Correlative Conjunctions

Front

You have neither brushed your teeth nor combed your hair. Now we are going to be late for school!

Back

neither/nor

Front

Sentence using parallel structure:

Back

Dante hopes to both get a promotion and earn a raise.

Front

___ you clean your room, ___ you stay home this weekend.

Back

either/or

Front

Subject-verb agreement example:

Back

Both the students and the teacher are sick with the flu.

Front

I want to try out for the football team, but I am ___ strong ___ athletic.

Back

neither/nor

Front

When it rains on a school day, we can either play heads-up seven-up or read a book.

Back

either/or

Front

Pronoun-antecedent agreement example:

Back

Either my brother or my classmates will share their lunch with me.

Front

Decide ___ to take the bus ___ ride your bike to school.

Back

whether/or

Front

Subject-verb agreement example:

Back

Either my mom or my grandparents pick me up from school.

Front

It makes no difference to me whether we win victoriously or crumble in defeat. I just want to have fun.

Back

whether/or