INVERIONS Name: ________ → Little_________________________________________________________

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Ex1. Rewrite each of the following sentences with the given words in
14. If you do happen to see Helen, could you ask her to call me?
such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed above it.
→ Should _______________________________________________________
1. He spent all his money. He even borrowed some from me.
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→ Not only ______________________________________________________
15. The bus driver can not be blamed for the accident in any way.
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→ In no ________________________________________________________
2. He had hardly left the office when the telephone rang.
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→ No sooner ____________________________________________________
16. The snowfall was so heavy that all the trains had to be cancelleD.
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→ So___________________________________________________________
3. I had only just put the phone down when the boss rang back.
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→ Hardly _______________________________________________________
17. If the government raised interest rates, they would lose the election.
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→ Were_________________________________________________________
4. He didn’t finish his work until the bell rang.
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→ Not until______________________________________________________
18. As soon as I got into the bath, someone knocked at the door.
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→ No sooner ____________________________________________________
5. We only began to see the symptoms of the disease after several months.
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→ Only_________________________________________________________
19. There was so much uncertainty that the financial markets remained closeD.
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→ Such_________________________________________________________
6. I have never seen anyone in my life drink as much as you.
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→ Never________________________________________________________
20. It’s not common for there to be so much rain in March.
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→ Seldom ______________________________________________________
7. A sleeping dog was lying under the table.
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→ Under the table ________________________________________________
21. You won’t allowed in until your identify has been checkeD.
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→ Only_________________________________________________________
8. His brother had rarely been more exciteD.
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→ Rarely _______________________________________________________
22. Just after the play started there was a power failure.
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→ Hardly _______________________________________________________
9. The facts were not all made public until later.
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→ Only _________________________________________________________
23. The Prime Minister has hardly ever made a speech as inept as this.
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→ Rarely _______________________________________________________
10. If I had realized what would happen, I wouldn’t have accepted the joB.
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→ Had _________________________________________________________
24. We had only just arrived home when the police calleD.
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→ Scarcely ______________________________________________________
11. The response to our appeal was so great that we has to take on more staff.
→ _______________________________________________________________
Such___________________________________________________________ 25. Press photographers are banned from taking photographs backstage.
_______________________________________________________________ → On no account_________________________________________________
12. Harry broke his leg, and also injured his shoulder. _______________________________________________________________
→ Not only______________________________________________________
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13. The police didn’t at all suspect that the judge was the murderer.
Ex2. Choose the best answer. 21. Seldom___________ treated like that.
1. Never ________me again. A. I have been B. am I C. I am D. I had been
A. will be she love B. she loves C. she won't love D. she will love 22. Never before___________ such a disaster.
2. Not only_______but she is also very intelligent. A. they suffer B. they have suffered
A. she is beautiful B. beautiful she is C. is she beautiful D. beautiful is she C. had they suffered D. they had suffered
3. No sooner_________out that it rained. 23. Only if I had known the difference___________ the more expensive car.
A. did I go B. I went C. had I gone D. I had gone A. would I bought B. I would have bought
4. Seldom_________the guitar. C. would I buy D. would I have bought
A. he plays B. does he play C. he doesn't play D. he does play 24. Neither Mary nor her friends___________ going to the party.
5. Hardly________a word whether son came back. A. is B. are C. was D. A or B
A. couldn't she say B. she could say C. she couldn't say D. could she say 25. "This store has such high prices". "I agree. Never again__________here".
6. Only at weekend_________my kids to Water Park. A. I will shop B. will I shop C. I do shop D. shop I
A. I don't take B. do I take C. I take D. I do take 26. "I can't see the stage very well from here". "___________"
7. So old ___________ that she couldn't dance. A. Neither can't I B. Neither I can C. I can't neither D. Neither can I
A. she wasn't B. she was C. wasn't she D. was he 27. Not until the early 1900s_________to vote in the United States.
8. _______ here yesterday, you would have met me. A. women were allowed B. were women allowed
A. Were you B. you were C. Had you been D. You had been C. they allowed women D. when women were allowd
9. On the battle field___________. 28. "This is one of the oldest trees in the world." - "_________ such a big tree".
A. the tanks did lie B. the tanks lay C. did the tanks lie D. lay the tanks A. Never I have seen B. I haven't never seen
10. At no time___________ greater opportunities. C. Never have I seen D. I have seen never
A. did women had B. has women had 29. "I would like to apply for the sales position you advertised"
C. does women have D. have women had "I'm sorry. No longer___________ applications for that position".
11. Not once________ into her eyes. A. are taking we B. we are taking C. are we taking D. we taking
A. he looked B. does he looked C. did he look D. looked he 32. ___________ a higher concentration of people than in Tokyo and Mexico City.
