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1 INVERSION Unit 3
EXERCISE 1
Rewrite the first sentence starting with the adverb or adverbial.
1. As soon as we reached the hotel, it stopped raining.
No sooner ________________________________________________________________________
2. He never caught any fish.
Never____________________________________________________________________________
3. I immediately rushed to see them after Mary had phoned me with the news.
No sooner_________________________________________________________________________
4. Just as he walked into the room, someone hit him on the back of his head.
No sooner_________________________________________________________________________
5. It was the first time I had met such an attractive man.
Never before______________________________________________________________________
6. When he heard the hooters, he knew he was in town.
No sooner_________________________________________________________________________
7. Kath switched on the radio immediately after putting down the receiver.
Hardly____________________________________________________________________________
8. He was shot just as he came out of the hotel.
No sooner ________________________________________________________________________
EXERCISE 2
1. At no time___________ greater opportunities.
a. did women had b. has women had c. does women have d. have women had
2. Not once________ into her eyes.
a. he looked b. does he looked c. did he look d. looked he
3. Never before___________ such a disaster.
a. they suffer b. they have suffered
c. had they suffered d. they had suffered
4. Not until the early 1900s___________ to vote in the United States.
a. women were allowed b. were women allowed
c. they allowed women d. when women were allowed
5. Only recently___________ a favourite sport in the United States.
a. has jogging become b. has become jogging
c. when jogging became d. as jogging has become
6. Not only___________, but he also plays the piano and writes his own songs.
a. does Billy Joel sing b. Billy Joel sings
c. If Billy Joel sings d. what Billy Joel sings
7. Rarely___________ professional boxers remain active beyond the age of thirty-five.
a. do b. did c. are d. were
KEY
Exercise 1
1. No sooner had we reached the hotel than it stopped raining.
2. Never did he catch any fish.
3. No sooner had Mary phoned me with the news than I rushed to see them.
4. No sooner had he walked into the room than someone hit him on the back of his head.
5. Never before had I met such an attractive man.
6. No sooner had he heard the hooters than he knew he was in town.
7. Hardly had Kath put down the phone when she switched on the radio.
8. No sooner had he come out of the hotel than he was shot.
EXERCISE 2
1d 2c 3c 4b 5a 6a 7a