Las conjunciones correlativas funcionan en pares
para correlacionar dos partes de una oración de igual importancia.
Las conjunciones correlativas a menudo conectan
dos sujetos en singular con un verbo en singular, o dos sujetos en plural con
un verbo en plural.
Aplican una relación
entre dos sujetos o dos verbos que actúan entre sí.
Algunas conjunciones correaltivas son las siguientes:
1.
Both/and: Using “both” and
“and” implies a correlation between TWO subjects that are performing the same
action. An example of using these correlative conjunctions is:
“We will both leave the party and take one car.”
2.
Either/or: Using “either” and “or”
connects two positive statements of equal weight. For example, you could say:
“My brother is either working upstairs or slacking off
downstairs.”
3.
Neither/nor: “Neither/nor”
connects two negative statements of equal weight. For example, you could say: “I will neither watch the show nor read the
book.”
Neither/nor indicates a negative connotation, so be
sure your main clause does not also contain a negative verb phrase on top of
that. “I can’t neither see it nor hear it,” is not correct because “can’t”
already provides a negative. The correct version would be: “I can neither see
it nor hear it.”
Subject ‘verb agreement
Watch out – when using either or neither the verb
agrees with the second subject, NOT the first:
Either my
brother or my mum look looks after our cat when we’re away on holiday.
Either my
brother or my parents looks look after our cat when we’re away on
holiday.
Neither
the manager nor his assistant are is here today.
Neither
the manager nor his assistants is are here today.
There are some correaltive conjuction in the followoing examples underline them.
1.
She is both intelligent and beautiful.
2.
I will either go for a hike or stay
home and watch TV.
3.
Jerry is neither rich nor famous.
4.
He is not only intelligent, but
also very funny.
5.
Would you rather go shopping or spend
the day at the beach?
Now, check the following ideas and write the following statement using BOTH ... AND according to the previuous statments
The driver was injured in the
car accident. Was the passenger injured in that accident?
Yes, both the driver and the
passenger were injured in the car accident.
Wheat is grown in Chihuahua.
Is corn grown in Chihuahua?
Yes, both wheat and corn is grown
in Chihuahua.
He buys used cars. Does he
sell used cars?
Yes , he both buys and sells used
cars.
You had lunch with your friends
Did you have dinner with them?
Yes, I had both lunch and dinner with my friends
Mexico city suffers from air
pollution. Does it suffer from water pollution?
Yes, Mexcio suffers both air
and water pollution
LOOK AT PAGE 62 exercise D write your ideas according to the images and use correlative conjuctions
You enjoy chocolate, Do you like
candies?
Yes, I
The husband speaks Spanish
well Does his wife speak Spanish?
Yes,
I like wearing dress. Do you
like wearing suits?
Yes. I l
Jessica is beautiful. Is Cloe gorgeous?
Yes,
Write sentences about the
prom party for this end of the course
Remember that .Either / or - used in a sentence
in the affirmative sense when referring to a choice between two possibilities
We can either eat now or after
the show - it's up to you.
We can either invite our family or ourfriends in our prom party
Omar has his suit or Rosa has her dress for the prom
Yes, Either Omar or Rosa has their clothes for
the prom party
You are going to the ball with your boyfriend or
you are going to the ball with your friends?
Yes, I am going to either my boyfriend or my
friends.
Neither / nor - used in a sentence in the negative sense when you want to say that
two or more things are not true
Neither my mother nor my father will go to the prompt.
He doesn’t want to invite his girlfriend. Does he invite
his family?
He wants to
invite neither his girlfriend nor his family
