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A: I enjoy puzzles. B: __1__ do I.","The statement is positive and is also true for B, so use so + auxiliary + subject. Neither would express a shared negative situation; either cannot introduce this pattern.","My neighbours grow vegetables, and so do we.",[19],{"id":20,"blankNumber":21,"options":22},"01a0e1ab-de64-7086-be26-8fbbcee8aaa1",1,[23,27,31],{"id":24,"optionText":25,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-de63-7f2f-a9e7-ebab502c797d","Neither",false,{"id":28,"optionText":29,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-de63-7f8f-a9e7-ebab507de2b8","So",true,{"id":32,"optionText":33,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-de64-703a-be26-8fbbce411e1f","Either",2,{"id":36,"sentenceTemplate":37,"displayOrder":21,"explanation":38,"exampleSentence":39,"blanks":40},"01a0e1ab-de64-7302-be26-8fbbd1f994f9","Neither speaker heard the alarm. A: I didn’t hear the alarm. B: Neither __1__ I.","Didn’t hear is past simple, so the matching auxiliary is did. Neither already makes the response negative.","The children didn’t notice the rain, and neither did their teacher.",[41],{"id":42,"blankNumber":21,"options":43},"01a0e1ab-de64-728e-be26-8fbbd188b9d5",[44,47,50],{"id":45,"optionText":46,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-de64-71aa-be26-8fbbd038e177","do",{"id":48,"optionText":49,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-de64-71f2-be26-8fbbd0ae3719","was",{"id":51,"optionText":52,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-de64-7236-be26-8fbbd135b1a9","did",{"id":54,"sentenceTemplate":55,"displayOrder":34,"explanation":56,"exampleSentence":57,"blanks":58},"01a0e1ab-de64-74fa-be26-8fbbd3b7f2fc","A: We were nervous before the interview. B: __1__. I felt nervous too.","Were nervous uses past simple be. Keep that tense, but use was with the new subject I, not were or did.","I was at the meeting, and so were my colleagues.",[59],{"id":60,"blankNumber":21,"options":61},"01a0e1ab-de64-7486-be26-8fbbd37e947a",[62,65,68],{"id":63,"optionText":64,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-de64-73ba-be26-8fbbd2abba38","So was I",{"id":66,"optionText":67,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-de64-7402-be26-8fbbd2b0f265","So were I",{"id":69,"optionText":70,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-de64-7446-be26-8fbbd36a7bd1","So did I",{"id":72,"sentenceTemplate":73,"displayOrder":74,"explanation":75,"exampleSentence":76,"blanks":77},"01a0e1ab-de64-76ba-be26-8fbbd5f2e167","A: Eva isn’t joining us for lunch. B: Neither __1__ her brothers. They’re staying at home too.",3,"Isn’t joining uses present continuous be. The response needs are because its own subject, her brothers, is plural.","I’m taking notes, and so is the person next to me.",[78],{"id":79,"blankNumber":21,"options":80},"01a0e1ab-de64-764e-be26-8fbbd5aad926",[81,84,86],{"id":82,"optionText":83,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-de64-7582-be26-8fbbd3f9f5e1","is",{"id":85,"optionText":46,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-de64-75c6-be26-8fbbd4693968",{"id":87,"optionText":88,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-de64-760a-be26-8fbbd55bbd0b","are",{"id":90,"sentenceTemplate":91,"displayOrder":92,"explanation":93,"exampleSentence":94,"blanks":95},"01a0e1ab-de64-787e-be26-8fbbd7f6c5e2","Both speakers have been looking for a flat. A: I’ve been looking for a flat. B: So __1__ I.",4,"In have been looking, have is the first auxiliary. Use that auxiliary in the response, not am from the continuous form or do.","We haven’t been sleeping well, and neither has our baby.",[96],{"id":97,"blankNumber":21,"options":98},"01a0e1ab-de64-780e-be26-8fbbd74d9068",[99,102,105],{"id":100,"optionText":101,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-de64-7746-be26-8fbbd6529593","am",{"id":103,"optionText":104,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-de64-778a-be26-8fbbd6a857ec","have",{"id":106,"optionText":46,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-de64-77ce-be26-8fbbd7336db9",{"id":108,"sentenceTemplate":109,"displayOrder":110,"explanation":111,"exampleSentence":112,"blanks":113},"01a0e1ab-de64-7a4e-be26-8fbbdafe9c18","Both speakers will attend the concert. A: I’ll be at the concert. B: So __1__ I.",5,"I’ll means I will. Match the first auxiliary, will, rather than choosing be or present simple do.","The shop will close early, and so will the café.",[114],{"id":115,"blankNumber":21,"options":116},"01a0e1ab-de64-79ce-be26-8fbbdabd9631",[117,120,122],{"id":118,"optionText":119,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-de64-7906-be26-8fbbd8e04b6f","will",{"id":121,"optionText":101,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-de64-794a-be26-8fbbd98457c1",{"id":123,"optionText":46,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-de64-798e-be26-8fbbda07c77a",{"id":125,"sentenceTemplate":126,"displayOrder":127,"explanation":128,"exampleSentence":129,"blanks":130},"01a0e1ab-de64-7c16-be26-8fbbde134b28","Neither