Lexico Grammar

Lexico Grammar Buổi 1

by Lenguyendieu Linh

​Inversion

• ​Common words: hardly (...when), scarcely (...when), barely (...when), no sooner (...than), only/only after/only when, not until, at no time, little, never, not only (...but also/too), rarely/seldom on no account, under no circumstances

• ​ex1. Under no circumstances will we accept an increase in working hours

• ​ex2. Never have I heard such a ridiculous suggestion!

• ​ex3. Little did Ralph know that the burglar was still inside his house

• ​ex4. No sooner had the alarm gone off than the police arrived.

​Inversion

• ​Here/There/At the top of/Beside/etc

• ​ex 1. Here comes the sun./Here comes the Minister

• ​ex2. Beside the Town Hall stood the public library

• Participle Phrases

• ​ex3. Running down the road was a young man with his dog

Multiple Choice

In no way ___ that people will be prevented from organizing peaceful protests.

• this law means

• means this law

• does this law mean

• this law does mean

Multiple Choice

Not until we have no choice ____ the business down

• close we

• we will close

• will we close

• we close

Multiple Choice

It was ____ a victory that even Smith's fans couldn't believe it.

• such surprising

• so surprising

• too surprising

• surprising enough

Multiple Choice

So ____ that they actually finished three weeks early,

• were the builders fast

• fast the builders were

• the builders were fast

• fast were the builders

Multiple Choice

At no time ____ I was going to fail the exam

• did I think 

• thought I

• I thought

• was I thought

Multiple Choice

No sooner ___ everyone started to gossip about him.

• had Mike left than

• did Mike leave when

• left Mike when

• Mike had left than

​Inversion

​ Either, neither, no

• ex1. Neither do I/So did I

  So, such, as, than

• ​ex2. So rare is burglary here that many people don't bother to lock their doors.

• ​ex3. Such public interest was there in the story that it was on the front page of a newspaper

• ​ex4. The police in this area make more arrests than do officers in other parts of the country.

Multiple Choice

'I can't stand this hot weather!' - 'No, ____. Dreadful, isn't it?'

• so can't I

• neither can I

• nor I can

• so I can't

Multiple Choice

It's been a hard sesson for the exam, as ____

• last season was

• was last season

Multiple Choice

The Minister was forced to resign, such ____for her

• the pressure was

• was the pressure

Multiple Choice

So nervous ____ that I was almost certain he was lying

• he was

• was he

​Inversion in Conditional Sentences

• ex1. Should the drought continue, many people ​will be forced to leave their villages (= If the drought should continue.../If the drought continues...)

• ​ex2. Were we to stop using fossil fuels tomorrow, it would still take decades for the planet to recover (=If we were to stop.../If we stopped...)

• ​ex3. Had Charles Darwin not visited the Galapagos Islands, he might never have had developed his theory of evolution (If Charles Darwin hadn't visited...)

• ​ex4. Had I known about the crime problem, I would never have moved here.ex.

Multiple Choice

Were ____ my dad, I would never have started playing tennis in the first place.

• it for

• it to be for

• it hadn't been for

• it not for

Multiple Choice

The book would have been perfect ___ the ending

• had it not been for

• it had not been for

• it hadn't been for

• hadn't it been for

Multiple Choice

It would have been a great journey, ___ we not got lost along the way.

• had

• would

• should 

• might

Fill in the Blanks

The only reason I haven't moved to London yet is the cost (for) -> Had

, I would have moved to London (for)

Fill in the Blanks

If the council stopped wasting money, more people might approve of them -> Were

money, more people might approve of them. (to)

​Cleft Sentences/Relatives

• ​All that Keith wanted was to get his money back/To get his money back was all that Keith wanted.

  - ​It was Carol who/that called the police

• - The year when this government came to power was 2006/2006 was the year when/in which this government came to power.

• - What annoys me is the boss's attitude

• ​- What Churchill did was bring people together

• - ​What happened was that a witness saw the man leave the house

• - ​The reason why I joined this political party was to make a difference.

Fill in the Blanks

I'd like to remind you that there are no circumstances in which employees are allowed to leave early. -> I'd like to remind you that

employees allowed to leave early. (under)

Fill in the Blanks

The kids dived straight into the pool when we arrived (had) -> No

the kids dived into the pool (had)

Fill in the Blanks

There was so much concern about the situation that police were called (so) -> The police were called,

there.