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11th FORM
MARCH 2022
Module 3 – The world of work

Formative worksheet

EMPHATIC STRUCTURE

Rewrite the sentences starting them as suggested.

1. My father hardly trusted in my abilities.

Hardly ………………………………………………………. .

2. Some teens make a gap year after graduation.

Only after …………………………………………………………. .

3. Susan seldom spends a weekend without having to prepare her lessons.

Seldom ………………………………………………………………………………………………… .

4. Governments rarely promote equal opportunities for man and women.

Rarely ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. .

5. He became a successful business consultant when he left his homeland.

Only when ……………………………………………………………………………………………. .

6. Young people have never had such a degree of concern about their future.
Never ……………………………………………………………………………………………………….. .

7. I’m not going to lend you my bike.

No way ………………………………………………. .

8. I’d hardly arrived at school when the fire alarm rang.

Hardly ………………………………………………. .

9. I only understood the next day why she’d been to upset.

Only the next day ………………………………………………. .

10. Nobody could sleep because the hotel was so noisy.

So noisy ………………………………………………. .

11. As soon as I’d found my phone, it rang.

No sooner ………………………………………………. .

12.  I’ll never spend £400 on a camera again.

Never ………………………………………………. .

13. I definitely wouldn’t go to that hotel again.

 Under no circumstances ………………………………………………. .

14. Not many films have generated so much publicity.

Rarely ………………………………………………. .

ANSWER KEY

1. Hardly did my father trust in my abilities

2. Only after graduation do some teens make a gap year

3. Seldom does Susan spend a weekend without having to prepare her lessons

4. Rarely do governments promote equal opportunities for man and women

5. Only when he left his homeland did he became a successful business consultant

6. Never have young people had such a degree of concern about their future

7. No way am I going to lend you my bike.

8. Hardly had I arrived at school when the fire alarm rang.

9. Only the next day did I understand why she’d been to upset.

10. So noisy was the hotel that nobody could sleep.

11. No sooner had I found my phone than it rang.

12. Never again will I spend £400 on a camera.

13. Under no circumstances would I go to that hotel again.

14. Rarely has a film generated so much publicity.