speaker can open the jar. A: I can’t open this jar. B: __1__.",6,"Match can and put it before I. Neither already supplies the negative meaning, so neither can’t I incorrectly adds another negative.","Our dog can’t jump over the fence, and neither can theirs.",[131],{"id":132,"blankNumber":21,"options":133},"01a0e1ab-de64-7ba2-be26-8fbbdd3be950",[134,137,140],{"id":135,"optionText":136,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-de64-7ada-be26-8fbbdbccc024","Neither can’t I",{"id":138,"optionText":139,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-de64-7b1e-be26-8fbbdc95aa6d","Neither I can",{"id":141,"optionText":142,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-de64-7b62-be26-8fbbdcd84fbd","Neither can I",{"id":144,"sentenceTemplate":145,"displayOrder":146,"explanation":147,"exampleSentence":148,"blanks":149},"01a0e1ab-de64-7de6-be26-8fbbe0c04359","Both speakers would like a window seat. A: I’d like a window seat. B: So __1__ I.",7,"Before like, I’d means I would. The response therefore needs would, not did or had.","My parents would enjoy that museum, and so would my aunt.",[150],{"id":151,"blankNumber":21,"options":152},"01a0e1ab-de64-7d76-be26-8fbbe04048a8",[153,155,158],{"id":154,"optionText":52,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-de64-7caa-be26-8fbbde979ccc",{"id":156,"optionText":157,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-de64-7cf2-be26-8fbbdf67d0c8","would",{"id":159,"optionText":160,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-de64-7d36-be26-8fbbe0176935","had",{"id":162,"sentenceTemplate":163,"displayOrder":164,"explanation":165,"exampleSentence":166,"blanks":167},"01a0e1ab-de65-7149-ada0-f3adfaa916da","Everyone mentioned owns a printer. A: I have a printer. B: So __1__ I. C: I’ve got a printer. D: So __2__ I.",8,"Follow the possession structure: have a printer takes so do I; have got a printer takes so have I. Both response verbs must agree with I.","Mina has a balcony, and so do we. Her parents have got a garden, and so have ours.",[168,178],{"id":169,"blankNumber":21,"options":170},"01a0e1ab-de64-7f3a-be26-8fbbe2657b87",[171,173,175],{"id":172,"optionText":46,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-de64-7e72-be26-8fbbe1a1ab76",{"id":174,"optionText":101,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-de64-7eb6-be26-8fbbe1f2a0ed",{"id":176,"optionText":177,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-de64-7efa-be26-8fbbe21fe3a1","does",{"id":179,"blankNumber":34,"options":180},"01a0e1ab-de65-70d5-ada0-f3adfa29672c",[181,183,186],{"id":182,"optionText":101,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-de65-7009-ada0-f3adf95f267c",{"id":184,"optionText":185,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-de65-7051-ada0-f3adf9691fef","has",{"id":187,"optionText":104,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-de65-7095-ada0-f3adf98a54a2",{"id":189,"sentenceTemplate":190,"displayOrder":191,"explanation":192,"exampleSentence":193,"blanks":194},"01a0e1ab-de65-734d-ada0-f3adfd6df115","A: I collect old postcards. B: So __1__ my uncle. His collection is huge.",9,"For a present simple main verb, use do or does rather than repeating collect. My uncle is singular, so choose does.","Our friends cycle to work, and so does our manager.",[195],{"id":196,"blankNumber":21,"options":197},"01a0e1ab-de65-72dd-ada0-f3adfc8ea070",[198,201,203],{"id":199,"optionText":200,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-de65-7201-ada0-f3adfafe1e22","collects",{"id":202,"optionText":177,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-de65-7249-ada0-f3adfb9394e1",{"id":204,"optionText":46,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-de65-7299-ada0-f3adfbb1f5ea",{"id":206,"sentenceTemplate":207,"displayOrder":208,"explanation":209,"exampleSentence":210,"blanks":211},"01a0e1ab-de65-753d-ada0-f3ae0228ccf8","The speakers share both feelings. A: I’m excited about the trip. B: I am __1__. A: I don’t enjoy packing. B: I don’t __2__.",10,"With normal subject–verb order, use too for the positive response I am too, and either for the negative response I don’t either. So and neither introduce different patterns.","Nora is ready, and I am too. She hasn’t booked a taxi, and I haven’t either.",[212,224],{"id":213,"blankNumber":21,"options":214},"01a0e1ab-de65-7461-ada0-f3adffdbfc08",[215,218,221],{"id":216,"optionText":217,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-de65-73f1-ada0-f3adfe2a594e","either",{"id":219,"optionText":220,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-de65-7419-ada0-f3adfe372e28","neither",{"id":222,"optionText":223,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-de65-7441-ada0-f3adff01be05","too",{"id":225,"blankNumber":34,"options":226},"01a0e1ab-de65-7505-ada0-f3ae01dd21f3",[227,229,231],{"id":228,"optionText":217,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-de65-7499-ada0-f3ae00b0f051",{"id":230,"optionText":223,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-de65-74bd-ada0-f3ae00f4ad47",{"id":232,"optionText":233,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-de65-74dd-ada0-f3ae0138e4ec","so",{"id":235,"sentenceTemplate":236,"displayOrder":237,"explanation":238,"exampleSentence":239,"blanks":240},"01a0e1ab-de65-76d1-ada0-f3ae05c332da","Two