12A2/12C HOMEWORK

INVERSION AFTER RESTRITIVE ADVERBS (USED ESPECIALLY IN FORMAL ENGLISH

REWRITE THESE SENTENCES BEGINNING THEM AS SUGGESTED:

1. THEY RARELY SPEAK ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS

Rarely_____________________________________________________________

2. SHE HAS SELDOM PARTICIPATED IN A COMPETITION

Seldom ___________________________________________________________

3. HE HAS NEVER FACED SUCH TERRIBLE PROBLEMS

Never ____________________________________________________________

4. I HAD SCARCELY ENTERED THE SHOP, WHEN I SAW MY UNCLE BEN

Scarcely __________________________________________________________

5. SHE HAD HARDLY FINISHED HER MEAL, WHEN HER BOYFRIEND ARRIVED

Hardly ____________________________________________________________

6. WE HAVE RARELY SEEN SUCH PUBLIC INTERESTS IN THIS AREA

Rarely ___________________________________________________________

7. SHE LITTLE REALIZED THAT HER BOSS HAD DECIDED TO FIRE HER

Little ____________________________________________________________

8. AS SOON AS I HEARD THE RESULTS, I PHONED HIM

No sooner_________________________________________________________

NOW IMAGINE OTHER SENTENCES BEGINNING THEM AS SUGGESTED:

A) Never ________________________________________________________

B) Not only  ______________________________________________________

C) Little _________________________________________________________

D) No sooner _____________________________________________________

F) On no condition _________________________________________________

G) In no way _____________________________________________________

GOOD WORK!

12A2 + 12C TESTE NÚMERO 2 (CORRECÇÃO)

I

1.1. people      1.2. what is happening…        1.3. dictionaries       1.4. country

II

1  puzzled     2  refrain from launching    3  inarguably    4  amazing reach

III   Several answers can be accepted in this group. However, it is highly expected that the links could suit

IV    Several forms can be accepted.

V   1 surprised    2  speakers     3  widely     4  written      5  mutually   

6  understood

VI 

1. … are interviewing local people in English

2.  Will the English language be transformed by non-native speakers?

3.  It is estimated that there are now words from more than…

VII

1.

Passive 1 – This necklace was given to me by them

Passive 2 – I was given this necklace

2.

Passive 1 – A beautiful birthday present has been sent to her.

Passive 2  - She has been sent a beautiful birthday present

3.

Passive 1 – Their pictures should be shown to us.

Passive 2 – We should be shown their pictures.

4.

Passive 1 – The new news is (are) going to be told to them by us

Passive 2 – They are going to be told the new news.

5.

Passive 1 – Was the job I told you about offered to you?

passive 2 – Were you offered the job I told you about?

6.

Passive 1 – Information is being collected from the Internet by the boys.

Passive 2 – Impossible

7.

Passive 1 – The best chocolates in Europe have been boing produced by Switzerland.

Passive 2 – Impossible

8.

Passive 1 - Twenty minutes to get ready were allowed to me by mom.

Passive 2 – I was allowed twenty minutes to get ready.

 

VIII

1. If Mary hadn’t spent many years studying English, she wouldn’t have spoken it so fluently (or mixed: … she wouldn’t speak it so fluently)

Hadn’t Mary spent ( so ) many years studying English, (and) she wouldn’t speak it so fluently.

2. Had Peter heard the radio news and he wouldn’t have driven to work.

COMPOSITION: 50 PERCENT FOR THE CONTENT AND ANOTHER 50 PER CENT FOR THEFORMAL SPEECH.