P/C 1 and 2 Homework for Wednesday

H/W p69 vocab, p70 Ex 2 reading

PC2 When to use Niether/ Either

There was a question in class recently about when to use  all/every and neither/either... so here goes..

EVERY/EACH/ALL

We use ‘every’ (and ‘each’) before a singular noun to talk about a whole group. In many contexts both words either word is possible, but there is a difference in meaning. ( The police questioned every person/each person in the building. Every room/Each room has a number) ‘Every person’ means ‘all the people’ or ‘everyone’ whereas ‘Each person’ means all the people seen as individuals, one by one. (The teacher carefully counted each of the students one by one). On the other hand, when ‘all’ is used to refer to a group it takes a plural noun (all the people, all the students, all men, all women etc). Of course, ‘All’  can take a singular noun when it refers to time ( all morning, all day, all year etc).

BOTH/EITHER/NIETHER

We use both, either and neither to refer to two things.

‘Both’ means ‘the one and the other’. (I’ve got two children. They are both wonderful).

‘Either’ means ‘the one or the other’. (I haven’t met either of your brothers/either brother/either of them).

‘Neither’ means ‘not the one or the other’. (I’ve got two pairs of jeans and neither fit(s) me/neither of them fit(s) me/neither pair fit(s).

Neither/So

We can also use ‘neither’ after a negative statement ( and ‘so’ after a positive one) using the structure so/neither + an auxiliary +the subject

A: I’m so hungry

B: So am I! I haven’t eaten anything all day.

A Neither have I. I didn’t have time for breakfast

I hope that clears things up a little clearer.

PC1/2

H/W: write a first draft of a book review for in-class discussion p.63 Ex 4

P/C 3

We will go over the results of your test next week. Please be prepared to speak about 2 novels that you have read in preparation for planning a book review exam type task. Also, please complete vocabulary exercises 1 and 2 p.66 at home and we will check the answers together in class.

PC 1/2

Tomorrow we will  check over the progress test so we can focus on areas where we need to work a little harder. Also, please be prepared to talk about 2 novels that you have read in preparation for planning a book review. The language focus, if time, will be on participle clauses.

A Good Advanced Monolingual Learners´ Dictionary

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Advanced Grammar Practice Book

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