12. __________ has the work been so easy. A. Nowhere there is B. Nowhere is C. Nowhere is there D. Nowhere there ins't
A. Never B. Only by C. When D. For 33. He started computer programming as soon as he left school.
13. Nowhere___________ such cooperative staff. A. No sooner had he started computer programming than he left school.
A. you can find B. you found C. you could find D. can you find B. Hardly had he started computer programming when he left school.
14. Never before___________ in an carnest attempt to resolve their differences. C. No sooner had he left school than he started computer programming.
A. have the leaders of these two countries met D. After he left school, he had started computer programming.
B. the leaders of these two countries have met 34. The noise next door didn’t stop until midnight.
C. have the leaders of these two countries meet A. It was not until midnight that the noise next door stopped.
D. met the leaders of these two countries B. Not until midnight did the noise next door stopped.
15. Not only the child, but also the grandparents___________. C. Only when midnight did the noise next door stopped.
A. is joining B. joins C. were joining D. has joined D. Hardly did the noise next door stopped when it was midnight.
16. Seldom___________ a newspaper. 35. Smoking is strictly forbidden in this office. There is no exception whatsoever.
A. buys Anna B. does Anna buy C. bought Anna D. Anna does buy A. On no occasion are people banned from smoking in this office.
17. Not only__________ at the post office, ___________ at the grocery store. B. At no time are people banned from smoking in this office.
A. does Mary work/but she also works B. works Mary/but she also works C. By no means were people allowed to smoke in this office.
C. does Mary work/but does she also work D. does Mary works/ but she also works D. Under no circumstances are people allowed to smoke in this office.
18. No sooner___________ the house than the phone started to ring. 36. The government does not know what to do with household rubbish in large cities.
A. had she entered B. she had entered C. entered she D. had entered she A. Little does the government know what to do with household rubbish in large cities.
19. Only by saving money___________ a house. B. It is unknown what to do with household rubbish in large cities by the government.
A. he buys B. he can buy C. can he buy D. buy she C. Rarely the government knows what to do with household rubbish in large cities.
20. Not even once___________ the truth. D. Hardly any government knows what to do with household rubbish in large cities.
A. he tells B. he tell C. tells he D. has she told
1. Not only did he spend all his money but he also borrowed some from me.
2. No sooner had I left the office than the phone rang.
3. Hardly had I put the phone down when the boss rang back.
4. Not until the bell rang did he finish his work.
5. Only after several months did we begin to see the symptoms of the disease.
6. Never in my life have seen anyone drink as much as you.
7. Under the table was lying a sleeping dog.
8. Rarely had his brother been more exciteD.
9. Only later were all the facts made publiC.
10. Had I realized what would happen, I wouldn’t have accepted the joB.
11. Such was the responsible to our appeal that we has to take on more staff
12. Not only did Harry break his leg but he also injured his shoulder.
13. Little did the police suspect that the judgment was the murderer.
14. Should you see Helen, could you ask her to call me?
15. In no way can the bus be blamed for the accident.
16. So heavy was the snowfall that all the trains had to be cancelleD.
17. Were the government to write interest rates they would lose the election.
18. No sooner had I got into the bath than someone knocked on the door.
19. Such was the uncertainty that the financial markets remained closeD.
20. Seldom is there so much rain in March.
21. Only when your identity has been checked will you be allowed in.
22. Hardly had the play started when there was a power failure.
23. Rarely has the Prime Minister made so inept a speech.
24. Scarcely had we arrived home when the police calleD.
25. On no account are press photographers allowed to take photographs
backstage.