4. 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.
5. 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.
Well, you have two
options: You can go
either by car or airplane.
7. Let’s analyze this sentence…
You can go either by car or airplane.
DOUBLE CONJUNCTIONS: EITHER / OR
8. Let’s analyze this sentence…
You can go either by car or airplane.
DOUBLE CONJUNCTIONS: EITHER / OR
(o)
9. Let’s analyze this sentence…
You can go either by car or airplane.
DOUBLE CONJUNCTIONS: EITHER / OR
(o) (o)
10. Let’s analyze this sentence…
You can go either by car or airplane.
DOUBLE CONJUNCTIONS: EITHER / OR
(o) (o)SAME MEANING
11. Let’s analyze this sentence…
You can go either by car or airplane.
DOUBLE CONJUNCTIONS: EITHER / OR
(o) (o)SAME MEANING
Either and Orare called DOUBLE CONJUNCTIONS.
(Either y Or son llamadas CONJUNCIONES DOBLES)
12. Let’s analyze this sentence…
You can go either by car or airplane.
DOUBLE CONJUNCTIONS: EITHER / OR
(o) (o)SAME MEANING
(Usted puede ir o en carro o en avión.)
Either and Orare called DOUBLE CONJUNCTIONS.
(Either y Or son llamadas CONJUNCIONES DOBLES)
14. Hello, Corey, Hello
Jack! Did you go to
the party last
night?
No, I didn’t. I
had to study.
DOUBLE CONJUNCTIONS: EITHER / OR
15. Hello, Corey, Hello
Jack! Did you go to
the party last
night?
No, I didn’t
go to the
party.
No, I didn’t. I
had to study.
DOUBLE CONJUNCTIONS: EITHER / OR
16. Hello, Corey, Hello
Jack! Did you go to
the party last
night?
No, I didn’t
go to the
party.
Neither Cory nor Jack went to the party.
(Ni Corey ni Jack fueron a la fiesta)
No, I didn’t. I
had to study.
DOUBLE CONJUNCTIONS: EITHER / OR
19. Messi Neymar
Messi didn’t win
the Copa America
2011…
Neymar didn’t win
the Copa America
2011…
DOUBLE CONJUNCTIONS: EITHER / OR
20. Neither Messi nor Neymar won the Copa
America 2011
(Ni Messi ni Neymar ganaron la Copa América 2011)
Messi Neymar
Messi didn’t win
the Copa America
2011…
Neymar didn’t win
the Copa America
2011…
DOUBLE CONJUNCTIONS: EITHER / OR
23. Hello Carl. Will
you go to France
in summer?
No, I won’t.DOUBLE CONJUNCTIONS: EITHER / OR
24. Hello Carl. Will
you go to France
in summer?
No, I won’t.
…and, will you go
to Spain in
summer?
DOUBLE CONJUNCTIONS: EITHER / OR
25. Hello Carl. Will
you go to France
in summer?
No, I won’t.
No, I won’t.
…and, will you go
to Spain in
summer?
DOUBLE CONJUNCTIONS: EITHER / OR
26. Hello Carl. Will
you go to France
in summer?
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)
…and, will you go
to Spain in
summer?
DOUBLE CONJUNCTIONS: EITHER / OR
27. Take a closer look at the sentences…
Luke likes neither carrots nor green beans
Neither Cory nor Jack went to the party.
Neither Messi nor Neymar won the Copa America 2011
Carl will go to neither France nor Spain in summer.
DOUBLE CONJUNCTIONS: EITHER / OR
28. Take a closer look at the sentences…
Luke likes neither carrots nor green beans
Neither Cory nor Jack went to the party.
Neither Messi nor Neymar won the Copa America 2011
Carl will go to neither France nor Spain in summer.
Are these sentences
affirmative or
negative?
DOUBLE CONJUNCTIONS: EITHER / OR
29. Take a closer look at the sentences…
Luke likes neither carrots nor green beans
Neither Cory nor Jack went to the party.
Neither Messi nor Neymar won the Copa America 2011
Carl will go to neither France nor Spain in summer.
Are these sentences
affirmative or
negative?
ALL THESE
SENTENCES HAVE A
NEGATIVE
MEANING!
