1/No sooner … than (ngay sau khi…thì)

No sooner + Trợ động từ + Chủ ngữ 1 + Động từ 1 + than + Chủ ngữ 2 + Động từ
2
Ex: No sooner did I arrive than my friends left the party. (Ngay sau khi tôi đến, bạn
bè của tôi rời bữa tiệc)
No sooner ________________ the house than the police arrived.
A. The thief approaches
B. Had the thief approached
C. The thief had approached
D. Does the thief approach
2/Not only … but also (Không những … mà còn…)
Not only + Trợ động từ + Chủ ngữ + Động từ 1+ but + Chủ ngữ + also + Động từ
2
Ex: Not only does she study abroad but she also travels to many countries around
the world. (Không chỉ đi du học mà cô ấy còn đi du lịch nhiều nước trên thế giới)
Not only __________________ a new car but she also bought a new house.
A. Did she buy
B. She bought
C. Did she bought
D. She did buy
3/ Not until/ till (Cho đến khi)
Not until/ till + (Chủ ngữ 1 + Động từ 1)/ Thời gian … + Trợ động từ + Chủ ngữ 2
+ Động từ 2
Ex: Not until 7pm does the class start. (Phải đến 7h tối lớp học mới bắt đầu.)
It was not until he was 18 that he could own his first car.
A. Not until was he 18 that he could own his first car.
B. Not until he was 18 that could own he his first car.
C. Not until he was 18 that could he own his first car.
D. Not until was he 18 that could he owns his first car.
4/ Negative inversion:
At no time Chưa bao giờ

In no way Không thể nào

On no condition Tuyệt đối không

On no account/ For no reasons Không vì bất cứ lý do gì

Under/ In no circumstances Trong bất cứ hoàn cảnh nào cũng

không

No longer Không còn nữa

Nowhere Không một nơi nào

By no means Hoàn toàn không

 At no time does my mom allow me to go out at night (Mẹ tôi chưa bao giờ
cho phép tôi đi chơi vào lúc nào vào buổi tối)
 In no way can I believe what you say (Tôi không thể nào tin được những gì
bạn nói)
 On no condition will I stay away from my family (Tôi tuyệt đối sẽ không xa
gia đình mình)
 On no account should you be late for the exam (Bạn không nên đến muộn
trong kỳ thi vì bất cứ lý do gì)
 In no circumstances should you leave home (Trong bất cứ hoàn cảnh nào
bạn cũng không nên rời khỏi nhà)
 No longer does he live far from home (Anh ấy không sống xa nhà nữa)
 Nowhere can you buy products as fresh as in this shop (Không nơi nào bạn
có thể mua được những sản phẩm tươi ngon như ở cửa hàng này)
 By no means does he intend to criticize your idea. ( Anh ta hoàn toàn không
có ý chê ý kiến của bạn )
5/ Only …
Only once Chỉ một lần

Only in this/ that Chỉ bằng cách này/

way đó

Only then Chỉ đến lúc đó

Only in time/ place Chỉ ở…/ vào lúc …

Only after Chỉ sau khi

Only by Chỉ bằng cách

Only with Chỉ với

Only when Chỉ đến khi

Only if Chỉ khi, nếu

Only after Chỉ sau khi

Only once + Trợ động từ (did) + Chủ ngữ (I) + Động từ chính (meet)
Ex: Only once did I meet him (Tôi gặp anh ấy chỉ 1 lần)
Only after/ by/ with + Danh từ/ V-ing + Trợ động từ + Chủ ngữ + Động từ chính
Ex: Only by studying harder can you pass the exam. (Chỉ bằng cách học tập chăm
chỉ hơn, bạn mới có thể vượt qua kỳ thi.)
Only when/if/ after + Chủ ngữ 1 + Động từ 1 +Trợ động từ + Chủ ngữ 2+Động từ
2
Ex: Only after the party started did my best friend arrive. (Chỉ sau khi bữa tiệc bắt
đầu, người bạn thân nhất của tôi mới đến)
6/ So …
So + tính từ/ trạng từ + trợ động từ + danh từ + that + chủ ngữ + động từ
Ex: So interesting is this movie that I have watched it 3 times (Bộ phim này thú vị
đến nỗi tôi đã xem nó 3 lần)

So ______________________ that I admire her so much.

