Vocabulary: idioms (taking risks)

ladybug187:
. Hi, Superchap
superchap249:	Hi, ladybug. Where are you from?
ladybug187:	I'm originally from Scotland
superchap249:	Oh, really? So (1)------------are Scottish. Whereabouts?
ladybug187:	Edinburgh.
superchap249:	Wow! (2)------------Do you still live there?
ladybug187:	No. I moved to York and then to Birmingham.
superchap249:	What a coincidence! I used to live in York, but I'm in Bristol now. Didn't like York.
ladybug187:	(3)-------------It wasn't a good time of my life.
superchap249:	So, (4)------------York.
ladybug187:	Crazy! So, do you have any hobbies?
superchap249:	I used to play a lot of tennis, until I got divorced.
ladybug187:	You're divorced? So am I! (5) ------------
superchap249:	No fun is it? Still, at least I don't have to play tennis anymore. I don't like tennis.
ladybug187:	(6)-------------Your name is Jerry, isn't it?
superchap249:	Yes. How did you know that!?
ladybug187:	We were married for ten years, you idiot!

Functional language: talking about similarities & differences
Similarities
So/Neither + auxiliary verb + subject
• Use so after a positive sentence and neither after a negative.
I'm very busy at the moment. So am I. I can't drive. Neither can I.

• 
  Use do/does/did if there's no auxiliary. I study English on Thursdays. So do I. I started two years ago. So did I.
  
• 
  Use Me, too and Me, neither. I like pizzas. Me, too.
  

I'm not very good at general knowledge. Me, neither.
Differences
• Use subject + auxiliary verb, not so or neither.
I'm very busy at the moment. I'm not.
I can't speak Chinese. I can.
• Use do/does/did if there's no auxiliary,
I didn't go to the meeting yesterday. I did.


EX.38 Match the sentences 1-6 to the responses a-f


A
1 I've just won something on the lottery!
2 This time last year, I was celebrating the win.
3 That looks horrible. I'm not eating that.
4 I've never won a penny on the lottery.
5 I can't understand people who gamble.
6 My parents allowed me to smoke when I was 14.
B
a No, neither am I.
b So was I. Weren't we lucky!
c I can. I was addicted to it once.
d That's incredible! So have I.
e Really! Mine didn't.
f No, neither have I. It's such a waste of money.