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Inversion With Negative Adverbials

This document provides examples of sentences using negative adverbials and inversion, where the subject and verb are reversed. The sentences demonstrate different negative adverbials like "never", "no sooner", "little", "at no time", "seldom", and "only" being used to invert the subject and verb. The examples cover a range of scenarios using inversion with negative adverbials in English grammar exercises.

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Inversion With Negative Adverbials

This document provides examples of sentences using negative adverbials and inversion, where the subject and verb are reversed. The sentences demonstrate different negative adverbials like "never", "no sooner", "little", "at no time", "seldom", and "only" being used to invert the subject and verb. The examples cover a range of scenarios using inversion with negative adverbials in English grammar exercises.

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English exercise "Inversion with negative adverbials"

1. (Never/I/meet) such well-behaved


children before. They are as good as gold.

2. (No sooner/my father/sit down) to


dinner than there was a knock on the door.

3. (Little/he/know) that his culinary


skills are quite substandard.

4. (At no time/ I/ mean) to hurt your


feelings. It was all a big misunderstanding.

5. (Seldom/we/ have) friends over for


a drink. We prefer to meet them at pubs or restaurants.

6. (Not only/he/make) a mean


cheesecake, but he also prepares homemade jam.

7. Only when the situation gets out of


hand (the government/ begin) to act

8. Not until June (you/can /get) all the


swimming gear out of the drawers.

9. (Only once/ I/climb) such a high


mountain before.

10. Her eyes were very red. (only later/I/find


out) that her fiancé had broken up with
her.

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