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Inversion
Inversion
Not only …
Not only had she put the baby to bed than it began to cry.
Barely/Hardly/Scarcely …
Barely had he falled asleep when the alarm went off.
seldom
Seldom has she taken a day off work.
Never …
Never shall I write a better poem.
Never had they seen so many visitors to their village.
Under no circumstances, On no account, At no time, In no way, On no condition, Not until, Not since
Under no circumstances can you leave your position.
On no condition are we going to annul this contract.
Not since they moved abroad have I heard from them.
Little
Little do human beings know about ocean depths.
Second conditionals
If it were as easy as you describe, everybody would be doing it.
Were it as easy as you describe, everybody would be doing it.
Third conditionals
If I had set the alarm clock, I wouldn’t have missed the meeting.
Had I set the alarm clock, I wouldn’t have missed the meeting.
so + adjective + that
The boy was so happy that he kept jumping and screaming.
So happy was the boy that he kept jumping and screaming.
Such + be
The sins of fathers fall on their children. Such was the moral of the story.
Such is the only move to win the game.