OVERVIEW & OBJECTIVES

This ESL grammar lesson plan on both, either, neither, and too offers engaging activities, PDF worksheets, and digital materials designed for A2 pre-intermediate students. In this lesson, students will:

• Talk about food preferences, meal choices, and what people like or dislike.
• Explore vocabulary related to food, dining, preferences, and daily activities.
• Learn to use both, either, neither, and too to express choices and agreement.
• Complete dialogues and compare people's preferences, interests, and availability.
• Discuss personal habits and discover what they have in common with others.

WARM-UP ACTIVITY

The lesson begins with students looking at two people's food preferences. Using pictures of different dishes, they discuss what each person likes and dislikes and predict what the two people might choose for dinner.

Next, students talk about their own food preferences, including which dishes they enjoy and which they dislike. They also discuss how often they eat with other people, whether choosing a meal together can be difficult, and what they recently ate.

To finish the warm-up, students listen to a conversation between two people who are deciding what to have for dinner. They complete sentences with missing words and information about the different food options, preferences, and final decision.

TARGET LANGUAGE STUDY

In the first exercise, students examine examples from the conversation and match sentences with their meanings. They explore how both, either, and neither are used to talk about two people, things, or options. The activity also introduces structures such as both ... and, either ... or, and neither ... nor to express shared preferences, choices, and negative ideas.

The second activity focuses on how to agree with positive and negative statements. Students complete short exchanges with too, either, or neither and identify which expressions are used after positive statements and which are used after negative ones. Examples include Me too, Me neither, and I don't ... either.

PRODUCTION PRACTICE

Students first complete a dialogue between a tutor and a student who are arranging English lessons. They choose the correct forms of both, either, neither, and too to discuss lesson times, availability, preferences, and language skills.

In the next exercise, students compare two people's interests and schedules using information about their likes, dislikes, and free time. They describe what the two people have in common, how their preferences differ, and when they could meet again. The activity encourages the use of different target grammar structures in complete sentences.

FINDING COMMON GROUND: TOO, BOTH, EITHER, AND NEITHER

In the final speaking activity, students explore what they have in common with a classmate or teacher.

First, they choose and complete positive and negative statements about their own habits, preferences, and everyday routines. The prompts cover topics such as food, transportation, entertainment, spending habits, and free-time activities. Students can also add their own ideas.

Next, they take turns sharing their statements and asking whether the same things are true for their partner. They respond with expressions such as Me too, Me neither, I ... too, and I don't ... either, then discuss their similarities and differences.

Finally, students use what they discovered about each other to complete sentences with both, neither, and too. They describe their shared habits and preferences using structures such as Both of us ..., Neither of us ..., and My partner ... and I ... too.

BENEFITS OF USING THIS BOTH EITHER NEITHER ESL LESSON PLAN

• Clear examples help teachers explain how to express choices, preferences, and agreement.
• Everyday situations give A2 students familiar contexts for practical grammar use.
• Dialogues, comparison exercises, and speaking tasks provide varied grammar practice.
• A personalized final activity encourages natural interaction between students.
• Ready-to-use PDF worksheets and digital materials save teachers valuable preparation time.