EXERCISES with SO am/do/have etc.

I SO +verb SUBJECT;
MODEL 1.Example: The table is dirty. The chair is dirty, too = SO is the chair.
1.The girl is neat and tidy. (boy) 2.The floor is dirty (blackboard). 3.The ruler is in the bag.(rubber). 4. The poster is on the wall. (picture). 5.Peter is
absent. (Philip). 6.The teacher is at the blackboard (pupil). 7. My sister is late (my brother).
MODEL II: Nick and Tom are present. (I) – So am I.
1.Helen is on duty. (Peter). 2.You are wrong. (I). 3.They are in the preparatory class. (we). 4.My friend is sorry. (I). 5.He is at school. (she).
MODEL III: The blackboard is clean. (desks) - So are the desks.
1.They are at home.(we). 2.My teacher is always right. (mother and father). 3.The English lessons are interesting. (the Spanish lessons). 4. I am at
the museum. (my guests).
EXERCISE IV: PUT IN am, is, are: 1. The table is in the middle of the room. So....the chairs. 2.My classmates are always ready for school.
So......I. 3. The desks are on the left. So.....the bookcase. 4.His wife is still at work. So......he. 5.English is difficult. So....... Bulgarian and German.
6. The hotel is very big. So.......the shop near it.

NEGATIVE SENTENCE, either = NEITHER +VERB /am, is, are, do, did, have etc./ SUBJECT
Example: Lily's and Peter's notebooks aren't here = Lily's notebook isn't here. Peter's notebook isn't here EITHER.
NEITHER/NOR is Peter's
MODEL V: A: Prep B's classroom isn't tidy. ( C ) - Prep C's classroom isn't tidy EITHER. / NEITHER is Prep C's classroom.
1.Nick's bag isn't big. (Nelly). 2.Our schoolyard isn't large. (their). 3.The buildings on the left aren't new. (on the right). 4.My mother's village isn't
near Sofia (father). 5.Mr.A isn't a good architect. (Mr. B). 6.These exercises aren't difficult (those). 7.Turnovo isn't the capital of Bulgaria. (Pliska)

MODEL VI. A: Aren't Peter and Lily ready today? - B: Peter ISN'T. Lily ISN'T EITHER/ NEITHER IS Lily.
1.Aren't Nick and Boris present? 2.Aren't your mother and father at work today? 3.Aren't their daughter and son students? 4.Aren't those boys and
girls from your school? 5.Arent' these exercise books and textbooks new?

MODEL VII: A: Where is Nick? Isn't he here? - B: No, he isn't. - A:And George? - B. He isn't EITHER. / NEITHER is he. Use the
following words:
1.Mother – in the house – Father. 2.Your English teacher – in the schoolyard – Mary. 2.Your English exercise book – in your bag – textbook. 3.The
maps of Bulgaria – in your room – maps of England. 5.Your guests – in the hotel – their friends.

Exercise VIII: Use SO or EITHER/NEITHER. 1.This dog isn't black. (cat). 2.Your exercise book is very tidy. (George's and Nina's). 3.Alice is
English.(Freddy). 4.Our Spanish teacher isn't Bulgarian. (English teacher). 5.Today our exercises are not difficult. (English lessons). 6.The C's class
posters are always very funny. (our posters).
Exercise IX.: USE so OR either/neither. Mind the possessive case!
1.The boy's clothes are always neat and tidy.(girl's). 2.Their son's teachers of English are very good. (daughter's). 3.My classmates' wardrobes are
not tidy. (my wardrobe). 4.Our guests' umbrellas are lovely. (my mother). 5.His friends' drawings aren't good. (his brother). 6.My sisters' skirts
aren't always in the wardrobe. (Lily's skirts).
MODEL X: A: My mother is a doctor. (MY) B: SO is MINE. / MINE is a doctor, TOO.
1.His father is an architect. (her). 2. All her clothes are new. (your). 3. Her house is new. (your). 4.His new coat is black. (my). 5. My brother is
always late. (my)
MODEL XI: A: My shoes aren't clean. (MY). B: MINE aren't EITHER. / NEITHER are MINE.
1.Their school isn't very big. (our). 2.His friend isn't on duty today. (my). 3. His sister isn't good at English. (your. 4.Our photographs aren't here.
(their) 5.Her guests aren't from Sofia.(his).
MODEL XII. I am reading the exercise. (HE). SO is HE.
1.I am shutting my textbook. (she). 2. We are closing the books. (they). 3. I am writing down my name. (he). 4. I am sitting at the table. (she). 5.
We are looking at the posters. (they). 6.We are making our beds. (he). 7. They are cleaning their desks. (I). 8. The children are watching TV. (their
parents). 9. Alice is putting plates n the table. (mother). 10. Nick and Peter are dressing. (their friends). 11.Granny is listening to the radio.
(Grandpa). 12. She is sitting in the last desk. (Marina and Boris). 13.The boys are doing their lessons. (the girls).
MODEL XIII. A: Peter isn't listening to the teacher. (NELLY). - B: NELLY isn't EITHER / NEITHER is NELLY.
1.Father isn't helping mother. (Philip). 2. They are not having breakfast now. (we). 3. She isn't doing her lessons now .(her brother). 4.She isn't
drying her hands. (he). 5. Nick is not putting on his coat. (we)
MODEL XIV. A: Philip hasn't got a colour film.(Andrew) – B: Andrew hasn't got a colour film EITHER/ NEITHER has ANDREW.
1.I haven't got a birthday today. (my friend). 2.They haven't got a difficult lesson today. (we). 3.Tony hasn't got a football. (Philip). 4.I haven't got
any sausages on my plate. (I). 5.We haven't got any fresh vegetables at home. (Granny).
MODEL XV. A:The girls from my class have got a lovely carpet. (girls from the other class) – B: SO have THE GIRLS FROM THE
OTHER CLASS.
1.The children have got a sunny bedroom. (their parents). 2. My father has got a birthday. (my friend). 3. You've got a very big sandwich in your
hand. (I). 4. We have got enough time. (they). 5. You've got a lovely dress today. (she).
MODEL XV. A: I can get tickets for the cinema. (Mary) – SO CAN MARY.
1.I can swim. (she). 2. I can carry the heavy bag. (he). 3. They can play chess. (their friends)> 4. I can read in English well. (my sister). 5. We can
dance the tango. (they).
MODEL XVI. A:They can't get to her house on foot. (WE) – We can't get to house on foot EITHER / NEITHER CAN WE.
1.She can't get to the station by bus. (he). 2. We can't go there by car. (our friends). 3. We can't go to the village by train. (you). 4. They can't go to
the museum today. (she). 5. Maria can't cook well. (her friend).
MODEL XVII. A: I can't help him. - B: Can't you. I can't EITHER. / NEITHER can I.
1.tell him the way to the polyclinic. 2. speak good English. 3. make the coffee.
MODEL XVIII. A: I can help him. B: Can you? SO CAN I. / Use the words from Model XVII/
MODEL XIX: A: Marina must go to the exhibition. (I) – B: SO MUST I.
1.Mike must take part in the competition. (we). 2. Philip must recite a poem at the Language Festival (Mary). 3. Anne must get an English-
Bulgarian dictionary. (I). 4. The little girl must go to bed. (her brother).
MODEL XX.: A:Mother and father like my new friends. (my grandparents) – SO DO MY GRANDPARENTS.
1.I like the new TV film. (he). 2. We want a new ball. (the other boys). 3. They want some fruit. (I). 4. They like Sofia. (she). 5. We like the new
classroom. (the other students). 6. I want another sandwich. ( Peter).