SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES

SO:
I like having a sleep after lunch.
So do I.

SO can be used instead of too and as well.

Example:
I like having a sleep after lunch.
I like having a sleep after lunch, too / as well.

If there is no auxiliary verb (be, have, can, will, etc.) in the first sentence, DO or DOES is used in the
answer. Example:
I hate getting up early.
So do I.

If an auxiliary verb is used in the first sentence, this is repeated in the answer. Example:
She is Japanese.
So is he.

I'll help him.

So will I.

NEITHER:
I haven't got any brothers.
I haven't got any brothers either.

Note that the repeated subject is usually stressed.

If you are surprised by or interested in a statement, you can respond with a reply question, and this is
formed by using the same auxiliary verb as in the statement followed by a personal pronoun. Example:
I can not swim. Can't you? I can.

If there is not auxiliary verb in the statement we use do/does/did.

Example:
I love English food. Don't you? I don't.

Exercise:
Match the sentences in column A with the appropriate replies in column B:

Column "A": Column "B"

1) I can't swim. a) So do I.
2) She is keen on jazz. b) Neither do we.
3) He lives in Paris. c) Neither can I.
4) They don't like it here. d) Do you? I don't.
5) I love Brazilian food e) Is she? I'm not.