INVERSION

I. Rewrite each of the following sentences with NEVER

1. She had never been so happy before

2. I have never heard such nonsense!
3. He never smokes.
4. Our profits this year are higher than they have ever been.
5. She would never again trust her own judgement when buying antiques.
6. The film had never before laid on such a sumptuous celebration.
7. I've never come across such a horrifying fịlm
8. I've never been so moved by a Shakespeare production.
9. I never for one moment thought the consequences would be so far-reaching.
10. I had never tasted such a wonderful combinatin of flavours before.

II. Rewrite each of the following sentences with RARELY, SELDOM or LITTLE
1. One rarely finds good service these days.
2. She has rarely travelled more than fifty miles from her village.
3. It is very unusual for a military campaign to have been fought with so little loss of life.
4. It is unusual for the interior of the island to be visited by tourists.
5. Public borrowing has seldom been so high.
6. They had seldom participated in such a fascinaating ceremony.
7. They little suspected that the musical was going to be a runaway success.
8. The embassy staff little realized that Ted was a secret agẹnt
9. She didn't realize what would happen to her next.
10. I didn't think that one day I'd be appearing in films rather than just watching them.

III.Viết lại câu sao cho nghĩa không thay đổi.

1. Her grief was so great that she almost fainted.
–> So…great was her grief that……………………………………….
2. He got down to writing the letter as soon as he returned from his walk.
–> No sooner…had he returned from his walk than he……………………………………………………..
3. She had hardly begun to speak before people started interrupting her.
–> Hardly…had she begun to speak when…………………………………………………………..
4. I only realized what I had missed when they told me about it later.
–> Only when…they told me about it later did I realize what I had
missed…………………………………………………
5. You won’t find a more dedicated worker anywhere than Mrs John.
–> Nowhere will you find a more dedicated worker than Mrs John.…………………………………………..
6. The outcome of the election was never in doubt.
–> At no time…was… The outcome of the election in doubt ……………………………….
7. He forgot about the gun until he got home.
–> Not until………………………………
8. The only way you can become a good athlete is by training hard everyday.
–> Only by…………………………………………………………
9. He spent all his money. He even borrowed some from me.
-> Not only…………………………………………………………
10. He had hardly left the office when the telephone rang.
-> No sooner…………………………………………………………
11. I had only just put the phone down when the boss rang back.
-> Hardly …………………………………………………………
12. He didn’t finish his work until the bell rang.
-> Not until …………………………………………………………
13. We only began to see the symptoms of the disease after several months.
-> Only …………………………………………………………
14. I have never seen anyone in my life drink as much as you.
-> Never …………………………………………………………
15. A sleeping dog was lying under the table.
-> Under the table …………………………………………………………
16. His brother had rarely been more excited.
-> Rarely…………………………………………………………
17. The facts were not all made public until later.
-> Only …………………………………………………………
18. If I had realized what would happen, I wouldn’t have accepted the job.
-> Had…………………………………………………………
19. The response to our appeal was so great that we has to take on more staff.
-> So …………………………………………………………
20. Some children are playing happily on the field.
-> Playing ……………………………………………….

IV : Choose the best answer

1. Only when he started working with her, ____that she was intelligent.
A he had realized B did he realize C he did realized D he realized
2. ____worked outside the home as nowadays.
A Never so many women have B Never have so many women
C The women are not never D The women who have never
3. No longer____any pleasure to do this job.
A I do have B do I have C do have I D I have
4. John stops smoking.
A John does not smoke no longer B John smokes any longer
C No longer does John smoke D Any longer John smokes
5. Only when you grow up____the truth.
A you will know B will you know C you know D do you know
6. No sooner had he arrived home____he was called out again.
A when B and C than D but
7. ____had the restaurant opened____people were flocking to eat there .
A Hardly… than B No sooner..that C No sooner..than D hardly.. that
8. Down____for three days.
A the rain poured B did the rain pour C poured the rain D do the rain pour
9. Out ____the children when the bell rang.
A did the children run B ran the children C run the children D do the children run
10. Such____that he would stop at nothing.
A his ambition was B did his ambition C does his ambition D was his ambition
11. Only once____late to school.
A he came B did he came C came he D did he come
12. He no longer collects stamps as he used to. No longer____
A he collects stamps as he used to B does he collects stamps as he used to
C does he collect stamps as he used to D doesn’t he collect stamps as he used to it.
13. ____, all the matter is formed of molecules.
A It doesn’t matter if the complex B It’s not a complex matter
C No matter how complex it is D How complex is not a matter
14. No more ____to worry about the future sources of energy.
A don’t we have B we don’t have C do we have D we do have
15. Hardly____asleep when the phone woke him up again.
A had the doctor fallen B did the doctor fall C the doctor fell D the doctor has fallen
16. Not until darkness fell____he hadn’t done half of his work.
A that he realized B did he realize C that he didn’t realize D didn’t he realize
17. Seldom____of Nancy Johnson as coloured.
A her classmates thought B thought her classmates
C her classmates did think D did her school classmates think
18. On the hill ____ a big pine tree.
A stands B stand C. does D. standing
19. Not once ____ into her eyes.
A he looked B does he looks C. did he look D. he was looking
20. Not until next year____ take place.
A the new tax change will B will the new tax change
C. the new tax changes D. they change the new tax
21.Not until a monkey is several years old …..…to exhibit signs of independence from its mother.
A. it begins B. does it begin C. and begin D. is it begin
22.………….. did Jerome accept the job.
A.Only because it was interesting work. B. Because it was an interesting work.
B.Only because it was interested work. D. The work was interesting.
23………..great was the destruction that the south took decades to recovered.
A. Very B. too C. Such D. So
24………….….when the Charges found themselves 7-0 down.
A. Hardly had the games begun B. Hardly the games had begun
C. The games had hardly begun D. Hardly had begun the games
25.Not until the fist land plants developed………………..
A. land animals appeared B. did land animals appear
C. would land animals appear D. the land animals appeared
26.Not until it was too late ………………. I call Susan.
A. I remembered B. did I remember C. did I remembered D. I did remember
27 .Never before …………………. Such a wonderful child.
A. I have seen B. I had seen C. I saw D. have I seen
28. Hardly had we settle down in our seats …………….. the lights went out.
A. than B. when C. then D. after
29. Only after checking three times …………certain of the answer. Jim promised that never would he tell
anyone else.
A. I was B. was I C. were I D. I were
30. Only when he is here, ……………..
A. he speaks English B. does he speak English
C. he can speak English D. he does speak English