Task 1. Choose the right variant

1. Some verbs can be followed by ___ an ing-form ___ an infinitive, usually without difference in meaning.
a) neither … nor b) either … or

2. Inside the examination room we could ___ smoke ___ talk.
a) either … or b) neither … nor

3. 'Did anybody come to see you last week?' - 'Nobody did. ___ Julia ___ John was there.'
a) either … or b) neither … nor

4. What's happened to Jim? He has ___ written ___ phoned.
a) either … or b) neither … nor

5. If you do any more homework tonight, we'll be able ___ to attend the concert ___ to go to the cinema.
a) neither … nor b) either … or

6. The room was ___ comfortable ___ clean, was it?
a) neither … nor b) either … or

7. I'd like to help you a little; I will ___ walk the dog ___ go shopping.
a) neither … nor b) either … or

8. Haven't you heard that Sally lives not far from us? She has ___ bought a new flat ___ rented it.
a) either … or b) neither … nor

9. 'Have they arrived yet?' - 'No, they haven't. But I expect them ___ today ___ tomorrow.'
a) either … or b) neither … nor

10. Borrow some money from your friends. ___ Ann ___ Mary will help you.
a) either … or b) neither … nor

11. ___ my words ___ Dad's arguments had any effect on him.
a) neither … nor b) either … or

12. It's getting dark. You must ___ go at once ___ wait till tomorrow.
a) either … or b) neither … nor

13. Charles lives ___ in Camberley ___ in Guildford, doesn't he?
a) neither … nor b) either … or

Task 2. Write sentences with both ... and ... / neither... nor ... / either ... or... .

1 Chris was late. So was Pat . _
2 He didn't write and he didn't phone ._
3 Joe is on holiday and so is Sam. _
4 Joe hasn't got a car. Sam hasn't got one either. _

5 Brian doesn't watch TV and he doesn't read newspapers. _

6 It was a boring film. It was long too.

The film _

7. Is that man's name Richard? Or is it Robert? It's one of the two.

That man's name _

8 I haven't got time to go on holiday. And I haven't got the money.

I've got _

9 We can leave today or we can leave tomorrow - whichever you prefer.

We_

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as is usual in our family for 2-3 weeks before the new year we the menu is a festive table and write out a list of products that must be buy something to buy in advance and not get lost in the sea pre-new year sales. shura ordered gefilte fish, sergei salad calamari, greek salad, i, and by tradition we always baked cake from semi-finished products, not to bathe with cakes. in the end, everything turned out not as we expected. it all started with the fact that no one wanted to kill the living carp, who did not want to fall asleep himself, despite the 4-hour walk on frost in a plastic bag. while decided what to do with carp, digested squid. they turned out rubber. with this bustle forgot to put the champagne in the refrigerator. it later emerged that in a hurry instead of bunches of celery, parsley and cilantro was purchased three beams cilantro, black olives, pitted and were olives with pits. exactly at 24 00 for a hastily assembled holiday table all clinked champagne warm (i'm a warm carrot juice) and ran the entire family into the kitchen to pick out seeds from olives. as a result, at a gala table, which we podgrebli in the morning, it was: warm champagne, salad rubber squid, live carp, which we released in the bath (and themselves and not time to take a shower), a greek salad without celery, parsley, and smeared with soft cheese and olives, dig, and not rising cake in the oven and bananas, which are bought in advance for the day 3 and that had become covered with "corpse" stains. the holiday was a success!

  last summer, i went to turkey on holiday with my brother. we were staying there for two weeks. i didn't like the hotel but the beach was  fantastic. i did different things - swimming, windsurfing, diving. we met lots of young people