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!