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NEGATIVE/RESTRICTIVE SO SUCH CONDITIONALS

ADVERBS/ EXPRESSIONS
AT THE BEGINNING OF
THE SENTENCE.
I: NEGATIVE/RESTRICTIVE
ADVERBS/ EXPRESSIONS AT
THE BEGINNING OF THE
SENTENCE.
1. NO/ NOT

I shall lend you no → No money shall I

money from now on. lend you from now on
2. NEVER, RARELY, BARELY,
SCARCELY, SELDOM, LITTLE, 01 It never snows in mid-summer.
HARDLY EVER → Never in mid-summer does it
snow.

He hardly ever speaks in the public.

02 → Hardly ever does he speak in the
public.

I knew little that he was a compulsive liar.

03 → Little did I know that he was a
compulsive liar.
3. ONLY
a. Only once

I met her only once. → Only once did I meet

her.
 3. ONLY
b. Only in this way | Only in that way (chỉ bằng cách này/cách kia)

The problem could be → Only in this way could

solved only in this way. the problem be solved.
3. ONLY
c. Only then | Only after + clause (chỉ sau khi làm gì)

We could relax only → Only after all the

after all guest had guest had gone home
gone home. could we relax.
3. ONLY
d. Only by + N/V-ing (chỉ bằng cách làm gì)

You can speak it fluently → Only by practicing

only by practicing English everyday can
English every day. you speak it fluently.
3. ONLY
e. Only when + clause (chỉ khi)

I knew she had been → Only when her friend

well-known only when told me did I know she
her friends told me. had been well-known.

I liked her only when → Only when I understood

I understood her. her did I like her.
3. ONLY
f. Only with + N (chỉ với)

He could buy the car only → Only with the bank’s

with the bank's loan. loan could he buy the
car.
3. ONLY
g. Only if + clause (chỉ nếu)

I would accept this → Only if everybody

position only if agreed would I accept
everybody agreed. this position.
3. ONLY
h. Only in + time/place (chỉ ở)

I can feel comfortable → Only in my room can

only in my room. I feel comfortable.
4. EXPRESSIONS WITH ‘NO’
a. At no time | On no condition (Không bao giờ)

The result of the match → At no time was the

was never in doubt. result of the match in
doubt.
4. EXPRESSIONS WITH ‘NO’
b. On no account (dù bất cứ lí do gì cũng không)

This switch mustn’t be → On no account is this

touched. switch touched/must
this switch be touched.

You shouldn’t be → On no account should

late for the exam. you be late for the
exam.
4. EXPRESSIONS WITH ‘NO’
c. Under/ in no circumstances (Dù trong bất cứ hoàn cảnh nào cũng không)

You shouldn’t lend him —> Under no circumstances

the money under any should you lend him
circumstance. the money.
4. EXPRESSIONS WITH ‘NO’
d For no reason
e. In no way (Không thể)

I couldn’t agree with → In no way could I agree

you in any way. with you.
4. EXPRESSIONS WITH ‘NO’
f. No longer (không còn nữa)

I couldn’t agree with → No longer could I

you anymore. agree with you.
4. EXPRESSIONS WITH ‘NO’
g. By no means (Hoàn toàn không)

He doesn’t intend to -> By no means does he

criticize your idea by intend to criticize
any means. your idea.
 5. NO SOONER ... THAN ...
HARDLY | BARELY | SCARCELY ... WHEN | BEFORE
(vừa mới ... thì đã ...)

I had hardly arrived —> Hardly had I arrived

home when the home when the telephone
telephone rang. rang.

They no sooner realized →No sooner did they

that they had made a realize that they had made
mistake than the a mistake than the company
company went bankrupt. went bankrupt.
6. NOT ONLY ... BUT ALSO ...

He is not only good at → Not only is he good

English but he also at English but he also
draws very well. draws very well.
7. NOT UNTIL/TILL

I won't come home till 10 o'clock.

→ Not until 10 o’clock will I come home.
→ It is not until 10 o’clock that I will
come home.
I didn't know that I had lost my
key till I got home.
→ Not until/ till I had lost my key till I
got home.
→ Not until/ tillI got home did I know
that I had lost my key.
8. NO WHERE

No where in the VN is the scenery

as beautiful as that in my country.
No where do I feel as comfortable
as I do at home.
No where can you buy the goods
as good as those in my country.
II: SO
SO

- The situation was so strange that I couldn’t sleep.

→ So strange was the situation that I couldn’t sleep.
III: SUCH
- It is such the stuff of dreams.
→ Such is the stuff of dreams.

SUCH
 SUCH
* NOTE: so great, so much + Noun such
- The problem is so great that everybody is
concerned of it.
→ Such is the problem that everybody is
concerned of it.
IV: CONDITIONALS
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