CPE Inversions worksheet ANSWERS

1. a. Hardly had
b. Under no circumstances are
c. Little did
d. Were you
e. Rarely have
f. Not only did
g. Under no circumstances will
h. No sooner had
i. Rarely have

2. a. Under no circumstances will Miss Weaver be offered the job.

b. Hardly had we entered the house when the police arrested him.
c. Never did I think that the consequences would be so far-reaching.
d. Scarcely had I put down the phone when it rang again.
e. Rarely has she travelled more than fifty miles from her village.

3. a. my boss phoned me did I find

b. later were the facts
c. did Harry break his leg but he
d. did the police suspect
e. no way can the bus driver be held
f. had I got home than