Complete the following sentences to make a more
dramatic version of the sentence printed above it. The
first one has been done for you. •
(YOU CAN SEE THE KEY, CLICKING THE COMMENT)
(YOU CAN SEE THE KEY, CLICKING THE COMMENT)
1 You mustn't press this red button under any
circumstances.
Under no circumstances must you press this red
button.
2 She'd only just stubbed out one cigarette when she
lit another.
Hardly .
3 We didn't see a soul all day.
Not .
4 As soon as I put the phone down, it rang again!
No sooner .....................................................................
5 He spoke so quietly that I didn't hear a thing he
said.
So .
6 They didn't win a game all season.
Not .
7 Life is like that.
Such .
8 She didn't realise who he was until she'd been
speaking to him for ten minutes.
Only after .
9 Kate not only spilled wine on the carpet but she
also
broke six glasses.
Not only .
10 I'd never seen such a gigantic fish before!
Never !
Source: Focus on Grammar for advanced learners. Cambridge U. P.
Key:
ReplyDelete~ Mind Your Manners
2 Hardly had she stubbed out one cigarette when she lit
another. 3 Not a soul did we see all day. 4 No sooner did/had
I put the phone down than it rang again. 5 So quietly did he
speak that I didn't hear a thing he said. 6 Not a (single) game
did they win all season. 7 Such is life. 8 Only after she'd been
speaking to him for ten minutes did she realise who he was.
9 Not only did Kate spill wine on the carpet, but she also broke
six glasses. 10 Never (before) had I seen such a gigantic fish!