A. talented this singer is
B. talented is this singer
C. is talented this singer
D. is this singer talented

Practice makes perfect

1: Olga handed in her exam paper. She then realised that she had missed one
question.
A. Having realised that she had missed one question, Olga handed in her exam
paper.
B. Not until Olga had handed in her exam paper did she realise that she had missed
one question.
C. Had Olga realised that she had missed one question, she wouldn’t hand in her
exam paper.
D. Only after Olga realised that she had missed one question did she hand in her
exam paper.
2: He badly suffered cyberbullying himself He realized the true dangers of social
media only then.
A. Not until he had badly suffered cyberbullying himself did he realize the true
dangers of social media
B. Such was his suffering of cyberbullying that he didn’t realize the true dangers of
social media.
C. Only when he had realized the true dangers of social media did he badly suffer
cyberbullying himself.
D. But for his terrible suffering of cyberbullying, he wouldn’t realize the true
dangers of social media.
3:The coach changed his tactics in the second half. His football team won the
match.
A. But for the coach’s change of tactics in the second half, his football team could
have won the match.

B. Not until his football team had won the match did the coach change his tactics
in the second half.
C. Only if the coach had changed the tactics in the second half could his football
team have won the match.
D. Had it not been for the coach’s change of tactics in the second half, the football
team wouldn’t have won the match.
4: The green campaign was strongly supported by the local people. The
neighborhood looks fresh and clean now.
A. Had the local people not strongly supported the green campaign, the
neighborhood wouldn’t look fresh and clean now.
B. sacredly had the green campaign been strongly supported by the local people
when the neighborhood looked fresh and clean.
C. Only if the local people had strongly supported the green campaign would the
neighborhood look fresh and clean now.
D. But for the strong support of the local people for the green campaign, the
neighborhood would look fresh and clean now.
5: Smartphones are becoming reasonably priced. New applications make them
more appealing.
A. Whatever new applications smartphones have, they are becoming more
appealing with reasonable prices.
B. No matter how reasonable the prices OS smartphones are, they are not so
appealing with new applications.
C. Appealing though smartphones are with new applications, they are becoming
less affordably priced.
D. Not only are smartphones becoming more affordable but, with new
applications, they are also more appealing.
6: ______ but he also proved himself a good athlete.
A. Not only he showed himself a good student
B. He did not show himself only a good student

C. Not only did he show himself a good student

D. A good student not only showed him
7: Not until the end of the 19th century ______ become a scientific discipline.
A. plant breeding has
B. did plant breeding
C. plant breeding had
D. has plant breeding
8: Had she worked harder last summer, she ______.
A. wouldn't have been sacked
B. wouldn't have sacked
C. wouldn't sack
D. wouldn't be sacked
9: ______ he arrived at the bus stop when the bus came.
A. No longer has
B. No sooner had
C. Not until had
D. Hardly had
10: Only when you grow up ______ the truth.
A. you will know
B. you know
C. do you know
D. will you know
11: _______ that she burst into tears.
A. Her anger was such
B. So angry she was
C. She was so anger
D. Such her anger was
12: No sooner had she put the telephone down than her boss rang back.
A. As soon as her boss rang back, she put down the telephone.
B. Scarcely had she put the telephone down when her boss rang back.
C. Hardly she had hung up, she rang her boss immediately.
D. She had hardly put the telephone down without her boss rang back.
13: Never before ______ as accelerated as they are now during the technological
age.
A. have historical changes been
B. have been historical changes
C. historical changes have been
D. historical have changes been
14: 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
15: Little ________ what he has caused to others.
A. does he know B. he knows C. he can know D. he will know