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Unit 12

Grammar

No Longer

In the past

But she cried and he felt ashamed

He NO LONGER makes fun of her.

In the past,

people Nowadays, contacted they do with each other by not contact

People NO LONGER contact with each other by mail.

Nowadays, they use the

In the past But now,

he is too old and ill to be a manager.

This man is NO LONGER

the manager.

In the past,

Mr Santa Claus could enter the

But now,

he is too fat to enter the chimney.

Mr Santa can NO LONGER enter

the chimney.

In the past, But recently, this woman had to

she has had a computer.

She has NO LONGER

carried a lot of papers.

People NO LONGER contact with each other by mail.

Mr Santa can NO LONGER enter the chimney.

This man is NO LONGER the manager.

She has NO LONGER carried a lot of papers.

He NO LONGER makes fun of her.

People NO LONGER contact with

each other by mail.

Ordinary VERB

+ NO LONGER

+

Form 1

This man is NO LONGERis the manager

+NO LONGER

B e SUBJECT

Form 2

This man

+

Mr Santa can NO LONGER enter the

SUBJECT

Form 3

Mr Santa

VERB +

She has NO LONGER carried a lot of

Form 4

She

Past Participle +

have has had

Mr Santa can no longer enter the chimney.

Mr Santa cannot enter the chimney any longer.

Mr Santa cannot enter the chimney any more.

NO LONGER = not … any longer

= not … any more

Notes

He NO LONGER makes fun of her.

He doesn’t make fun of her any more.

He doesn’t make fun of her any longer.

Ex:

NO LONGER and STILL have opposite meaning.

Notes

This man is NO LONGER the manager.

This man is STILL the manager.

Ex:

When NO LONGER is at the beginning

of a sentence , there must be an inversion

Notes

How to make an inversion ?

An inversion is similar to an interrogative

form but without a question mark (?)

Ex:

work

He is a doctor

is he a doctor

He can

work

can he work

Some words that can have inversion

Words with negative meaning: rarely, seldom,

never, etc.

When NO LONGER is at the beginning

of a sentence , there must be an inversion

Notes

People NO LONGER contact with each

other by mail.

Ex:

NO LONGER do people contact with

each other by mail.

Mr Santa can NO LONGER enter

We use NO LONGER to describe something that is not true any more.

Use

In the past, this man was a cleaner.

But now, he is a cook.

This man is NO LONGER a cleaner.

NO LONGER is this man a cleaner.

In the past, Mr John cleaned

the floor by hands.

But now, he has a vacuum cleaner.

Mr John NO LONGER cleans the

floor by hands.

NO LONGER does Mr John clean

the floor by hands.

Up to last week, they have been friends for many years.

Recently, they have shouted at

each other.

They have NO LONGER talked with

each other.

They have not talked with each other

NO LONGER have they talked with

each other.

But he met

an accident and his leg was broken

He cannot run quickly any longer

He can NO LONGER run quickly.

NO LONGER can he run quickly.

NO LONGER

Exercises

Task 1: Look at the pictures, the given words and

hear the situations to complete the sentences describing the given situations The Tense

of each sentence is also given Use INVERSION when there is the word

“INVERSION”

Task 1:

drink

He no longer drinks a lot

Task 1:

Task 1:

afraid

She has no longer been afraid of

Task 1:

sing

INVERSIO

N

Task 1:

go boating

INVERSIO

N

Task 2: Unscramble the following sentences to have correct and meaningful sentences

Thank You