Hardly did the noise next door stopped when it was midnight.. He started computer programming as soon as he left school.. No sooner had he started computer programming than he left schoo
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1 Hardly/ scarcely : Hiếm khi
Eg: He hardly went out à Hardly did he went out.
Eg : We scarcely go to the cinema à Scarcely ever do we go to the cinema.
Hardly had the train left the station since the explosion happened.
Scarcely had I entered the room when the phone rang.
2 Seldom/ rarely : Hiếm khi, ớt khi
I have seldom seen better roses than these.à Seldom have I seen roses than these Rarely have I visited my parents since they moved to New York.
3 Never :
Never before had I been asked to accept a bribe
Never have I heard a better song
4 No sooner …… than : Ngay khi ……… thỡ
No sooner had she opened the door than the thief fled.
No sooner had I reached the door than I realized it was locked.
5 Only then/ later/ once: Chỉ sau khi
Only then did I know the truth Only then did I come to visit them
6 Only by + Ving / Only in this way : chỉ bằng cỏch
Only by learning hard will you be able to pass the exam Only in this way can you make that cake.
7 Only + after/ with ……… :
Only with the full agreement of everyone can we hope Only after they send you the application, can you apply
8 Only when something happened did somebody : Cho đến khớ điều đú xảy ra ….thỡ
Only when I came home did I realize I had left my key at the office.
Only when they got married did she know how lazy he was.
9 Not : Not a penny did he give me
10 Not only ………… but also :
Not only do they rob you but they also smash everything.
11 Not until something happened did somebody.: Cho đến khớ điều đú xảy ra ….thỡ
12 Not until Mr Smith arrived at the airport, did he know he had left his passport at home Not until I got home did I notice I had wrong umbrella.
13 Nowhere :
Nowhere will you find more beautiful roses than these.
Hardly / scarcely ever
Hardly/ scarcely + had + S + PII … when / before …: vừa mới thì đã
Trang 2Nowhere do you feel happier than in your home.
14 No longer : Không còn nữa
15 On no account/ on no condition: Bất luận thế nào
On no account must this switch be touched.
On no condition are they open to fire without a warning.
16 Under/ in no circumstances: Không đời nào
In no circumstances should you lend him any money.
In no circumstances do you get rid of your own way.
17 At/ In no time : Không lâu
18 At one time : Có lúc, có dạo
19 By no means : Tuyệt nhiên không
20 So/ such …… that
So famous did he become that everybody knew his name.
Such was the force of the storm that trees were unprooted.
21 Inversion after some adverbs of places: Chủ ngữ đứng ngay sau động từ
The tiny chapel stood at the top of the hill
à At the top of the hill stood the tiny chapel
Under a tree slept a man
* Nếu chủ ngữ là một đại từ thì đảo ngữ không sảy ra
At the top of the hill it stood out against the sky.
22 Adverbs such as …… Down, out , In , Up ……
In walked my son with his muddy shoes
Out ran the children when the bell rang
22 Conditional sentence type 2/3:
* Chú ý: trong trường hợp đảo ngữ, ta bỏ “If” và đưa động từhoặc trợ động từ ra trước chủ ngữ
Eg: If I were in her shoes, I would take his advice soon
→Were I in her shoes , I would take his advice soon
So + adj/ adv + aux + S + that
Such + aux + S + that.
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1 She had never been so happy before
2 I have never heard such nonsense!
3 He never smokes
4 Our profits this year are higher than they have ever been
5 She would never again trust her own judgement when buying antiques
6 The film had never before laid on such a sumptuous celebration
7 I've never come across such a horrifying fịlm
8 I've never been so moved by a Shakespeare production
9 I never for one moment thought the consequences would be so far-reaching
10 I had never tasted such a wonderful combinatin of flavours before
II.Rewrite each of the following sentences with RARELY, SELDOM
or LITTLE
1 One rarely finds good service these days
2 She has rarely travelled more than fifty miles from her village
3 It is very unusual for a military campaign to have been fought with so little loss of life
4 It is unusual for the interior of the island to be visited by tourists
5 Public borrowing has seldom been so high
6 They had seldom participated in such a fascinaating ceremony
7 They little suspected that the musical was going to be a runaway
success
8 The embassy staff little realized that Ted was a secret agẹnt
9 She didn't realize what would happen to her next
10 I didn't think that one day I'd be appearing in films rather than just watching them
IV.Viết lại câu sao cho nghĩa không thay đổi.
