1.Complete the sentences with the correct preposition.

a)The teacher told them that ______on_________ no account were they to leave the
school premises.

b)Only ______after_________ a long wait did we finally get to hear the results of the
tests.

c)We were told that _________under______ no circumstances were we to use our mobile
phones.

d)Not even ________in_______ summer are there so many tourists to be seen in the
town.

e)Not ___until_____ he'd left university did he really appreciate how much he'd enjoyed
being a student.

f)_____In____ no other world capital will you find the same incredible mix of nationalities.

g)Not once _______during_ the whole time I knew him did he ever make a mistake in
judgement.

h)Only _____after______ spending a few months here will you understand how this city
survives.

2.Complete the sentences using the following adverbials: barely, never, sooner,
only (2x), seldom, after, rarely.

a)I realised how much I loved the city only __________after________________ I had left
it.

b)We had no _______________sooner__________ moved in to our new cottage than our

troubles began.

c)The local people were not ________only___________ rude to us, but they even ignored
the children.

d)We had ____________never______________ imagined that people could be so hostile.

e)We made our first friend _____only_______________ after two months.

f)We very __________rarely__________________ saw him, however, and life was still
lonely.

g)The children had _____seldom___________________ been so quiet before.

h)We decided to go back to the city. We had __barely_________________________ put

up a 'For Sale' sign when the people began to be friendly towards us!

3. Rewrite the sentences in 2 so that they begin with adverbial phrases (e.g. only
after, no sooner, not)

a. Only after I had left the city I realised how much I loved it.

b. No sooner had we moved into our new cottage than our troubles began.

c. Not only the local people were rude to us, but they even ignored the children.
d. Never had we imagined that people could be so hostile.

e. Only after two months we made our first friend.

f. Rarely did we see him and life was still lonely.

g. Seldom had the children been so quiet.

h. Barely had we put up a sign when the people began to be friendly towards us.