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Inversion With No Sooner ThanSet 1

1Which option completes the sentence correctly? "The noise next door didn't stop until midnight."

2To change the inverted sentence 'Down the street rolled the runaway skateboard' to standard order, you would write: 'The runaway skateboard ..... down the street.'

3We can't watch television until the guests have left

4This was the first time the race had been won by an European athlete.

5No sooner ..... out than it rained.

6Choose the best sentence made from the cues given. not until/ he / grow / understand / the matter.

7No sooner ..... the door than a photographer started taking pictures.

8Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.Only after the teacher had explained the procedure clearly ..... to go ahead with the experiment.

9We couldn't relax until all the guests had left.

10No sooner ..... everyone started to gossip about him.

11I noticed that I had the wrong umbrella when I got home.

12..... had James entered the stage of local politics ..... his influence began to extend throughout the state.

13Which sentence uses inversion to show you realized where you were only when you asked a passer-by?

14The film had ended before they came, .....?

15Choose the right negative inversion:As soon as we got home, the police rang the doorbell.

16What is the correct inversion of the sentence 'He started working at this bank right after he graduated from university'?

17He left school. He started computer programming after that. A. No sooner had he started computer programming than he left school. B. 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.

18The firefighters had just left the building. There was a loud explosion.

19CHOOSE THE CORRECT INVERSION:You had bought a new cellphone. It broke down.

20No sooner had I arrived home ..... the telephone rang.

21What is the negative transformation of: As soon as the baby saw her mom, she cried.?

22Complete the sentence: "No sooner ..... the experiment finished than they discovered a new problem."

23No sooner ..... the meeting than problems arose.

24No sooner ..... the door than the phone rang.

25Not/until/the/speak/he/did/truth/the.

26No sooner had they eaten dinner when the ceiling crashed onto the dining table.

27As soon as we entered the museum, we started clicking pictures.

28..... shut the door ..... I realized I had left my keys inside.

29He had no sooner resigned than he received a better job offer.

30No sooner ..... arrived than he started saving lives.

31Not until midnight ..... did the power return .....

32No sooner ..... the keynote than the fire alarm went off.

33Choose the correct answers to complete the following sentences: ..... down to dinner than the telephone rang again.

34..... had I put my umbrella away, ..... it started raining.

35It was not until he arrived at the airport that .....

36Choose the best construction:No sooner ..... the bell ring than the students rushed out.

37As soon as James started working, he realized that his decision had not been a good one.A. Just before James took up his new post, he realized that he was not suited for it.B. No sooner had James begun his new job than he knew his decision was wrong.C. Had James not begun his new job, he would have gone looking for a better one. D. Since James did not like his new job, he began looking for a better one.

38We spent nearly 3 hours waiting outside the station, then out .....

39Invert this sentence: "I had not seen such a beautiful sunset until I visited Hawaii."

40Not until the early 1900s ..... to vote in the United States.

41Choose the correct word that completes the sentence. Not until the end of the 19th century ..... become a scientific discipline.

42No sooner the meeting ended than the press release was issued.

43The phone stopped ringing the moment I got downstairs.

44No sooner ..... we sat down for dinner than the doorbell rang. (INVERSIONS for EMPHASIS)

45..... had I sat down to read than my doorbell rang.

46The mailman ..... entered the yard than he was bitten by the dog.

47No sooner ..... to relax than the phone rang.

48..... had he left home than he heard an explosion.

49Rewrite the following sentence with the given word in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed above it.

50No sooner did the power resume,when the children screamed in joy.

51The train arrived at the station. Shortly after that the passengers rushed towards it.

52Choose the letter of the word or phrase that best completes the sentence:Not until the final vote was tallied ..... the party secure a majority in the parliament.

53Nancy failed to understand what the story was about until she saw the film based on it.A. Nancy doesn't understand what the story is about.

54No sooner ..... than it began to snow heavily.

55I left the office. There was a power cut just then.

56Not until last year ..... how important this job was.

57Which sentence correctly uses inversion after "No sooner ..... "?

58Rewrite each of the following sentences with the given words in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed above it.3. He didn't finish his work until the bell rang.

59As soon as I'd given Arman some pocket money, ..... to buy sweets.

60..... had I taken my shoes off ..... I found out we had to leave again.

61I left home. I soon realized the meaning of "family" .