1 Her grief was so great that she almost fainted
–> So………
2 He got down to writing the letter as soon as he returned from his walk –> No sooner………
3 She had hardly begun to speak before people started interrupting her –> Hardly………
4 I only realized what I had missed when they told me about it later –> Only when………
5 You won’t find a more dedicated worker anywhere than Mrs John
–> Nowhere………
6 The outcome of the election was never in doubt
–> At no time………
7 He forgot about the gun until he got home
–> Not until………
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everyday
–> Only by………
9 He spent all his money He even borrowed some from me
-> Not only………
10 He had hardly left the office when the telephone rang
-> No sooner………
11 I had only just put the phone down when the boss rang back
-> Hardly ………
12 He didn’t finish his work until the bell rang
-> Not until ………
13 We only began to see the symptoms of the disease after several
months
-> Only ………
14 I have never seen anyone in my life drink as much as you
-> Never ………
15 A sleeping dog was lying under the table
-> Under the table ………
16 His brother had rarely been more excited
-> Rarely………
17 The facts were not all made public until later
-> Only ………
18 If I had realized what would happen, I wouldn’t have accepted the job -> Had………
19 The response to our appeal was so great that we has to take on more staff
-> So ………
20 Some children are playing happily on the field
-> Playing ………
EXERCISE V : Choose the best answer
1 Only when he started working with her, that she was intelligent
A he had realized B did he realize C he did realized D he realized
2 worked outside the home as nowadays
A Never so many women have B Never have so many women
C The women are not never D The women who have never
3 No longer any pleasure to do this job
A I do have B do I have C do have I D I have
4 John stops smoking
A John does not smoke no longer B John smokes any longer
C No longer does John smoke D Any longer John smokes
5 Only when you grow up the truth
A you will know B will you know C you know D do you know
6 No sooner had he arrived home he was called out again
7 had the restaurant opened people were flocking to eat there
A Hardly… than B No sooner thatC No sooner than D hardly that
8 Down for three days
Trang 5A the rain poured B did the rain pour C poured the rain D
do the rain pour
9 Out the children when the bell rang
A did the children run B ran the children C run the children D do the children run
10 Such that he would stop at nothing
A his ambition was B did his ambition C does his ambition D was his ambition
11 Only once late to school
A he came B did he came C came he D did he come
12 He no longer collects stamps as he used to No longer
A he collects stamps as he used to B does he collects stamps
as he used to
C does he collect stamps as he used to D doesn’t he collect stamps as
he used to it
13 , all the matter is formed of molecules
A It doesn’t matter if the complex B It’s not a complex matter
C No matter how complex it is D How complex is not a matter
14 No more to worry about the future sources of energy
A don’t we have B we don’t have C do we have D we do have
15 Hardly asleep when the phone woke him up again
A had the doctor fallen B did the doctor fall C the doctor fell D the
doctor has fallen
16 Not until darkness fell he hadn’t done half of his work
A that he realized B did he realize C that he didn’t realize D didn’t
he realize
17 Seldom of Nancy Johnson as coloured
A her classmates thought B thought her classmates
C her classmates did think D did her school classmates think
18 On the hill a big pine tree
A stands B stand C does D standing
19 Not once into her eyes
A he looked B does he looks C did he look D he was looking
20 Not until next year take place
A the new tax change will B will the new tax change
C the new tax changes D they change the new tax 21.Not until a monkey is several years old … …to exhibit signs of
independence from its mother
A it begins B does it begin C and begin D is it begin
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A.Only because it was interesting work B Because it was an
interesting work
B.Only because it was interested work D The work was
interesting
23……… great was the destruction that the south took decades to
recovered
24………….….when the Charges found themselves 7-0 down
A Hardly had the games begun B Hardly the games had begun
C The games had hardly begun D Hardly had begun the games
25.Not until the fist land plants developed………
appear
C would land animals appear D the land animals
appeared
26.Not until it was too late ……… I call Susan
