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The use of so, too,


either and neither
SO, TOO, EITHER AND NEITHER.

We use 'so do I' to say that a positive sentence is also true for me, and
we use 'neither do I' to say that a negative sentence is also true for me:
John: I hate mushrooms.
Me: So do I (=I also hate mushrooms).

Lucy: I don't live in London.


Me: Neither do I (=I also don't live in London. For example, maybe
Lucy and I both live in Paris).

This is often used as a reply to someone else in a conversation, but


both sentences can also be said by the same person, and even joined
together:

Me: Elizabeth loves coffee. So do I.


Me: Harry doesn't play the piano and neither do I.
SO, TOO, EITHER AND NEITHER.
Present simple: use 'do / does' Lucy likes coffee. So do I.
Lucy doesn't like coffee. Neither do I.
Present simple with 'be': use 'am / is / are' John's at the office. So am I.
John isn't at the office. Neither am I.
Present continuous: use 'am / is / are' Luke's going out tonight. So am I.
Luke isn't going out tonight. Neither am I.
Past Simple: use 'did' Jill went to the cinema yesterday. So did I.
Jill didn't go to the cinema yesterday. Neither
did I.
Past simple with 'be': use 'was / were' She was at the library. So was I.
She wasn't at the library. Neither was I.
Present perfect: use 'have / has' They've been to Colombia. So have I.
They haven't been to Colombia. Neither have
I.
Future simple: use 'will' Edward will be at the cafe later. So will I.
Edward won't be at the cafe later. Neither will
I.
Modal verbs: repeat the modal verb He would like a cup of tea. So would I.
He wouldn't like a cup of tea. Neither would I.
Emma can speak Russian. So can I.
Emma can't speak Russian. Neither can I.
SO, TOO, EITHER AND NEITHER.
What about 'too' and 'either'?
We can also use 'I do too' and 'I don't either', which mean the same as 'so do
I' and 'neither do I':
John: I hate mushrooms.
Me: I do too (=I also hate mushrooms).
Lucy: I don't live in London.
Me: I don't either (=I also don't live in London).
The verb changes in the same way as with 'so do I' and 'neither do I' (remember
you need a negative verb with 'either'):Present simple: John's at the office. I am
too.
Present continuous: Luke isn't going out tonight. I'm not either.
Present perfect: They've been to Colombia. I have too.
Me too' verbs:
Modal and 'me neither':
Emma can't speak Russian. I can't either.

We can also use 'me too' and 'me neither'. 'Me too' has the same meaning as 'so
+ auxiliary verb + I' and 'me neither' has the same meaning as 'neither + auxiliary
verb + I'. 'Me too' and 'me neither' are very informal:
John: I hate mushrooms.
Me: Me too (=I also hate mushrooms).
Lucy: I don't live in London.
Me: Me neither (=I also don't live in London).
SO, TOO, EITHER AND NEITHER.

Me too' and 'me neither':

We can also use 'me too' and 'me neither'. 'Me too' has the same meaning as 'so
+ auxiliary verb + I' and 'me neither' has the same meaning as 'neither + auxiliary
verb + I'. 'Me too' and 'me neither' are very informal:
John: I hate mushrooms.
Me: Me too (=I also hate mushrooms).
Lucy: I don't live in London.
Me: Me neither (=I also don't live in London).
Too either

Too either
) Fill in the blanks with so, too, either and neither.
a) Jim goes to school everyday.  _____So does_ Mary.  Mary ____does too_________ .

b) Carol studied Biology.  _So did_ Paul.    Paul___did too___________ .

c) Kaique is a very good student. __ So does __Tati.  Tati __ does too  .

d) Vinicius can´t play the guitar. __Can either_ Antonio.  Antonio _Can neither  .

e) Mariana bakes delicious cakes __ So does Tamires.   Tamires __ does too ______.

f) Adriano will sing tomorrow ___So will_Roger. Roger_Would too


h) Jonathan did the homework _So did__Solemar. Solemar ___did too________.

i) Erick has told a funny joke  ___So have_ Sarah. Sarah  __Have too_____.

j) They didn´t eat the salad  _Did either I.   I _did neither_________________ .

k) My mother hasn´t finished the juice _Had either_my sister. My sister  _Had too_.

l) Lisa and Ann don´t go to the party  _do either_they. They ___do too______  .

m) I would travel to Bali  So would _we.    We__Would too_ .

n) We will have lunch together  _So will_she.      She __Will too____________ .


2) Agree with the statements.
 
a) I worked hard last week._So do_I________________.

b) My sister has got a new job __So have I________________ ___.

c) My friends haven´t gotten married yet _Neither have I___________________.

d) Kim is going to have a baby  So am I__________________________.

e) They love studying English _So am I___________________________.


f) They didn´t go to the mall last holiday. Neither did I_.

g) My parents will travel on Christmas  _So will I_______________________.

h) They aren´t going to the concert _Neither was I_____________

i) Rick speaks Spanish __So am I_________________________ .

j) Nick is a good singer__I am too____________________________ .


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