friends are chatting informally and share both feelings. A: I love beach holidays. B: Me __1__! A: I don’t like very hot weather. B: Me __2__!",11,"Me too is an informal response to a positive statement; me neither responds to a negative one. Both replies must show that the friends share the feeling.","When I said I wasn’t keen on camping, my friend replied, “Me neither!”",[241,250],{"id":242,"blankNumber":21,"options":243},"01a0e1ab-de65-7605-ada0-f3ae03414564",[244,246,248],{"id":245,"optionText":220,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-de65-7599-ada0-f3ae0249aaae",{"id":247,"optionText":223,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-de65-75c1-ada0-f3ae027b4ebe",{"id":249,"optionText":233,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-de65-75e5-ada0-f3ae03298092",{"id":251,"blankNumber":34,"options":252},"01a0e1ab-de65-7699-ada0-f3ae0572c3ec",[253,255,257],{"id":254,"optionText":233,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-de65-7639-ada0-f3ae042de2c9",{"id":256,"optionText":223,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-de65-7659-ada0-f3ae04ed50cc",{"id":258,"optionText":220,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-de65-7679-ada0-f3ae055067ff",{"id":260,"sentenceTemplate":261,"displayOrder":262,"explanation":263,"exampleSentence":264,"blanks":265},"01a0e1ab-de65-77d5-ada0-f3ae08df0f21","Neither speaker has tried skiing. A: I haven’t tried skiing. B: Nor __1__ I.",12,"Nor have I is a correct alternative to neither have I. Match the present perfect auxiliary have without adding not.","The guests haven’t eaten yet, and nor has the host.",[266],{"id":267,"blankNumber":21,"options":268},"01a0e1ab-de65-779d-ada0-f3ae08145915",[269,271,274],{"id":270,"optionText":104,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-de65-7739-ada0-f3ae0675620c",{"id":272,"optionText":273,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-de65-775d-ada0-f3ae0719e709","haven’t",{"id":275,"optionText":46,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-de65-777d-ada0-f3ae07555910",{"id":277,"sentenceTemplate":278,"displayOrder":279,"explanation":280,"exampleSentence":281,"blanks":282},"01a0e1ab-de65-7949-ada0-f3ae0dda641e","B’s situation is different each time. A: I like running. B: I __1__. I find it boring. A: I can’t skate. B: I __2__. I learnt as a child.",13,"B expresses differences, not shared situations: don’t contradicts like running, and can contrasts with can’t skate. These short replies can sound direct, so a friendly tone helps.","“I don’t eat fish.” — “I do, but I’m happy to order something else.”",[283,294],{"id":284,"blankNumber":21,"options":285},"01a0e1ab-de65-787d-ada0-f3ae0ae8b837",[286,288,291],{"id":287,"optionText":46,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-de65-7819-ada0-f3ae09986cb9",{"id":289,"optionText":290,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-de65-783d-ada0-f3ae0a0cf330","don’t",{"id":292,"optionText":293,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-de65-785d-ada0-f3ae0a9215fc","am not",{"id":295,"blankNumber":34,"options":296},"01a0e1ab-de65-7911-ada0-f3ae0d6d5136",[297,300,302],{"id":298,"optionText":299,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-de65-78b1-ada0-f3ae0be73953","can’t",{"id":301,"optionText":101,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-de65-78d1-ada0-f3ae0cd7548a",{"id":303,"optionText":304,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-de65-78f1-ada0-f3ae0d1d9973","can",{"id":306,"sentenceTemplate":307,"displayOrder":308,"explanation":309,"exampleSentence":310,"blanks":311},"01a0e1ab-de65-7a35-ada0-f3ae1008c70c","Both speakers are thirsty. A: I’m thirsty. B: __1__.",14,"The shared state uses present simple be, so choose am with I and put the verb before the subject. So I am can confirm something about yourself, but does not say that you share the other speaker’s state.","The twins are curious about the new neighbour, and so is their father.",[312],{"id":313,"blankNumber":21,"options":314},"01a0e1ab-de65-7a01-ada0-f3ae0fecfa91",[315,318,321],{"id":316,"optionText":317,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-de65-79a1-ada0-f3ae0e4f90dd","So am I",{"id":319,"optionText":320,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-de65-79c1-ada0-f3ae0f18be2f","So I am",{"id":322,"optionText":323,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-de65-79e1-ada0-f3ae0f93b8e6","So do I","\u002Fuploads\u002Fimages\u002Fgpimg_53a445f7-d41a-447d-ae4d-11bc6fc8023c_hero.webp?v=1790492532",{"title":326,"slug":327,"language":328,"level":329},"So Do I and Neither Do I","so-do-i-and-neither-do-i","en","B1"]