INVERSION - EXTRA EXERCISE

I. Choose the correct answer to complete these sentences :

1. ______________________, you would have succeeded in your business.

A. If you listened to my advice B. Were you to listen to my advice

C. Had you listened to my advice D. As long as you listened to my

advice

2. She doesn’t like classical music and ____.

A. I don’t, too B. I don’t, either C. neither do I

D. B and C are correct

3. Little ______________ what he has caused to others.

A. does he know B. he knows C. he can know D. he will know

4. _ had he entered the office than he realized that he had left his wallet at
home.

A. Hardly B. Scarcely C. No sooner D. Not only

5. ____________ a week goes by without some road accidents.

A. Hardly B. Seldom C. Never D. Infrequently

6. It was not until she had arrived home ___________ her appointment with
the doctor.

A. when she remembered B. that she remembered

C. and she remembered D. did she remember

7. Canada does not require that U.S citizens obtain passports to enter the
country, and _________.

A. Mexico doesn’t, too B. so does Mexico

C. Mexico doesn’t, either D. neither is Mexico

8. _____________, he would have been able to pass the exam.

 A. If he studied harder last year B. Provided he studied hard last
year

C. Studying harder last year D. Had he studied harder last year

9. ___________________ will Mr. Dennis be able to regain control of the

company.

A. With hard work B. Despite his hard work

C. Only if he works hardly D. Only by working hard

10. __________ had I arrived home than it began to rain.

A. No sooner B. Hardly

C. Scarcely D. Rarely

11. My father paid my fees. _______________that, I wouldn’t be here now.

A. If there were not B. But for

C. Had it not been for D. B and C are correct

12. Only after food has been dried or canned ________________.

A. it should be stored for future use. B. that it should be stored for

future use.

C. should it be stored for future use. D. should it store for future

use.

II. Choose the sentence that has the same meaning with the first one :

1. I write to her almost every day.

A. Not a day goes by unless my writing to her.

B. Hardly does a day go by without my writing to her.

C. No day go by without my writing to her.

D. Almost every day goes by without my writing for her.

2. The noise next door didn’t stop until midnight.

A. It was not until midnight that the noise next door stopped.
 B. Not until midnight did the noise next door stopped.

C. Only when midnight did the noise next door stopped.

D. Hardly did the noise next door stopped when it was midnight.

3. He started computer programming as soon as he left school.

A. No sooner had he started computer programming than he left school.

B. Hardly had he started computer programming when he left school.

C. No sooner had he left school than he started computer programming.

D. After he left school, he had started computer programming.

4. He spent all his money. He even borrowed some from me.

A. As soon as he borrowed some money from me, he spent it all.

B. Hardly had he borrowed some money from me when he spent it all.

C. Not only did he spent all his money but also he borrowed some from
me.

D. Not only did he spend all his money but he borrowed some from me
as well.

5. She only felt relaxed after a few months working for him.
A. She used to feel relaxed working for him a few months.
B. A few months ago, she didn’t find it relaxed working for him.

C. Only after a few months working for him did she feel relaxed.

D. It was not until a few months working for him did she feel relaxed.

6. Right after his appointment to the post, he fell ill.bị động vì ông ta ko bầu
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A. No sooner did he appointed to the post than he fell ill.

B. No sooner had he appointed to the post than he fell ill.

C. Hardly had he appointed to the post when he fell ill.

D. Hardly had he been appointed to the post when he fell ill.

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A. Scarcely had I solved one problem when I was faced with another.

B. Hardly had I solved one problem when I was faced with another.

C. No sooner had I solved one problem than I was faced with another.

D. All are correct.

8. A country cannot be prosperous if it is not quite independent.

A. Unless a country is quite independent, it can be prosperous.

B. Without complete independence, a country can be prosperous.

C. Only when a country is quite independent can it be prosperous.

D. It is not until a country is quite independent can it be prosperous.

9. I only recognized him when he came into the light.

A. Only when I recognized him, he came into the light.

B. It wasn’t until he came into the light that I recognized him

C. Not until he came into the light I did recognize him

D. I did not recognize him even when he came into the light.

10. We couldn’t relax until all the guests had left.

A. Not until all the guests had left could we relax.

B. It wasn’t until all the guests had left that we could relax.

C. It wasn’t until all the guests had left could we relax.

D. A and B are correct

11. The phone stopped ringing the moment I got downstairs.

A. No sooner had the phone stopped ringing than I got downstairs.

 B. After the phone had stopped ringing, I got downstairs.

C. Hardly had the phone stopped ringing when I got downstairs.

D. No sooner had I got downstairs than the phone stopped ringing.

12. The light failed the moment they began work.

A. But for the light failed, they would have begun work.

B. Hardly did they begin work when the light failed.

C. Hardly had they begun work when the light failed.

D. As soon as the light failed, they began work.
13. She didn’t shed a tear as the play ended in tragedy.

A. The tragedy play wasn’t good for her to shed tear.

B. Without her tear, the play didn’t end tragically.

C. So tragic was the play that she didn’t shed a tear.

D. Not a tear did she shed when the play ended in tragedy.

III. Sentences transformation :

1. I have never seen such a beautiful girl in my life!

 Never have I seen such a…..
2. I have met her only once.
 Only once have I met her
3. He never suspected that his girlfriend was an enemy spy.
 At no time did he suspected that his girlfriend was an enemy spy
4. This button mustn’t be touched under any circumstances.
5.  Under no circumstances must this button be touched

6. He used to smoke 20 cigarettes a day.

 No longer did he smoke 20 cigarettes a day.
7. Hardly had I put the receiver down when he rang back.
 No sooner had I put the………………………….
8. Not only is he handsome but he also plays the guitar well.
 Not only did play the guiter well,but he also handsome
9. He worked so hard that he forgot his lunch.
 So hard worked he that……………………….
10. She was so angry that she broke the vase.
 Such was she so angry that…………………………….
11. I didn’t realize who he was until he came into the light.
 Not until he came into the light did
12. There is neither excitement nor entertainment in this small town.
 Neither is there excitement …….
13. The wallet couldn’t be found anywhere.
 Nowhere could the wallet be found
14. If he comes, please tell him to see me.
 Should he come,please……………………
If I were you, I wouldn’t do like that.
 Were I you,……………………….
15. If I knew French, I would apply this position.
 Were I to know French,……………………………….
16. It started to pour with rain moments after we had started our walk.

--> Hardly had rain moments we started our walk.

17. The noise next door did not stop until after midnight.

--> It was not unitil midnight that the noise next door did not stop

18. I have never seen such a mess in life.

--> Never in life have I seen such a mess

19. John didn’t celebrate until he received the offer of promotion in writing.

1. --> Not until received the offer of promotion in writing did John celebrate

2.We stepped outside the front door, and it began to rain.

--> No sooner had we stepped outside the front door than it began to rain

2. The child was afraid that he hid behind the sofa.

--> So afraid was the child that he ……….

3. As soon as they arrived on the beach, it started to rain.

--> Hardly had I arived on the beach when it………..