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Inversion With Hardly WhenSet 1

1..... had we arrived when it started to rain.

2We had just started to eat when we heard someone knocking at the door

3Scarcely we had arrived when the concert began in the hall.

4Complete the sentence:Scarcely ..... when the alarm sounded.

5Identify the correct inversion:'Barely ..... the door when the phone started ringing.'

6..... The Charges found themselves 7-0 down.

7Hardly had (A) the meeting started (B) when the power (C) go out (D).

8Scarcely ..... the announcement when people started leaving the hall.

9Hardly ..... the door when the phone rang.

10Inversion & Emphasis: Hardly ..... when the storm broke.

11Which is the correct inversion:'Hardly ..... the bus stop when it began to rain.'

12Hard ..... he tried, the second runner could not catch up with the first one.

13..... had I stepped out of my house when it started raining.

14Hardly ..... when the power went off.

15She had scarcely finished her examen when she realized she didn't answer the last question

16Scarcely ..... the bad news when he burst out crying

17..... the ringing phone when it went dead.

18Complete the sentence:Hardly ever ..... late to class.

19The movie was just starting. The projector broke down.

20Dennis passed his driving test and had an accident almost immediately afterwards.

21Hardly ..... the office when it began to rain heavily.

22Hardly ..... out when she .....

23Lena had got through the door scarcely and the phone rang.

24Hardly had he finished the exam ..... the bell rang.

25Hardly ..... left when the phone rang.

26The telephone started ringing just after he had left the office.

27As soon as we had turned on the TV, the electricity went out. (Hardly) .....

28She had only just put the telephone down when the boss rang.

29I hardly smoke anymore, .....?

30"Hardly I had left the house when it started raining." This sentence correctly uses inversion.

31Barely had Janie recovered from her operation, ..... she found out she was pregnant.

32Hardly ..... a word when her son came back.

33Rewrite each of the following sentences with the given words in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed above it.2. I had only just put the phone down when the boss rang back.Hardly .....

34The basketball team knew they lost the match. They soon started to blame each other.

35Hardly ..... started our journey when the car got a flat Tyre.

36Hardly ..... home when it started to rain.

37Barely had I rested on the sofa ..... the doorbell rang.

38Choose the best answer: ..... he arrived at the bus stop when the bus came.

39Scarcely had we heard the thunder when we saw the lightning.

40Task: Paraphrase the sentence using Inversion.There was an exposion when the train left the station.

41Hardly ..... speaking when the crowd interrupted him.

42Right after his appointment to the post, he fell ill.

43I had scarcely finished writing my essay when the examiner announced the end of the exam.

44Read each short text carefully. Choose the best answer.Text:Hardly had she entered the room when everyone fell silent.Which alternative would maintain the same structure and meaning?

45He had hardly left the house when the storm broke.Hardly

46Anyone hardly knows the answer, .....?

47Hardly ..... when the bell rang.

48Hardly ..... the lecture when the fire alarm went off.

49Transform the sentence using "Hardly ..... When": "The storm began, and the electricity went off."

50The soccer team knew they lost the match. They soon started to blame each other.

51Can you create an inverted sentence using "Scarcely" ?

52I write to her almost every day.

53Hardly had I arrived when the rain started. (What does this inversion imply?)

54Hardly had the announcement been made when the shares plummeted.

55Hardly had I entered the room ..... the phone rang.

56Hardly ..... when the argument began.

57Press photographers are banned from taking photographs backstage. (Scarcely) .....

58Hardly ..... entered the office when he realized that he had forgotten his wallet.

59Hardly ..... English.

60Hardly ..... a word whether son came back.

61Just after the play started there was a power failure.