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Exercise II
1 We can either stay in or go out.
2 I spoke to both Ann and Sally.
3 She neither apologized nor explained. - Correct
4 Neither Joe nor Tom came to the party.
5 Nick was both tired and hungry when he arrived home. - Correct
Exercise III
1 We can either watch TV or play computer games now.
2 Alan could neither read Chinese nor write it.
3 Neither I nor my sister knew Sam’s address.
4 My new flat is both larger than my old one and closer to my office.
5 He didn’t meet either Tom’s sister or his brother.
6 The lecture was both boring and long.
7 Both Jill and her sister are on holiday.
Exercise IV
Dangerous pets.
Sometimes people keep crocodiles as their pets. They are 1 neither easy 2 nor cheap to look
after. These reptiles look 3 both cute 4 and harmless as babies. But that won’t last long. Crocodiles
can reach over 14 feet in length. As a result the adults can be 5 both very strong 6 and very
dangerous. Crocodiles aren’t vegetarian. They eat 7 either fish 8 or meat. They need 9 both
space 10 and expensive equipment.
Crocodiles are 11neither tolerant 12 nor tame, they can’t be 13 either friendly 14 or
loving.
So think twice before you decide to have such an exotic but dangerous pet.