Title CHUYÊN ĐỀ 18 - ĐẢO NGỮ.docx ✅

B. PRACTICE EXERCISES Exercise 1: Give the correct form of the verbs in the blankets. Question 1: Hardly the new law (introduce)__________________ when the mistake was released. Question 2: Not only you (be late) __________________, but you also forgot to bring the documents. Question 3: Only at the end of the interview I (think)_____________ I had a chance of getting the job. Question 4: Barely the politician (start)_________________ to speak when the crowd began to boo. Question 5: Seldom we (receive)______________ any apology when mistakes are made. Question 6: My dad’s never been abroad, and nor my mum (have)_________________. Question 7: Never in all my life I (see) ________________ such a horrible thing. Question 8: I (be)_____________ you, I’d start looking for another job. Question 9: At no time I (suspect)___________________ that he was a killer. Question 10: Nowhere I (have) ________________ ever such bad service. Question 11: Not until you (grow up) ______________________ will we let you live independently. Question 12: Only when the plane landed safely he (calm down) ______________________. Question 13: Only after I (check)__________________ that the burglars had left, did I call the police. Question 14: No sooner the company (launch)____________ its new product than it went bankrupt. Question 15: Under no circumstances employees (allow)________________ to leave the building without permission. Question 16: Not only he (spend)___________ all his money but he borrowed some from me as well. Question 17: Scarcely I (open) _____________ the front door when I heard a noise from the kitchen. Question 18: Rarely people (care)_______________ about the environment enough to give up driving their cars. Question 19: We (win) _______________ the competition, we would have had a free trip to Moscow. Question 20: No sooner I (accept) ___________ the job than they told me I had to work at weekends. Question 21: So bad (be) __________her singing that she was booed off the stage. Question 22: Little he (say) ___________________ about it. Question 23: Not until she left I (know) ___________ that she had been very important to me. Question 24: In no way the shop (can hold) ___________ responsible for customers’ lost property. Question 25: Only when Tom saw his wife’s face he (understand)_______________ the meaning of the comment. Question 26: Only by training hard every day you (become)__________________ a good athlete. Question 27: First (come)______________ the ambulance, then (come)___________ the police. Question 28: On the grass an enormous frog (sit) ___________________. Question 29: He had no money, nor he (know)_____________ anybody from whom he could borrow. Question 30: Not a word he (say) _________when he saw his wife hand in hand with another man. Exercise 2: Rewrite the following sentences using inversions. Question 1: The only reason the party was a success was that a famous film star attended. => Had it not…. Question 2: He had hardly left the office when the telephone rang.  => No sooner… Question 3: Alice and Charles did not decide to move to a bigger house until after the birth of their second child. => Only when… Question 4: If the river rises any higher, the town will be flooded. => Should Question 5: If I were you, I’d accept the offer. => Were Question 6: If the chemical were leaked, a large area of the sea would be contaminated. => Were … Question 7: If it hadn’t been for Henry, I might not have met you.