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Emphasis (C1)

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

I had hardly got into bed when the telephone rang.

Hardly (a)   into bed when the telephone rang.

2.

We seldom see such an amazing display of dance.

Seldom (a)   such an amazing display of dance.

3.

When we say "Little did he know!", how much did he actually know?

a)

He knew everything

b)

He knew most of it

c)

He knew bits and pieces of it

d)

He didn't have a clue

4.

You shouldn't do anything without asking me first on any account.

(a)   should you do anything without asking me first.

5.

I really believed John was safe only when I saw him with my own eyes.

________ I saw John with my own eyes did I really believe he was safe.

a)

Not until

b)

Under no circumstances

c)

Only by

d)

Not since

6.

The money we had lost was all on the table.

(a)   was all the money we had lost.

7.

The knights came around the corner.

(a)   came the knights.

8.

He removed the lid carefully.

____________, he removed the lid.

a)

With much care

b)

Carefully

c)

Full of care

d)

Unintentionally

9.

Mr. Palmer saw I could also act.

It was (a)   saw I could act.

10.

His attitude towards other people really annoys me.

It is (a)   other people that really annoys me.

11.

I began to suspect something at that moment.

It ___________________ I suspected something.

a)

was when

b)

c

c)

was at that moment that

d)

was not before that that

12.

I only understood why the tragedy had happened then.

Only then (a)   why the tragedy had happened.