both
12. Neither
13. Neither … nor
14. Either … or
15. Either
16. Either
17. Neither
18. Both …. Neither
19. Both
20. Neither
21. Neither … nor
22. Either … or
Notes:
Both = this AND that
I like both cats and dogs.
I can speak both English and Spanish.
Either = this OR that
Jane either has a cat or a dog.
I can speak either English or Spanish.
Neither = NOT this and NOT that.
I like neither cats nor dogs.
I can speak neither French nor Arabic.