Grammar 4B - adding emphasis (1): inversion

Rewrite the sentences to make them more emphatic.

I had just sat down when the train left.

• No sooner I had sat down than the train left.

• No sooner had I sat down than the train left.

• No sooner than the train left I had sat down.

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I didn't realize my mistake until years later.

• Not until years later did I realized my mistake.

• Not until years later I realized my mistake.

• Not until years later did I realize my mistake.

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We had never seen such magnificent scenery.

• Never had we seen such magnificent scenery.

• Never seen we had such magnificent scenery.

• Never we had seen such magnificent scenery.

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They not only disliked her, but they also hated her family.

• Not only did they dislike her, but they also hated her family.

• Not only they disliked her, but they also hate her family.

• Not only they dislike her, but they also hate her family.

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We only understood what he had really suffered when we read his autobiography.

• Only when we had read his autobiography we understood what

  he had really suffered

• Only when we read his autobiography we understand what

  he had really suffered

• Only when we had read his autobiography did we understand what

  he had really suffered

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

• Hardly we started to eat when we had heard someone knocking at the door.

• Hardly had we started to eat when we heard someone knocking at the door.

• Hardly had we started to eat when we hear someone knocking at the door.

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I have rarely read such a badly written novel.

• Rarely have I read such a badly written novel.

• Rarely I have read such a badly written novel.

• Rarely did I read such a badly written novel.

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We did not put down our tools and rest until the sun set.

• Not until the sun set we put down our tools and rest.

• Not until the sun did set we put down our tools and rested.

• Not until the sun set did we put down our tools and rest.

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The hotel room was not only depressing, but it w'as cold as well.

• Not only the hotel room was depressing, but it is cold as well.

• Not only was the hotel room depressing, but it was cold as well.

• Not only is the hotel room depressing, but it is cold as well.

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They only lit the fire w hen it was unusually cold.

• Only when it did unusually cold was they light the fire.

• Only when it did unusually cold did they light the fire.

• Only when it was unusually cold did they light the fire.