EX.39 Choose the incorrect response to the first sentences.

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 481.

EX.38 Match the sentences 1-6 to the responses a-f

Differences

Similarities

So/Neither + auxiliary verb + subject

• Use so after a positive sentence and neither after a negative.

I'm very busy at the moment. So am I. I can't drive. Neither can I.

• Use do/does/did if there's no auxiliary. I study English on Thursdays. So do I. I started two years ago. So did I.

• Use Me, too and Me, neither. I like pizzas. Me, too.

I'm not very good at general knowledge. Me, neither.

• Use subject + auxiliary verb, not so or neither.
I'm very busy at the moment. I'm not.

I can't speak Chinese. I can.

• Use do/does/did if there's no auxiliary,

I didn't go to the meeting yesterday. I did.

A

1 I've just won something on the lottery!

2 This time last year, I was celebrating the win.

3 That looks horrible. I'm not eating that.

4 I've never won a penny on the lottery.

5 I can't understand people who gamble.

6 My parents allowed me to smoke when I was 14.

B

a No, neither am I.

b So was I. Weren't we lucky!

c I can. I was addicted to it once.

d That's incredible! So have I.

e Really! Mine didn't.

f No, neither have I. It's such a waste of money.

1 A: I didn't go to the cinema on Friday.

B:Neither did I. / Neither didn't I. / Me neither.

2 A: I saw the new Brad Pitt film on Saturday.

B:So do I. / Me, too. / So did 1.

3 A: I love chocolate.

B:Me, too. / I too. / I don't.

4 A: I haven't seen Tom for ages.

B:Neither I have. / I have. / Me, neither.

5 A: I'm reading Harry Potter.

B:Me, too. / So I am. / I'm not.

6 A: I can't understand the problem.

B:I can. / Neither can 1. / I can too.