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you prefer, tea or coffee? —___will do. 7. The woman carried a bag in___hand. 8. There were four applicants but___ of them impressed me. 9. There is a village on bank of the river 10. Can he speak French or German? —___. He is not good at languages.
Exercise 51. Fill in the blanks with the forms is or are. 1. Neither he nor she___there. 2. Neither they nor she___there. 3. Neither he nor they___there. 4. Both Alice and Kate___in time. 5. Either you or she___ right. 6. Both the old and the young___having a good time at the party. 7. Either Jack or Jane___going on business to London. 8. Neither Pete nor his parents___ aware of the coming danger. 9. Neither he nor his relatives ___present at the wedding. 10. Either he or they___ going to do it. 11. Both Mom and Dad ___at home. 12. Neither Nick nor Mary___in class today. 13. Both ___present, but neither___helpful.
Exercise 52. Choose the correct variant. 1. Please give me___copy of the magazine. a) other b) another c) the other d) others 2. I see only five boys here. Where are___ones? a) another b) others c) the others d) the other 3. There were seven people on the beach; two of them were bathing,___were playing volleyball. a) the others b) another c) others d) other 4.1 can give you only a small dictionary, I have got no 74
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