Correlate Conjunctions are always used in pairs.
They show the relationship between the ideas expressed in different parts of a sentence.
Examples:
Both...and Both Susan and her sister are in the forest now
Not only...but also He not only smokes but also drinks every day
Rather...than He is very honest.He would rather starve than steal
Either...or Either you or she must wash the window in the kitchen
Whether...or When I heard about it I didn't know whether to laugh or cry
Neither...nor Neither Eva nor Silvia go on holiday this year
Such...that They are such nice people that we can visit them next week
As...as She comes to visit her grandparents as often as she can
Not...but Not Ela but her sister is owner of the big flat
test yourself:
....... my father and my mother are learning Spanish.
In my opinion, his sister is ........ clever nor nice.
Last year they visited ........ France but also Spain.
He'd........ go to the cinema than to the opera.
We're going not ...... to the cinema but also to the concert.
Roger couldn't decide ....... to buy the white socks or the blue ones.
My children are ....... in the garden or in the park.
We're going to Kolobrzeg on our holiday, not to Sopot. Kolobrzeg isn't ....... expensive as Sopot.
She is ........ a nice that I think you will marry her soon.
........she but her sister worked in England as a nurse last year.
You need to decide ....... you want to marry Tom or Tim.
Replies
We're going not only to the cinema but also to the concert.
Roger couldn't decide whether to buy the white socks or the blue ones.
My children are whether in the garden or in the park.
We're going to Kolobrzeg on our holiday, not to Sopot. Kolobrzeg isn't as expensive as Sopot.
She is such a nice that I think you will marry her soon.
Not she but her sister worked in England as a nurse last year.
You need to decide whether you want to marry Tom or Tim.
(How hard decision!!
Tom or Tim!
Are they twin?!)
WOW!
so that strange creature is not girl ! :)
but ,I truly admire your idea!
He'd rather go to the cinema than to the opera.
:)
All girls!!
Last year they visited not only France but also Spain.
In your opinion, his sister is neither clever nor nice.
(But in my opinion all girls are both clever and nice!)
Oh!
Thank you, Enigma!
So useful for me.
Let me start the answering from the first test:
Both my father and my mother are learning Spanish.