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Review Lesson 16

Inversion of subject and verb

Match one word or phrase in column A with its meaning

in Vietnamese in B.

1- No longer

2- Never

3- Seldom / Rarely

4- Hardly

5- Only when / after / by

6- No sooner… than…

Hardly………when……

7- Not until……….

a) ít khi / hiễm khi / hoạ hoằn b) thôi / không còn nữa

c) gần nh không/ hầu nh không d) vừa mới……….thì………

e) mãi cho đến khi…………

f) ch a bao giờ / không bao giờ g) chỉ khi / sau khi / bằng cách

Examples of inversion of subject and verb

1- Women no longer bear many children

No longer do women bear many children

2- They have never been to Sapa

Never have they been to Sapa

3- i had no sooner got into the house than it started to rain last night

No sooner had i got into the house than it started to rain last night

4- He is seldom at a night – club

Seldom is he at a night – club

Forms of inversion of subject and verb

Adverb

am/ is / are was / were

have / has had

do / does did

modal verb ( can / should )

s

PII…………

………

verb…… verb……

Activity 1: Choose a sentence corresponding to A, B, C or D

which is similar to the original one

1- My aunt no longer does all her washing by hand.

A No longer does my aunt do all her washing by hand

B No longer do my aunt do all her washing by hand

C No longer is my aunt do all her washing by hand

D No longer does my aunt does all her washing by hand

2- She can never remember my name.

A Never will she remember my name

B Never can she remember my name

C Never did she remember my name

D Never is she remember my name

Activity 1: Choose a sentence corresponding to A, B, C or D

which is similar to the original one

3- We hardly had time to watch T.V last week.

A Hardly did we had time to watch T.V last week

B Hardly do we have time to watch T.V last week

C Hardly have we had time to watch T.V last week

D Hardly did we have time to watch T.V last week

4- He didn’t recognize her until she had gone into the light.

A Not until she had gone into the light was he recognize her

B Not until she had gone into the light had he recognized her

C Not until she had gone into the light did he recognize her

D Not until she had gone into the light does he recognize her

Activity 1: Choose a sentence corresponding to A, B, C or D

which is similar to the original one

5- I will only phone you after I have arrived in Moscow.

A Only after I have arrived in Moscow will I phone you

B Only after I have arrived in Moscow do I phone you

C Only after I have arrived in Moscow am I phone you

D Only after I have arrived in Moscow have I phoned you

Activity 2: One of the 4 underlined words or phrases in each

of the sentences is incorrect Identify and correct it

1- No longer that country is dependent.

A B C D

No longer is that country dependent

2- Hardly had she put down the earphone than the telephone

A B C rang again

D

rang again

Activity 2: One of the 4 underlined words or phrases in each

of the sentences is incorrect Identify and correct it

3- Do they rarely see her at home in the evening.

A B C D

4- Not until he had told us the truth did we knew about it.

A B C D

Not until he had told us the truth did we know about it.

5- Only by working hard one can achieve success.

A B C D

Only by working hard can one achieve success.

Activity 3: Write and speak your own sentences with the

inversion of subjects and verbs

Stage V – Homework

Revise the form of comparisons

Thanks for

your participation.