8 Either ... or / neither ...

nor
Date:

Grammar Station
We can use ‘either ... or / neither ... nor’ to connect two things or ideas.

We use ‘either ... or’ to talk about choices and possibility. We use ‘neither ... nor’ to
talk about negative ideas. We can put them:
before verbs;
either or
You can eat drink here.
neither nor
before nouns;
either or
You can have coffee tea.
neither nor
before subjects
Either or
Jane I will come.
Neither nor

A Fill in the blanks with ‘either ... or / neither ... nor’.

1. You can hand in the form in person by fax but you

cannot hand it in by email.
2. Miss Ho is healthy. She goes swimming plays
badminton after work.
3. No one is coming to their party, his friends her
friends.
4. James Irene knows how to train dogs. They are both
experienced dog trainers.
5. My parents are busy. Mum Dad will come to the
School Open Day.

B Join the sentences with ‘either ... or / neither ... nor’.

1. Tommy can clean the beach. Tommy can plant the trees.
Tommy can either .
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2. Kevin does not like cooking. Susie does not like cooking either.

3. We can sell handmade crafts. We can sell second-hand goods.

4. Mimi will visit an old people’s home. Mandy will visit an old people’s home.

5. We do not play the guitar. We do not play the violin.

6. The children will not sell raffle tickets. The children will not buy raffle tickets.

7. Judy did not draw the picture. I did not draw the picture.

C There is one mistake or one missing word in each line. Circle the mistake or put ‘^’
in the correct place and write the correct word in the blank.

Mum: Have you decide to buy anything yet? e.g. decided

Kim: I will buy either the blue dress the red 1.
dress.
Mum: I prefer the blue one. It looks good with
neither your red shoes or black shoes. 2.
Kim: Okay. May try the blue dress in medium 3.
size?
Sales: They are out of stock. You can try either
small nor large. 4.
Kim: Then can you give me red dress in 5.
medium size?
Sales: Sorry. Either the blue one nor the red 6.
one is available in medium.

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 D Ada is talking to Mrs Wu at an old people’s home. Complete the dialogue with
‘either ... or / neither ... nor’ and the given words.

Ada: Mrs Wu, may I ask why do you live here?

Mrs Wu: Well, I am alone in Hong Kong. My husband passed away many
years ago. (e.g.)   Neither my son nor my daughter  (my son / my
daughter) lives here. I moved to this home so that someone can
look after me.
Ada: Why don’t you live with your son or daughter?
Mrs Wu: My son is in Spain and my daughter is in France. I speak
(1) (Spanish /
French). I cannot live in those countries.
Ada: I see. Do your son and daughter often contact you?
Mrs Wu: Yes, they (2)
(call me / send messages to me).
Ada: Do you have any relatives in Hong Kong?
Mrs Wu: Yes, I have a cousin here. We meet once a week. She
(3)
(visit me / bring me out for dim sum).
Ada: What do you usually do in your spare time?
Mrs Wu: I usually do exercise to stay healthy. When I was young, I
(4)
(not do any exercise / not have good living habits).
But now I (5)
(not smoke / not drink). I play Tai Chi (6)
(in the morning / after dinner) every day.
Ada: We have made some small gifts for you. You can choose
(7)
(the key ring / the photo frame).
Which one do you like?
Mrs Wu: I like the photo frame. It is lovely.
Thank you.

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HKEP
Revision 1 (Units 1 – 9)
Date:

A Jack is writing an article for the school magazine. Complete the article with the
correct form of the given words. Add ‘to’ when necessary. (Tenses, to-infinitives)

In the past, I (1) (think) it was boring (2)

(do) charity work. But I (3) (change) this view since I
(4) (join) the social service team.

We (5) (hold) different volunteer activities every month.

Last month, we (6) (invite) some poor children to our school
and (7) (perform) a comedy show to them. Everyone
(8) (laugh) while they (9) (watch) the show.
We (10) (feel) happy too when we (11) (see)
their smiles.

We (12) (visit) an elderly home next month. To cheer

them up, we plan (13) (sing) some old songs for them. I
hope they (14) (like) our performance.

