Both, either, neither

Both, either, neither

By Magda KLASA

They are sisters.

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Both sisters are little.

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Both of them are still in kindergarten.​

​They are a couple.

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They are both young.

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Neither of them has reached 30.​

​They are identical twins.

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Does either of them have blonde her?

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No, neither.

Neither of them is blonde.

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Does either of them have a beard?

Yes, one of them does.​

Multiple Choice

We use "both", "either", "neither" when there are:

• two people involved

• three people involved

• more than three people involved

Multiple Choice

This is a group of pupils.

_____ is more than 10 years old.

• Neither of them

• None of them

• Both of them

• Either of them

​Tricia

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Susanah​

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Those girls are not similar at all. Rea

All of them have curly hair, though.

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Both Susanah and Rea have dark hair.

​Neither Susanah nor Rea have fair hair.

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​Tricia

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Susanah​

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Rea

All of them are young.

None of them got married.​

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Multiple Choice

If there are more than two people, we say:

"all of them" or .........

• neither of them

• none of them

Multiple Choice

_____ of them are happy!

• Both

• All

• Either

• neither

Multiple Choice

Neither my husband ____ I like fruit salad.

Ani mój mąż, ani ja, nie lubimy sałatki owocowej.

• or

• nor

• and

• if

Multiple Choice

All ___ my students are writing a test now.

• with

• from

• of

• for

Multiple Choice

I have two brothers. ____ of them are older than me.

• both

• all

• some

• either

Multiple Choice

My friend has two sisters. She gets on well with _____ of them.

• either

• some

• neither

• none

Multiple Choice

- Does either of your kids like vanilla ice-cream?

- Well, actually I've got four kids.

- Oh, so sorry! I thought you had ___ of them!

• two

• three

• one

• six

Multiple Choice

I listened to both of the songs you emailed to me, but ____ of them seemed appropriate to me.

• both

• none

• neither

• either