comparing ideas

Comparing ideas

Comparing ideas. Agreeing or Disagreeing

• so/too

• but

• neither/either

• neither...nor

• either...or

• both...and

so/too

so: at the beginning of the sentence

too: at the end of the sentence

A. I speak English. D. So, do I.

A. I speak English. D. I do, too.

Me, too (in colloquial English)

A. I can swim. D. So, can I.

A. I can swim. D. I can (swim), too.

A. I was at the concert. D. I was there, too.

A. I was at the concert. D. So, was I.

so or too?

Right answers

XX

Complete:

• so
• too

Wrong answers

I am a student, and Mary is,_____

XX

• too
• so

I am twenty, and _____ is Peter.

• too
• so

My sister can swim and _____ can I.

• too
• so

I hate coffee._____does Tom.

• so
• too

Yesterday was hot, and today is hot,_____.

but

negative addition to positive sentence

positive addition to negative sentence

Ann speaks English, but I don`t.

Ann doesn`t speak English, but I do.

You can swim, but I can`t.

You can`t swim, but I can.

neither (nor)/either

either: at the end of the sentence

neither: at the beginning of the sentence

A. I am not hungry. B. I am not (hungry) either.

A. I am not hungry. B. Neither/nor am I.

Me, neither (in colloquial English)

A. I don`t speak English. B. I don`t (speak English) either.

A. I don`t speak English B. Neither/nor do I.

So don`t I.

I don`t speak English, too.

A. I wouldn`t eat that! B. I woudn`t (eat that) either.

A. I wouldn`t eat that! B. Neither/nor would I.

too/so

neither/either

neither or so?

Speaking cards. Say about yourself using "neither", "so" or "but"

I can speak German quite well.

I am good at singing.

I don`t like rap music.

I prefer coffee to tea.

I don`t like horror films.

I am not goot at cooking.

I prefer dogs to cats.

I have never been to the USA.

What is the first month of the year?

neither...nor

"Neither...nor" makes a negtaive statement about two people or objects.

• At least neither me nor any of my classmates have read this article.

• My sister neither smokes, nor drinks.

ни-ни

• She is neither beautiful, nor smart.

*Neither of the two sentences is correct.

either...or

"Either...or" is for connecting same objects, things etc in a sentence.

• Either Tom or Alice will cook dinner.

либо-либо

• You can either come with me or stay at home.

• I`ll either send you an email, or phone you next week.