Bài tập too so either neither có đáp án năm 2024

1. Ta sử dụng so + auxiliary verb (trợ động từ) + subject (chủ từ) trong câu khẳng định khi nói điều gì là thật giữa hai chủ từ:

I’m excited about the wedding! ~ So am I.

Jenny’s invited Martin to the party. ~ So has Mark.

Trong trường hợp không có trợ động từ, ta sử dụng do/does/did:

Oliver lives in Leeds. ~ So does Alex.

2. Thay vì nói so am I, ta có thể nói I am, too.

Oliver lives in Leeds. ~ Alex does, too.

3. Ta sử dụng neither + auxiliary verb + subject trong câu phủ định:

Joe can’t speak German. ~ Neither can Megan.

Hans doesn’t understand Chinese. ~ Neither do I.

Lưu ý: nếu động từ chính khẳng định, ta dùng trợ động từ phủ định, và nếu động từ chính phủ định, ta dùng trợ động từ khẳng định.

4. Thay vì nói neither am I, ta có thể nói I’m not, either:

Hans doesn’t understand Chinese. ~ I don’t, either.

Thực hành văn phạm

1. Ta có thể sử dụng so và too khi muốn bổ sung sự kiện khác hoặc thêm thông tin vào cuộc chuyện trò mà không cần lặp lại cả câu. Ta có thể sử dụng chúng khi nói về họ hàng, bạn bè, và đồng nghiệp:

Greg likes Jack and his brother does, too.

~ Yes I play football with Jack and so does Greg’s brother.

Liz is very helpful and so is her sister.

~ Yes, they both helped us with the last party and Philip did, too.

2. Ta có thể sử dụng neither và either khi ta muốn bổ sung sự kiện phủ định khác hoặc ý tưởng khác vào cuộc trò chuyện. Ta có thể sử dụng chúng khi nói về những gì ta không làm hoặc không thích làm:

I don’t eat much meat and neither does my husband.

My parents don’t like blue cheese, and I don’t, either.

3. Ta có thể sử dụng so, too, neither và either trong câu trả lời ngắn khi đồng ý với những gì người khác đang nói hoặc nói ta cũng có kinh nghiệm như thế:

I don’t like pizza. ~ Neither do I.

We loved that book. ~ So did we.

4. Ta có thể sử dụng so, too, neither và either với chủ từ khẳng định (mine, Ben’s, ours, etc.) khi so sánh những vật ta sở hữu với những vật người khác sở hữu:

Emma’s birthday is in April. ~ So is mine!

Her party was brilliant last year. ~ Ian’s was, too.

Bài tập:

1. Talking about your family

Read this email from John telling his friend about his family. Choose the correct answer.

Dear Talla,

You asked about my family, so here’s a bit more information. I go to a secondary school in Manchester, and (0) so (so / either / too) do my brothers, Jake and Nathan. I love my school, and they do, (1) . . . . . (so / too / either). I don’t like art, and Jake doesn’t, (2) . . . . . (neither / too / either). I prefer science and (3) . . . . . (too / neither / so) does Nathan. You said you enjoyed swimming and I do, (4) . . . . . (neither / so / too). And you also said you didn’t like football. I don’t, (5) . . . . . (too / neither / either), and (6) . . . . . (neither / either / so) do my brothers. We all hate it! My father loves it and (7) . . . . . (too / either / so) does my mother, but they only watch it on TV, they don’t play!

I’m going on holiday next week and I think you said that you are, (8) . . . . . (so / too / either). Write to me when you get back.

Your friend, John

2. Do I know you?

Two students have just met at university. Complete the gaps using so or neither and the correct auxiliary.

SARAH Hi, I’m Sarah. Where are you from?

HELEN I was born in Wales.

SARAH That’s funny, (0) so was I!

HELEN But I didn’t like my town.

SARAH (1) . . . . . . . . . .

HELEN When’s your birthday Sarah?

SARAH In January.

HELEN (2) . . . . . . . . . .

SARAH But I don’t really like birthday parties.

HELEN (3) . . . . . . . . . . I prefer to go to the cinema with a few friends.

SARAH (4) . . . . . . . . . . Though I don’t know many people here yet.

HELEN (5) . . . . . . . . . . I want to join the basketball team.

SARAH (6) . . . . . . . . . . Did you play at school?

HELEN Yes, I played for my school and the Welsh team.

SARAH (7) . . . . . . . . . . Did you play in the final last summer?

HELEN Yes, I did.

SARAH (8) . . . . . . . . . . I think we met then.

HELEN Yes, (9) . . . . . . . . . .

3. Staff room gossip

Two teachers are talking about their pupils. Complete the sentences using the words in brackets and the correct auxiliary.

MR REID My class this year is better than last year.

MS PIKE (0) So is mine (mine, so), though the students aren’t as quiet as I’d like.

MR REID (1) . . . . . . . . . . (mine, neither). How many have you got? I’ve got 31.

MS PIKE (2) . . . . . . . . . . (I, too). I think that your class has one or two brothers and sisters of some of my pupils.

MR REID (3) . . . . . . . . . . (I, so). For example, I have Billy Jarvis, who’s very good at maths.

MS PIKE (4) . . . . . . . . . . (his sister, so), Holly, who’s in my class. Then there’s Isabel Pinter, who writes wonderful essays.

MR REID (5) . . . . . . . . . . . (her brother, too). But he can’t draw at all.

MS PIKE (6) . . . . . . . . . . . (Isabel, either). A lot of these things run in families. Last year, I had a boy who drew very good faces and (7) . . . . . . . . . . (his older sister, so). She was in my class the year before.

MR REID Have you got anybody called Smithson? I’ve got Philip Smithson and he doesn’t take an interest in anything.