Correlative Conjunctions

You can go left. You can go right.

• You can either go left or right.

• You can neither go left nor right.

They are not my schoolmates. They are not my friends.

• They are neither my schoolmates nor my friends.

• They are either my schoolmates or my friends.

I did not go to the birthday party. I did not go to the wedding.

• I went neither to the birthday party nor the wedding.

• I went either to the birthday party or the wedding.

I have to choose ________ a cat ________ a rabbit as my pet.

• either .. or

• neither .. nor

Mandy spent too much money at the mall. She bought _____ a new sweater _____ a new purse.

• either; or

• neither; nor

• not only; but also

• no sooner; than

_______ we eat before the movie _______ after the movie makes no difference to me.

• Both; and

• Whether; or

• If; then

• Either, or

The Jones boys might play tennis this weekend. They might go sailing instead.

• The Jones boys might both play tennis and go sailing this weekend.

• The Jones boys will either play tennis or go sailing this weekend.

• The Jones boys will play either tennis or sailing this weekend.

Choose the correct correlative conjunctions.

Mrs. Henry enjoys ________ gardening __________ reading.

• neither/nor

• both/and

• either/but

• whether/nor

Choose the correct correlative conjunctions.

__________ was it cold outside, _______ it was snowing.

• not only/but also

• either/nor

• no sooner/than

• both/and was

Fill in the blank with the correct correlative conjunction.

There is a hurricane warning. We are expected to get not only strong winds, ___________ damaging hail.

• and

• but also

• or

• neither