Write these sentences using the words given

1. San was working all day and all night too.

NOT ONLY………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
2. Ted had never stayed in such a dreadful hotel before.
NEVER ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
 3. Patricia dances gracefully and sings beautifully.
NOT ONLY ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
4. I have never met such an infuriating person before.
NEVER ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
5. Paul didn’t open his presents until all the guests had arrived.
NOT UNTIL ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
6. Our neighbours don’t spend much money on entertainment.
REARELY ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Complete each sentence by using the phrases from the box.

RARELY HAVE – NO SOONER HAD – UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES ARE – NOT ONLY DID –
UNDER NOT CIRCUMSTANCES WILL – AS DID – WERE YOU – HARDLY HAD – LITTLE DID – RARELY HAVE.
1. _______________________ we arrived at the hotel, when there was a power cut.
2. _______________________ members of staff to accept gratuities from clients.
3. _______________________ Detective Dawson realise what she was to discover!
4. _______________________ to pay the full amount now, there would be a ten per cent discount.
5. I supposed, _______________________ most people, that I would be retiring at 60.
6. _______________________ Jean win first prize, but she was also offered a promotion.

7. _______________________ late arrivals be admitted to the theatre before the interval.

8. _______________________ one missing child been found, than another three disappeared.

9. _______________________ so many employees taken sick leave at the same time.

Complete the second sentence so that it has a sir meaning as the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the
word given.
Complete each sentence with a suitable phrase containing the verb in brackets in an appropriate form.
a. Should __________________ (need) anything, could you let me know?
b. Were the plane __________________ (take off), everyone in it would have been killed.
c. Had __________________ (study) harder, I would probably have passes all my exams.
d. Should __________________ (be) in the neighbourhood, drop in.
e. Had __________________ (go) the doctor immediately, your daughter’s birthday.
f. Should __________________ (feel) hungry, just call room service, and order a meal.
g. Were __________________ (offer) her the job, we couldn’t be sure that she would accept.
h. Had __________________ (take) the necessary measures, this political crisis could have been avoided.
i. Scarcely __________________ (get) home when the police called us with news from Geoffrey.

Complete the text with the following phrases

LITTLE – SUCH – NOT ONLY – UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES – HAD – SELDOM –
ALONG – NO SOONER – AS – ASCARCELY
Using inversion, rewrite the following sentences beginning with the Words given.
You come to realise the significance of the murder only in the last few pages of the book.
Only in the last __________________________________________________________

Such __________________________________________________________________
in no other way.
In ____________________________________________________________________

Seldom ________________________________________________________________
until he got home.
Not ___________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________
emergency should arise, dial 999.
______________________________________________________________________

Under no circumstances __________________________________________________

hey started to argue soon after they had got married.
No sooner _____________________________________________________________

At no time ______________________________________________________________

REWRITE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES USING INVERSION.

1. The gang didn't know that the police had them under surveillance.
Little ____________________________________________________________
 2. We won't consider you for the basketball team until you grow up.
Not until _________________________________________________________
3. Nobody has won so many matches for his team since 1994.
Not since ________________________________________________________
4. You will not be allowed to enter the auditorium under any circumstances once the play has started.
Under no circumstances ____________________________________________
5. 5. He would never play in front of a live audience again.
Never ___________________________________________________________
6. Amy had not enjoyed herself so much since she went to the circus as a child.
Not since ________________________________________________________
7. I have never seen such a terrible performance of Hamlet before.
Never before _____________________________________________________
8. They only realized the painting had been hung upside down when someone complained at reception.
Only when _______________________________________________________
9. I had been in the room for a few minutes when I realized that everyone was staring at me.
Only after ________________________________________________________
10. He discovered that he had injured his knee when he tried to run.
Only when _______________________________________________________
11. The new park was hardly finished when vandals destroyed the flowerbeds.
Hardly __________________________________________________________
12. You shouldn't sign a contract you haven't read thoroughly under any circumstances.
Under no circumstances ____________________________________________

Complete the second sentence so that it has s similar meaning to the first.
a. Please never interrupt me when I’m in a meeting. AM
On no account _______________________________________when I’m in a meeting.
b. Nobody from this school has ever written a better composition. ANYONE
Never _______________________________________ written a better composition.
c. Such was the demand for tickets that people queued day and night. GREAT
The demand for the tickets_______________________________________ that people queued day and night.
d. The money is not to be paid under any circumstances. NO
Under _______________________________________ to be paid.
e. Three days passed before we arrived at the first oasis. HAD
Not until _______________________________________at the first oasis.
f. Little did Brenda know what she was letting herself in for. NO
Brenda _______________________________________what she was letting herself in for.
g. It was only when I stopped that I realised something was wrong. DID
Only _______________________________________ that something was wrong.