A I remembered B did I remember C did I remembered D I did remember
27 Never before ……… Such a wonderful child
have I seen
28 Hardly had we settle down in our seats ……… the lights went out
after
29 Only after checking three times …………certain of the answer Jim promised that never would he tell anyone else
30 Only when he is here, ………
A he speaks English B does he speak English
C he can speak English D he does speak English
EXERCISE VI: Rewrite the sentence
1 A country can’t be prosperous if it’s not quite independent
Only when
2 You can drive a car only after you obtain a driving licence
Only after
3 They had to wait for twelve hours before their flight left
Only after a twelve hours wait
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At no time
5 He recognized that he had been deceived only later
Only later
6 I’ve never seen such a house
Never _
7 Our neighbour hasn’t once invited us into his home
Not once
8 You should phone the police whatever may happen
Under no circumstances _
9 We only dispatch goods after receiving the money
Only after the money
10 I rarely buy any other papers .à Rarely
11 He never buys a paper without reading the whole thing
Never does
12 We seldom have enough time to read
Seldom _
13 She’ll hardly ever read the editorials.à Hardly
14 The outcome of the election was never in doubt
At no time
15 The demand was so great that they had to reprint the book immediately
So
16 You seldom find reunited twins who do not get on well together
Seldom
17 There many reasons were for the choice
There
18 A horse stood beside the roadside
Beside
19.You can make progress in English only by practising it everyday
Only by
20 I never have heard such an extraordinary story before
Never before
EXERCISE VII : Rewrite the sentence
1 I’m very sick now
Never
2 I had only gone out when the phone rang
Hardly
_
3 Immediately after his arrival, things went wrong
No sooner
4 The men continued to feel unsafe until they had crossed the border
Not until
5 you can use it as long as you like It won’t wear out
No matter
6 John didn’t celebrate a party until he received the offer of promotion
in writing
Not until
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Such
8 As soon as I got into the bath, someone knocked on the door
No sooner
9 It’s not common for there to be so much rain in March
Seldom
10 You won’t be allowed in until your identity has been checked
Only
11 Just after the play started, there was a power failure
Hardly
12 The Prime Minister has hardly ever made a speech as incept as this
Rarely
13 We had only just arrived home when the police called
Scarcely
14 The way so much money has been spent to so little purpose must be
a record
Never before _
15 The judge was taken ill just after the trial proceeding began
Barely
16 Press photographers are banned from taking photographs back stage
On no
17 We couldn’t relax until all the guests had gone home
Only
18 The truth only came out on the publication of the general’s personal diaries
Only when _
19.He has first class brain but he also a tremendously hard worker
Not only _
20.They had granted one increase of pay than they asked for another no sooner
No sooner _
Exercise VIII: Rewrite the sentence
1 I had hardly begun to apologize when the door closed
2 I have seldom heard such a talented singer
3 If John had known that she liked curry, he would have brought her to an Indian restaurant
4 The artist rarely paid any attention to his agent's advice
5 He had never felt so depressed
6 The shop can in no way be held responsible for customers' lost property
7 The couple had no sooner arrived than the priest started the ceremony
8 Tom only understood the meaning of the comment when he saw his wife's face
9 She never at any time said that she was allergic to cats
10 The restaurant cannot accept animals under any circumstances
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Chọn một từ / nhóm từ thích hợp cho mỗi chỗ trống để hoàn thành những
câu sau
1 , you would have succeeded in your business
A If you listened to my advice B Were you to listen to my advice
C Had you listened to my advice D As long as you listened to my advice
2 She doesn’t like classical music and _
A I don’t, too B I don’t, either C neither do I D
B and C are correct
3 Little what he has caused to others
A does he know B he knows C he can know D he will know
4 had he entered the office than he realized that he had left his wallet at home
A Hardly B Scarcely C No sooner D Not only
5 a week goes by without some road accidents
A Hardly B Seldom C Never D Infrequently
II
Tìm lỗi sai ở những từ / cụm từ gạch chân được đánh dấu A, B, C và D.
