Use of NEITHER .... NOR
Joining of Sentences
1.
The hotel is not spacious. The hotel is not comfortable.
Ans. The hotel is neither spacious nor comfortable.
2.
The old sailor could not pray. He could not sleep, too.
Ans. The old sailor could neither pray nor sleep.
3.
The old sailor could not escape sufferings.
The other sailors also could not escape sufferings.
Ans. Neither the old sailor nor the other sailcrs could escape sufferings.
4.
The chairman was not present. The members were not present
as well.
Ans: Neither the chairman nor the members were present.
5.
He did not go to college. His brother also did not go to college.
Ans. Neither he nor his brother went to college.
6.
They did not give him food.
They did not give him money, too.
Ans. They gave him neither food nor money.
EXERCISE
1. He has no mother. He has no skates.
2. The lady guest was not young. Even she was not beautiful.
3. The old sailor could not pray. He could not sleep.
4. He did not attend the meetina, His father did not attend the meeting.
5. The room is not spacious. It is also not comfortable.
6. There were no birds. Even there were no animals in that snow-covered country.
7. He can not write English correctly. Even he can not write Bangla correctly.
8. Amin was not late. Asif was not late.
9. There was not a breath of wind. There was not a cloud in the sky.
10. The authoress did not take time to go to Mannville to see Jerry's mother.
She did not take time to talk with the orphanage officials.
11. Many people read books not for pleasure. They do not read for
knowledge.
12. I had never shot an ciephant. i had never wanted to shoot it.
13. Rasel is not a good student, He is not a good player.
14. Anwar was not grown up. He was not a chid.
15. Sumi was not embarrassed. She was not shy.
16. The weather is not hot. It is not cold.
17. He is not a poet. He is not a philosopher.
18. She had not entirely deserted him. She had not totally forgotten him.
19. I was not old. I did not have any prejudice against poetry.
20. I don't believe in overloading my stomach. I never drink anything for
lunchon.
21. Jim and Della were not rich. They were not able to buy gifts.
22. Rubel does not write to me. He does not phone me.
23. Amir was not young. He was not old.
24. He will not eat. He will not play.
25. He does not go to school. He does not help his father in his business.