B Join the sentences using ‘if’. Use the correct form of the verbs.
(Conditional sentences (Type 1))

1. The bus does not come in ten minutes. I am late for school.
If .

2. Harry forgets to hand in his homework again. Mr Tam calls his parent.
If .

3. You eat too many ice creams. You will get a stomach-ache.
if .

4. A typhoon comes. The wooden hut collapses.

if .

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 C Nolan is writing a report on Happy Holiday Village for the school camp.
Complete the report with ‘too / very’, ‘very little / very few / enough / not
enough’ and the correct form of the given words.
(Too / very, very little / very few / enough / not enough)

far dark fresh convenient bus

sign hot drinking water facility noise

Happy Holiday Village

Accessibility
It is (1) to go to the village. It is near the MTR
station and there are a bus stop and a minibus stop nearby. However,
there are (2) at night. You will need to wait for 30
minutes for the next bus after 9:30 p.m. There are (3)
to show you the way to the village. You can reach the village easily by
following the signs.

Environment
The village is far from the city so the air there is (4) .
There is (5) from people and vehicles so it is a
good place for relaxing. However, the village is (6)
at night. It is dangerous to walk around without a torch after sunset.
Also, there are not any air-conditioners or fans in the village house. It is
(7) to sleep there in summer.

Facilities
There are (8) for students to do different activities.
For example, you can play tennis on the tennis court or watch birds on
the bird trail. But there is only one tuck shop in the main sports centre. It
is (9) away from most of the other facilities. You
need to walk a long way to buy drinks. There is (10)
provided near the facilities. You need to bring some
water with you.

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D Ella and Judy are discussing what to do on the weekend. Complete the dialogue
with the given words.
(Connectives: so that / because / so, either ... or / neither ... nor, making suggestions)

either ... or Shall we   Let’s so that   because

neither ... nor How about so

Ella: Do you have any plans for this weekend?

Judy: I want to do some sports (1) I can become healthier.

(2) go swimming or jogging?

Ella: I have hurt my leg (3) I fell on the ground yesterday. I

can (4) swim jog for the time being.

Judy: (5) making some desserts by ourselves at home?

My aunt has given me some fresh berries from her garden
(6) we can make a berry tart or a berry cake.

Ella: But I can make (7) berry tarts berry

cakes.

Judy: (8) invite (9) Sandy Belle

to join us? They are good at making desserts.

Ella: (10) invite both of them. It will be more fun to have

more people cooking together.

Judy: OK. I will ask Sandy (11) I will meet her in the drawing
lesson later.

Ella: I will call Belle then. Where should we make the tarts? I can
(12) do it at my home go to yours.

Judy: My oven is broken (13) we cannot do it at my home.

Sorry.

Ella: Never mind. (14) do it at my home then. I will prepare

the baking tools and the ingredients.

Judy: (15) buying the ingredients together (16)

you do not need to prepare so many things?

Ella: Good idea. Thank you.

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Final Revision (Units 1 – 18)
Date:

A There is one mistake or one missing word in each question. Circle the mistake or
put ‘^’ in the correct place and write the correct word in the blank. (All units)

e.g. I slip on the floor last week. slipped

1. If Bob failed the test, his mother will throw away his comics.
2. It is satisfying bake a cake by yourself.
3. I practised the piano a lot so I could win the competition.
4. The hat is very small. It does not fit me.
5. Poor people receive very few help from the government.
6. You can neither swim or fish in this pond. Stay away from it.
7. We are looking after Harry. He is missing in the park.
8. My room tidied by myself every day.
9. You should tell the teacher until you go to the toilet.
10. We could not make up stories and lie to our friends.

B Miss Tam is talking to her class about their upcoming trip to a country park.
Complete what she says with ‘either … or / neither … nor’.
(Either … or / neither … nor)

You will go to the country park next week. Remember to bring your lunch
box on that day. You can bring (1) salads
sandwiches. (2) French fries fried chicken
wings are recommended because fast food is unhealthy. When you
are in the country park, you can (3) play badminton
fly a kite. You must not do harm to the environment. You must
(4) pick flowers break the tree branches.
Don’t climb on the trees because you may (5) twist your
ankle break your arm.

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