1. We had never before heard such tantalizing official accounts 1.

Never before had We heard such tantalizing official

of an encounter with a UFO. accounts of an encounter with a UFO.

2. The story was so credible that it even convinced the 2. So credible was the story that it even convinced the
government minister who investigated it. government minister who investigated it.

3. We wouldn’t be able to reveal the sighting of a flying saucer if 3. We wouldn’t be able to reveal the sighting of a flying
it weren’t for the controversial account provided by an army saucer were it not for the controversial account provided
pilot. (2 Cond) by an army pilot.

4. The sighting occurred on 30 July 1952, when Flight Sergeant
Roland Hughes was on a training flight over Germany. NI.
5. Hughes reported being intercepted by a "gleaming silver,
metallic disc", and other pilots did that too.
4. On 30 July 1952, the sighting occurred, when Flight
Sergeant Roland Hughes was on a training flight over
Germany.
5. Hughes reported being intercepted by a "gleaming
silver, metallic disc", as did other pilots.

6. The disc flew alongside his aircraft, and then it sped off.
7. The object was also detected by radars on the ground,
travelling at speeds far in excess of any known aircraft.
8. Hughes reported the sighting to his senior officers. Barely a
few minutes after that, they sent him to brief the aviation
minister.
9. Senior civil servants knew so little about the story that they
were unable to understand why the minister was later so
convinced of the existence of UFOs.
10. The world had a serious account of a close encounter of this
type only through the detailed description provided by Hughes.
6. Alongside his aircraft flew the disc, and then off it
sped*
7. On the ground was also the object detected by
radars, travelling at speeds far in excess of any known
aircraft.
8. Hughes reported the sighting to his senior officers.
Barely a few minutes after did they send him to brief the
aviation minister*
9. So little did Senior civil servants know about the story
that they were unable to understand why the minister
was later so convinced of the existence of UFOs.

10. Only through the detailed description provided by

Hughes did the world have a serious account of a close
encounter of this type.
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA
B.ED. IN MODERN LANGUAGES
LOW ADVANCED ENGLISH
INVERSION QUIZ

NAME: ________________________________________________ DATE: ________________________________

Rewrite the sentences below placing the underlined parts at the beginning. In some cases, no clues are given.
Where necessary, invert the order of subject and verb, and make any other necessary changes. You do not need
to write the whole sentences, but make sure your answers are clear enough. (10 points, 1 each)
 The UFO Sighting that convinced a Government Minister (Fragment)

ACTIVITY: Complete these sentences in any appropriate way, beginning with So / Such. Use the following words in
your answers.
strength (n) different (a) moving (a) deep (a) fake (a) lack (n) intensity (n)

a. So deep was the lake that few people dared to swim in it.
b. _________________________________________ that all spectators started to cry.
c. _________________________________________ that most ponds and small rivers dried off.
d. _________________________________________ that all his contacts have mocked him on that social network.
e. _________________________________________ that they got divorced almost one month after their wedding.
f.__________________________________________ that he never gives up, even in the toughest moments of his life.
g. _________________________________________ that she could not speak with a stranger or make any friends.
 ACTIVITY: Complete these sentences in any appropriate way, beginning with So / Such. Use the following words in
your answers.
strength different moving deep fake lack intensity

a. __________So deep was the river______________ that few people dared to swim in it.
b. ______ So moving was the scene of the movie____ that all spectators started to cry.
c. ___Such was the intensity of last year’s heatwave_ that most ponds and small rivers dried off.
d. ____ So fake is his Facebook profile picture_______ that all his contacts have mocked him on that social network.
e. __________ So different were they_____________ that they got divorced almost one month after their wedding.
f.________Such is the strength of his character_____ that he never gives up, even in the toughest moments of his life.
g. ________ Such was her lack of confidence________ that she could not speak with a stranger or make any friends.