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CPE Inversion Practice.

A. Paraphrasing
1. I went to bed and immediately the doorbell rang.
No sooner …

2. I understood Hamlet only after seeing it at the theatre.


Only after seeing it at the theatre …

3. I will not allow you to go out tonight under any circumstances.


Under ….

4. The embassy staff didn’t realise that Smith was a spy.


Little …

5. She runs a food company and she also directs her art studio.
Not only ….

6. You can rarely have an intelligent conversation these days.


Rarely …

7. As soon as she said, “Yes, I do” she knew she had made a mistake.
Barely ….

8. She spoke so fast that it was impossible to understand her.


So fast …

9. They drank so much that they couldn’t stand straight.


So much ….

10. We were so afraid of Professor Kramer that we wouldn’t dare speak.


So afraid …
Such was …

B. Watch Trevor Noah’s video and find one example of INVERSION


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHUbDw9eM6E&t=2s

C. Online exercises done in class:

Matching:
https://wordwall.net/play/34684/626/419
Paraphrase:
https://wordwall.net/resource/57501613

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