This pattern lists two parallel items or qualities that both apply, meaning 'both… and…' or 'not only… but also…'. It emphasizes that the subject possesses (or a situation involves) multiple features at once, often for cumulative effect. With nouns and na-adjectives, なら replaces ば.
[Noun]も[V/i-adj ば-form]ば、[Noun]も…/[Noun]も[Noun/na-adj]なら、[Noun]も…
彼は英語も話せれば、フランス語も話せる。
Kare wa eigo mo hanasereba, furansugo mo hanaseru.
He can speak both English and French.
話せれば links the first ability, and も…も frames both languages as things he can do.
あの店は値段も安ければ、味もいい。
Ano mise wa nedan mo yasukereba, aji mo ii.
That restaurant is both cheap and delicious.
安ければ (ば-form of 安い) joins two positive qualities listed with も…も.
彼女は歌も上手なら、ダンスも得意だ。
Kanojo wa uta mo jouzu nara, dansu mo tokui da.
She is not only good at singing but also skilled at dancing.
With na-adjective 上手, なら replaces ば to list two talents.
• Use ば after verbs and i-adjectives; use なら after nouns and na-adjectives. • Often lists two things of the same polarity (both good, or both bad). • Register: neutral to somewhat literary.
The JLPT rarely asks whether you recognise a pattern — it asks which of several similar patterns fits. These are the ones ~も~ば~も is tested against.
~し simply piles up reasons casually, while ~も~ば~も is a more balanced, rhetorical listing that highlights two parallel qualities.
だけでなく explicitly says 'not only', whereas ~も~ば~も implies the 'both/and' cumulatively through the paired も markers.
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