DOUBLE CONJUNCTIONS: EITHER / OR
30. Take a closer look at the sentences…
Luke likes neither carrots nor green beans
Neither Cory nor Jack went to the party.
Neither Messi nor Neymar won the Copa America 2011
Carl will go to neither France nor Spain in summer.
Look at the
main verbs…
DOUBLE CONJUNCTIONS: EITHER / OR
31. Take a closer look at the sentences…
Luke likes neither carrots nor green beans
Neither Cory nor Jack went to the party.
Neither Messi nor Neymar won the Copa America 2011
Carl will go to neither France nor Spain in summer.
Look at the
main verbs…
DOUBLE CONJUNCTIONS: EITHER / OR
32. Take a closer look at the sentences…
Luke likes neither carrots nor green beans
Neither Cory nor Jack went to the party.
Neither Messi nor Neymar won the Copa America 2011
Carl will go to neither France nor Spain in summer.
Look at the
main verbs…
Are they in
negative or
affirmative
form?
DOUBLE CONJUNCTIONS: EITHER / OR
33. Take a closer look at the sentences…
Luke likes neither carrots nor green beans
Neither Cory nor Jack went to the party.
Neither Messi nor Neymar won the Copa America 2011
Carl will go to neither France nor Spain in summer.
Look at the
main verbs…
Are they in
negative or
affirmative
form?
THE VERBS ARE IN
AFFIRMATIVE FORM!
DOUBLE CONJUNCTIONS: EITHER / OR
35. Take a closer look at the sentences…
Luke likes neither carrots nor green beans
Neither Cory nor Jack went to the party.
Neither Messi nor Neymar won the Copa America 2011
Carl will go to neither France nor Spain in summer.
If we use NEITHER
and NOR
DOUBLE CONJUNCTIONS: EITHER / OR
36. Take a closer look at the sentences…
Luke likes neither carrots nor green beans
Neither Cory nor Jack went to the party.
Neither Messi nor Neymar won the Copa America 2011
Carl will go to neither France nor Spain in summer.
If we use NEITHER
and NOR
Sentences are
NEGATIVE…
DOUBLE CONJUNCTIONS: EITHER / OR
37. Take a closer look at the sentences…
Luke likes neither carrots nor green beans
Neither Cory nor Jack went to the party.
Neither Messi nor Neymar won the Copa America 2011
Carl will go to neither France nor Spain in summer.
If we use NEITHER
and NOR
Sentences are
NEGATIVE…
But the MAIN VERB…
DOUBLE CONJUNCTIONS: EITHER / OR
38. Take a closer look at the sentences…
Luke likes neither carrots nor green beans
Neither Cory nor Jack went to the party.
Neither Messi nor Neymar won the Copa America 2011
Carl will go to neither France nor Spain in summer.
If we use NEITHER
and NOR
Sentences are
NEGATIVE…
But the MAIN VERB…
Goes in
AFFIRMATIVE…
DOUBLE CONJUNCTIONS: EITHER / OR
39. Take a closer look at the sentences…
Luke likes neither carrots nor green beans
Neither Cory nor Jack went to the party.
Neither Messi nor Neymar won the Copa America 2011
Carl will go to neither France nor Spain in summer.
If we use NEITHER
and NOR
Sentences are
NEGATIVE…
But the MAIN VERB…
Goes in
AFFIRMATIVE…
Verb in AFFIRMATIVE (PRESENT)
DOUBLE CONJUNCTIONS: EITHER / OR
40. Take a closer look at the sentences…
Luke likes neither carrots nor green beans
Neither Cory nor Jack went to the party.
Neither Messi nor Neymar won the Copa America 2011
Carl will go to neither France nor Spain in summer.
If we use NEITHER
and NOR
Sentences are
NEGATIVE…
But the MAIN VERB…
Goes in
AFFIRMATIVE…
Verb in AFFIRMATIVE (PRESENT)
Verb in AFFIRMATIVE (PAST)
DOUBLE CONJUNCTIONS: EITHER / OR
41. Take a closer look at the sentences…
Luke likes neither carrots nor green beans
Neither Cory nor Jack went to the party.
Neither Messi nor Neymar won the Copa America 2011
Carl will go to neither France nor Spain in summer.
