C16 U5 Project double conjunctions (either...or) -

DOUBLE CONJUNCTIONSEITHER - OR

DOUBLE CONJUNCTIONS: EITHER / OR


Hello Caroline! Are you going somewhere?



Hi Jane! Yes, I’m going to Medellín, but I don’t know how to get there.



Hi Jane! Yes, I’m going to Medellín, but I don’t know how to get there.

Well, you have two options: You can go either by car or airplane.

Let’s analyze this sentence…



You can go either by car or airplane.





(o)




(o) (o)




(o) (o)SAME MEANING




(o) (o)SAME MEANING

Either and Or are called DOUBLE CONJUNCTIONS.(Either y Or son llamadas CONJUNCIONES DOBLES)




(o) (o)SAME MEANING

(Usted puede ir o en carro o en avión.)

Either and Or are called DOUBLE CONJUNCTIONS.(Either y Or son llamadas CONJUNCIONES DOBLES)

Hello, Corey, Hello Jack! Did you go to the party last night?



No, I didn’t. I had to study.



No, I didn’t go to the party.




No, I didn’t go to the party.

Neither Cory nor Jack went to the party.(Ni Corey ni Jack fueron a la fiesta)



Messi Neymar


Messi Neymar

Messi didn’t win the Copa America

2011…


Messi Neymar


2011…

Neymar didn’t win the Copa America

2011…


Neither Messi nor Neymar won the Copa America 2011

(Ni Messi ni Neymar ganaron la Copa América 2011)

Messi Neymar


2011…

Neymar didn’t win the Copa America

2011…



Hello Carl. Will you go to France in summer?



No, I won’t.DOUBLE CONJUNCTIONS: EITHER / OR


No, I won’t.

…and, will you go to Spain in summer?



No, I won’t.

No, I won’t.




No, I won’t.

No, I won’t.

Carl will go to neither France nor Spain in summer.

(Carl no irá ni a Francia ni a España en el verano)



Take a closer look at the sentences…

Luke likes neither carrots nor green beans

Neither Cory nor Jack went to the party.









Are these sentences affirmative or

negative?







Are these sentences affirmative or

negative?

ALL THESE SENTENCES HAVE A

NEGATIVE MEANING!







Look at the main verbs…















Are they in negative or affirmative

form?








Are they in negative or affirmative

form?

THE VERBS ARE IN AFFIRMATIVE FORM!


So...







If we use NEITHER and NOR








Sentences are NEGATIVE…









But the MAIN VERB…










Goes in AFFIRMATIVE…











Verb in AFFIRMATIVE (PRESENT)












Verb in AFFIRMATIVE (PAST)



























Verb in AFFIRMATIVE (FUTURE)


LET’S SUMMARIZE(resumamos)

NEITHER and NORare

CONJUNCTIONS

to form

NEGATIVE SENTENCES


LET’S SUMMARIZE(resumamos)

NEITHER and NORare

CONJUNCTIONS

to form

NEGATIVE SENTENCES

in

SPANISH

they mean

“NI”

for example

Neither you nor my father is a doctor(Ni tú ni mi padre son doctores)


VERY IMPORTANT!!!!Look at these two sentences…

Neither Jaymee nor Dave is having a party.

Neither the dancer nor the acrobats are working today.





Do you see the difference???





Verb in SINGULAR form

Verb in PLURAL form


But…why????





Verb in PLURAL form

These are SINGULAR NOUNS






Verb in PLURAL form


This NOUN is SINGULAR

This NOUN is PLURAL









If the nouns after NEITHER and NOR are singular, the verb needs to be conjugated in singular form.

(Si los sustantivos que van después de NEITHER y NOR son singulares, el verbo debe ir conjugado en su forma singular)






Verb in PLURAL formThis NOUN is SINGULAR

This NOUN is PLURAL








Verb in PLURAL formThis NOUN is SINGULAR

This NOUN is PLURAL

If any of the nouns after NEITHER or NOR are plural, the verb needs to be conjugated in plural form.

(Si cualquiera de los sustantivos que van después de NEITHER o NOR son plurales, el verbo debe ir conjugado en su forma plural)




More examples…

NEITHER … NOR with singular nouns and verb conjugated in singular form

NEITHER … NOR with singular or plural nouns and verb conjugated in plural form


More examples…



Neither John nor Patrick takes Karate classes.Singular


More examples…



Neither John nor Patrick takes Karate classes. Neither my friends nor Carl take Karate classes.PluralSingular


More examples…



Neither John nor Patrick takes Karate classes.

Neither my mother nor my father is going to go to the party.

Neither my friends nor Carl take Karate classes.PluralSingular

Singular


More examples…





Neither my friends nor Carl take Karate classes.

Neither the players nor their classmates are going to go to the party.

Plural

PluralPlural

Singular

Singular


More examples…





Neither Colombia nor Venezuela has a nuclear bomb.



Plural

PluralPlural

Singular

Singular

Singular


More examples…





Neither Colombia nor Venezuela has a nuclear bomb.



Neither Colombia nor Venezuelan people have a nuclear bomb.

Plural

Plural

Plural

Plural

Singular

Singular

Singular



Thank you!!!

Do you want/need extra practice?

• Follow these links to get further practice on these two conjunctions:

• http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/esl-too-either-neither2.html

• http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=2984

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