 Đảo ngữ với cụm từ có “NO”

1. At no time = Never = Under no/ In no circumstances/ In no way+ Trợ V+ S + V

(không bao giờ)
Ex: I will never love you. => Never/ at no time will I love you.
2. For no reason + Trợ V+ S + V (không vì lí do gì)

 Đảo ngữ của câu điều kiện

Câu điều kiện loại 1: If + S + Should + Vinf, S+V/ câu mệnh lệnh ( Nếu lỡ như
mà…)
Should + S + Vinf , ………
Ex: If I have time, I’ll will visit you.
 Should I have time, I’ll will visit you.
Câu điều kiện loại 2: If + S + was/were +…., S + could/ should/ might + Vinf
Were + S + ..., S + would/could + Vinf
Ex: If I were stronger, I could lift this table.
 Were I stronger, I could lift this table.
Câu điều kiện loại 3: If + S + had+ Vcột 3, S + would/could/might + have + Vcột 3
Had + S + Vcột 3, S + would/could + have + Vcột 3
Ex: : If she had arrived on time, I would have been surprised.
 Had she arrived on time, I would have been surprised.

 Đảo ngữ với “only”

o Only after + Clause (S+V)/ Ving + Trợ V+ S + V…..(chỉ sau khi)
o Only when + S + V + Trợ V+ S + V…….(chỉ khi)
o Only by + Ving + Trợ V+ S + V……….(chỉ bằng cách)

 Hardly/barely/scarcely + had + S + Vcột 3 + when +…….. ( Ngay khi….)

= No sooner + had + S + Vcột 3 + than +………… (Vừa mới thì…..)

 Not only + Trợ động từ + S + V + but also + S + V

(không những... mà còn

1. The basketball team knew they lost the match. They soon started to blame each
other.
A. Not only did the basketball team know they lost the match but they blamed to each
other as well.
B. Hardly had the basketball team known they lost the match when they started to
blame each other.
C. No sooner had the basketball team started to blame each other than they knew they
lost the match.
D. As soon as they blamed each other, the basketball team knew they lost the match
2. Tom didn’t understand the meaning of the comment. He soon saw his wife’s
avatar.
A. Only when Tom saw his wife’s avatar did he understand the meaning of the
comment.
B. Soon after Tom had understood the meaning of the comment did he see his wife’s
avatar.
C. Hardly had Tom understood the meaning of the comment than he saw his wife’s
avatar.
D. Scarcely had Tom seen his wife’s avatar than he understood the meaning of the
comment.
3. This dangerous drug mustn’t be left anywhere in the hospital lest members of the
public could access. There is no exception whatsoever.
A. By no mean was this dangerous drug permitted to be left anywhere in the hospital
lest members of the public could access.
B. At no time is this dangerous drug forbidden to be left anywhere in the hospital lest
members of the public could access.
C. Under no circumstances is this dangerous drug allowed to be left anywhere in the
hospital lest members of the public could access.
D. Under no circumstances is this dangerous drug not allowed to be left anywhere in
the hospital lest members of the public could access.
4. Freddy had gotten out of the bank. Right after that, two policemen approached and
arrested him.
A. Hardly did Freddy get out of the bank when two policemen approached and
arrested him.
B. Only by waiting for Freddy to get out of the bank could two policemen approach
and arrest him.
C. Only when Freddy entered the bank did two policemen approach and arrest him.
D. No sooner had Freddy gotten out of the bank than two policemen approached and
arrested him.
5. We arrived at the conference. Then we realized that our reports were still at home.
A. No sooner had we realized that our reports were at home than we arrived at the
conference.
B. Only after we arrived at the conference did we realize that our reports were still
at home.
C. Not until we arrived at the conference that we realized that our reports were still
at home.
 D. Hardly had we arrived at the conference that we realized that our reports were
still at home.

6. They finished one project. They started working on the next.

A. Not until did they start working on the next project then they finished one.
B. Hardly had they finished one project when they started working on the next.
C. Only if they had finished one project did they start working on the next.
D. Had they finished one project, they would have started working on the next.
7. He spent all his money. He even borrowed some from me.
A. Not only did he spent all his money but also he borrowed some from me.
B. Hardly had he borrowed some money from me when he spent it all.
C. Not only did he spend all his money but he borrowed some from me as well.
D. As soon as he borrowed some money from me, he spent it all.
8. His wife gave birth to their first child. He understood what true responsibility
meant.
A. Never has he understood true responsibility before he became a parent himself.
B. Were his first child not to be bom, he wouldn’t understand true responsibility.
C. Hardly had he understood true responsibility when their first child was bom.
D. Not until he became a parent did he understand what true responsibility meant.
9. Mike became a father. He felt a strong sense of responsibility towards his parents.
A. Only after Mike had become a father himself did he feel a strong sense of
responsibility towards his parents.
B. Not until he felt a strong sense of responsibility towards his parents did Mike
become a father himself. C. Had Mike become a father himself, he would have felt
a strong sense of responsibility towards his parents.
D. Were Mike to become a father himself, he would feel a strong sense of
responsibility towards his parents.
10. We arrived at the cinema. Then we realized that our tickets were still at home.
A. Not until we arrived at the cinema that we realized that our tickets were still at
home.
B. Hardly had we arrived at the cinema than we realized that our tickets were still at
home.
C. No sooner had we realized that our tickets were still at home than we arrived at the
cinema.
D. Only after we had arrived at the cinema did we realize that our tickets were still at
home.
11. I put the mobile on the table. She then called me back.
A. Had it not been for her call, I wouldn't have put the mobile on the table.
B. Hardly had I put the mobile on the table when she called me back.
C. Only after she had called me back did I put the mobile on the table.
D. Not only did she call me back but I also put the mobile on the table.