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 (PAST)
DOUBLE CONJUNCTIONS: EITHER / OR
42. Take a closer look at the sentences…
Luke likes neither carrots nor green beans
Neither Cory nor Jack went to the party.
Neither Messi nor Neymar won the Copa America 2011
Carl will go to neither France nor Spain in summer.
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 (PAST)
Verb in AFFIRMATIVE (FUTURE)
DOUBLE CONJUNCTIONS: EITHER / OR
44. LET’S SUMMARIZE
(resumamos)
NEITHER and NOR
are
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)
DOUBLE CONJUNCTIONS: EITHER / OR
45. VERY IMPORTANT!!!!
Look at these two sentences…
Neither Jaymee nor Dave is having a party.
Neither the dancer nor the acrobats are working today.
DOUBLE CONJUNCTIONS: EITHER / OR
46. 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???
DOUBLE CONJUNCTIONS: EITHER / OR
47. VERY IMPORTANT!!!!
Look at these two sentences…
Neither Jaymee nor Dave ishaving a party.
Neither the dancer nor the acrobats areworking today.
Verb in SINGULAR form
Verb in PLURAL form
DOUBLE CONJUNCTIONS: EITHER / OR
49. VERY IMPORTANT!!!!
Look at these two sentences…
Neither Jaymee nor Dave ishaving a party.
Neither the dancer nor the acrobats areworking today.
Verb in SINGULAR form
Verb in PLURAL form
These are SINGULAR NOUNS
DOUBLE CONJUNCTIONS: EITHER / OR
50. VERY IMPORTANT!!!!
Look at these two sentences…
Neither Jaymee nor Dave ishaving a party.
Neither the dancer nor the acrobats areworking today.
Verb in SINGULAR form
Verb in PLURAL form
These are SINGULAR NOUNS
This NOUN is
SINGULAR
This NOUN is
PLURAL
DOUBLE CONJUNCTIONS: EITHER / OR
51. Neither Jaymee nor Dave ishaving a party.
Verb in SINGULAR form
These are SINGULAR NOUNS
DOUBLE CONJUNCTIONS: EITHER / OR
52. Neither Jaymee nor Dave ishaving a party.
Verb in SINGULAR form
These are SINGULAR NOUNS
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)
DOUBLE CONJUNCTIONS: EITHER / OR
53. Neither Jaymee nor Dave ishaving a party.
Verb in SINGULAR form
These are SINGULAR NOUNS
Neither the dancer nor the acrobats areworking today.
Verb in PLURAL formThis 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)
DOUBLE CONJUNCTIONS: EITHER / OR
54. Neither Jaymee nor Dave ishaving a party.
Verb in SINGULAR form
These are SINGULAR NOUNS
Neither the dancer nor the acrobats areworking today.
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)
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)
DOUBLE CONJUNCTIONS: EITHER / OR
55. 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
DOUBLE CONJUNCTIONS: EITHER / OR
56. 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
Neither John nor Patrick takes Karate classes.
Singular
DOUBLE CONJUNCTIONS: EITHER / OR
57. 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
Neither John nor Patrick takes Karate classes. Neither my friends nor Carl take Karate classes.
PluralSingular
DOUBLE CONJUNCTIONS: EITHER / OR
58. 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
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
DOUBLE CONJUNCTIONS: EITHER / OR
59. 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
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.
Neither the players nor their classmates are going
to go to the party.
Plural
PluralPlural
Singular
Singular
DOUBLE CONJUNCTIONS: EITHER / OR
60. 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
Neither John nor Patrick takes Karate classes.
Neither my mother nor my father is going to go to
the party.
Neither Colombia nor Venezuela has a nuclear
bomb.
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
Singular
DOUBLE CONJUNCTIONS: EITHER / OR
61. 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
Neither John nor Patrick takes Karate classes.
Neither my mother nor my father is going to go to
the party.
Neither Colombia nor Venezuela has a nuclear
bomb.
Neither my friends nor Carl take Karate classes.
Neither the players nor their classmates are going
to go to the party.
Neither Colombia nor Venezuelan people have a
nuclear bomb.
Plural
Plural
Plural
Plural
Singular
Singular
Singular
DOUBLE CONJUNCTIONS: EITHER / OR
63. 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
