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Inversion Exercises - 2

The document provides a series of sentences that need to be transformed using inversion. Each example illustrates how to change the structure of a sentence to emphasize certain elements. The exercise is designed to enhance understanding of inversion in English grammar.

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Inversion Exercises - 2

The document provides a series of sentences that need to be transformed using inversion. Each example illustrates how to change the structure of a sentence to emphasize certain elements. The exercise is designed to enhance understanding of inversion in English grammar.

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Inversion Exercise 1

Change the sentences so that they use inversion. For example:

We had hardly arrived when Julie burst into the house.

→ Hardly had we arrived when Julie burst into the house.

1. John had never been to such a fantastic restaurant.


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2. I in no way want to be associated with this project.
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3. They had no sooner eaten dinner than the ceiling crashed onto the dining table.
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4. I had scarcely finished writing my essay when the examiner announced the end of the
exam.
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5. I seldom leave my house so early.
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6. People rarely appreciate this musician’s talent.
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7. We would understand what had happened that night only later.
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8. They had met such rude people nowhere before.
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9. He understood little about the situation.
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10. The children should on no account go on their own.
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