It was not until .....that

1. I didn't like chocolate until I went to university

-> It was not until ..............

2. No one could leave the stadium until 2.30

-> It was not until ..............

3. She wasn't allowed to open her presents until her birthday

-> It was not until ..............

4. We didn't have any holidays until last summer

-> It was not until ..............

5. She didn't stop learning German until the age of 24

-> It was not until ..............

1) Mary did not stop working in the garden until her face was hot and red.

It was not until ...

Not until ...

2) He did not reunite with his family until 1975.

It was not until ...

Not until ...

3) I did not know anything about that flower until I saw it in a fair.

It was not until ...

Not until ...

4) She did not start working until her child was five.

It was not until ...

Not until ...

5) I did not go to bed until I finished watching TV.

It was not until ...

Not until ...

6) The Titanic was not lifted to shore until 1998.

It was not until ...

Not until ...

7) She did not publish her first novel until she was 54.

It was not until ...

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8) He did not know how to use a computer until he started working for the company.

It was not until ...

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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

It was not until she could read and write when she was allowed to use smartphone.

A. not until

B. when

C. allowed

D. use

1. it was not until she was twenty-nine that Paula decided to get married

=> Paula.........................

2. it was not until the sun had risen that i woke up

=> i...........................

3. it was not until i had showed it to him that Simon realized his mistake

=> Simon...................

4. it was not until the spring came that the ice on the lake thawed

=> the ice................

5. it was not until the building was almost burned down that the firemen arrived

=>the firemen...........

It was not until...that

1. She didn't recover her confidence until that morning

-> I was not until...........

2. He didn't arrive at the office until half past time

-> It was not until ..............

3. Mary didn't work for the UN until 2004

-> It was not until ..............

4. I didn't know how to ride a bicycle until I was 15

-> It was not until ..............

5. John didn't finish reading my book until last Saturday

-> It was not until ..............

II. Choose the sentence that is closet in meaning to the one given.

1. She only remembered her appointment with the doctor when she arrived home.

A. It was not until she arrived home that she remembered her appointment with the doctor.

B. It was not until she arrived home did she remember her appointment with the doctor.

C. Only when she arrived home that she remembered her appointment with the doctor.

D. Not until she arrived home that she remembered her appointment with the doctor.

2. The situation was so embarrassing that she did not know what to do.

A. So embarrassing the situation was that she did not know what to do.

B. It was such an embarrassing situation; however, she did not know what to do.

C. She did not know what to do, though it was not an embarrassing situation.

D. So embarrassing was the situation that she did not know what to do.

3. Without skillful surgery he would not have survived the operation.

A. With skillful surgery he would have survived the operation.

B. Had it not been for skillful surgery he would have survived the operation.

C. But for skillful surgery he would not have survived the operation.

D. He wouldn’t have survived the operation if he hadn’t had skillful surgery.

4. Jenny is so creative that we all can rely on her for original ideas.

A. Being creative, we all can rely on Jenny for original ideas.

B. So creative is Jenny that we all can rely on her for original ideas.

C. Creative as Jenny is, we all can rely on her for original ideas.

D. Jenny is such creative girl that we all can rely on her for original ideas.

5. We only dispatch goods after receiving the money.

A. Only after the money is received do we dispatch goods.

B. After the money is received do we dispatch goods.

C. Only after is the money received we dispatch goods.

D. Only after we dispatch goods is the money received.