English Task 5-8

Task 1 (Affirmative Agreement)

Direction: supply the correct form of the verb for the simple statement in each of the following sentences. Elaborate your reason.

1. Rose likes to fly, and her brother does too.
   Reason: verb without an auxiliary verb in the main clause.
2. They will leave at noon, and I will too.
   Reason : Main clause has composite verb.
3. Their plane is arriving at nine o’clock, and so is mine.
   Reason : the main clause.
4. I should go grocery shopping this afternoon, and so should my neighbour.
   Reason : Main clause has composite verb.
5. Our English teacher loves to travel, and so do we.
   Reason : As Affirmative Agreement.

Task 2 (Negative Agreement)

Direction: fill in the blanks with the correct form of either or neither. Elaborate your reason.

1. The children shouldn’t take that medicine, and neither should she.
   Reason : because there is the word “should”.
2. I don’t like plan to attend the concert, and neither do they.
   Reason : because there is the word “do”.
3. The Yankess couldn’t play due to the bad weather, and neither could the Angels.
   Reason : because there is the word "could".
4. Mary can’t type well, and her sister can’t either.
   Reason : because there is the word “can’t”.
5. They won’t have to work on weekends, and we won’t either.
   Reason : because there is the word “won’t”.

Task 3

Direction: identify the one underlined word or phrase that would not be acceptable in standard written English. Elaborate your reason.

1. He isn’t driving to the convention in March, and neither they are.
   Reason : Neither + positive auxiliary or “to be” + subject.
2. Catherine is studying law at the university, and so does John.
   Reason : to be in the main and second clause used is.
3. Because they have moved away, they hardly never go to the beach anymore.
   Reason : Just Negative “never”.
4. Mary and her sister studied biology last year, and so does Jean.
   Reason : V3 in the main clause used did.
5. George has not completed the assignment yet, and Maria hasn’t neither.
   Reason : Negative agreement used either.