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Inversion with negative adverbials
We use negative adverbials to emphasize.

We often want to emphasize things that amaze, surprise, shock, or horrify.

We can also use inversion when something unexpected or unusual happens.
Never again will I eat at that restaurant. The food was terrible.
Rarely do you meet someone as polite as he is. He was charming.

We invert the subject and main or auxiliary verb.

Not in a million years did I think I’d be in Buenos Aires!  This can be
Not in a million years I thought would I be in Buenos Aires! a bit tricky!

We use barely...when, hardly...when and no sooner...than

to emphasize that one event followed another.
Barely had I sat down when there was a knock at the door.
Hardly had the baby fallen asleep when the loud music started!
No sooner had Max sat down than the door rang.
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Task

Study inversion with negative adverbials.

The teacher can read the explanations and

student volunteers can read the example
sentences aloud.

For the last three example sentences, the

teacher can ask: What happened right after
I sat down? What happened right after the
baby fell asleep? What happened right after
Max sat down?

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