6 We cannot clean up all the polluted seas and rivers Nor we can stop the disappearance
of plants
A B C D
and animals
7 Hardly had he entered the office when he realized that he forgot his wallet
A B C D
8 It was not until he was 30 did he get married , had a job and lived independently of his parents
A B C D
9 Never before has so many people in the U.S been interested in soccer
A B C D
10 Not only did he spend all his money but also he borrowed some from me
A B C D
III
Chọn câu viết lại có nghĩa tương đương.
11 I write to her almost every day.
A Not a day goes by unless my writing to her
B Hardly does a day go by without my writing to her
C No day go by without my writing to her
D Almost every day goes by without my writing for her
12 The noise next door didn’t stop until midnight.
A It was not until midnight that the noise next door stopped
B Not until midnight did the noise next door stopped
C Only when midnight did the noise next door stopped
D Hardly did the noise next door stopped when it was midnight
13 He started computer programming as soon as he left school.
A No sooner had he started computer programming than he left school
Trang 10B Hardly had he started computer programming when he left school
C No sooner had he left school than he started computer programming
D After he left school, he had started computer programming
14 He spent all his money He even borrowed some from me.
A As soon as he borrowed some money from me, he spent it all
B Hardly had he borrowed some money from me when he spent it all
C Not only did he spent all his money but also he borrowed some from me
D Not only did he spend all his money but he borrowed some from
me as well
15 She only felt relaxed after a few months working for him.
A She used to feel relaxed working for him a few months
B A few months ago, she didn’t find it relaxed working for him
C Only after a few months working for him did she feel relaxed
D It was not until a few months working for him did she feel relaxed
16 Right after his appointment to the post, he fell ill.
A No sooner did he appointed to the post than he fell ill
B No sooner had he appointed to the post than he fell ill
C Hardly had he appointed to the post when he fell ill
D Hardly had he been appointed to the post when he fell ill
17 Just after solving one problem, I was faced with another.
A Scarcely had I solved one problem when I was faced with another
B Hardly had I solved one problem when I was faced with another
C No sooner had I solved one problem than I was faced with another
D All are correct
18 A country cannot be prosperous if it is not quite independent.
A Unless a country is quite independent, it can be prosperous
B Without complete independence, a country can be prosperous
C Only when a country is quite independent can it be prosperous
D It is not until a country is quite independent can it be prosperous
19 I only recognized him when he came into the light.
A Only when I recognized him, he came into the light
B It wasn’t until he came into the light that I recognized him
C Not until he came into the light I did recognize him
D I did not recognize him even when he came into the light
20 We couldn’t relax until all the guests had left.
A Not until all the guests had left could we relax
B It wasn’t until all the guests had left that we could relax
C It wasn’t until all the guests had left could we relax
D A and B are correct
21 The phone stopped ringing the moment I got downstairs
A No sooner had the phone stopped ringing than I got downstairs
B After the phone had stopped ringing, I got downstairs
C Hardly had the phone stopped ringing when I got downstairs
D No sooner had I got downstairs than the phone stopped ringing
22 The light failed the moment they began work.
A But for the light failed, they would have begun work
B Hardly did they begin work when the light failed