No sooner or later he will also be attacked by a tiger.

Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it.

1. The keeper had no sooner opened the cage door than the lion attacked him.

Hardly ....had the keeper the cage than the lion attacked him..

2. No other city in Vietnam is so large as Ho Chi Minh city.

Ho Chi Minh City is ...the largest city in Viet Nam...

3. They produce a lot of paper, so they need a lot of wood pulp.

The more ..paper they produce, the more wood pulp they need...

4. We spent our childhood in that beautiful mountain resort, and we always remember it.

We always ..remember spending our childhood in that beautiful mountain resort ....

5. She insisted that she should be called Joyce.

She insisted on ....being called Joyce..

6. It might be a good idea to use honey instead of sugar.

Why ...don't we use honey instead of sugar?...

7. When you lie, some gestures can show you are lying.

Some gestures ....can give the evidence when you lie ..

8. He never suspected that the money had been stolen.

At no ...time did he suspect that the money had been stolen...

9. My decision to get up and dance coincided with the band's decision to stop playing.

The moment ...I decided to get up and dance, the band decided to stop playing....

10. The only way to eliminate world terrorism is by untied opposition.

Only by ..untied opposition can the world terrorism be eliminated ....

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1. The keeper had no sooner opened the cage door than the lion attacked him.

Hardly had the keeper opened the cage door when the lion attacked him

10. The only way to eliminate world terrorism is by untied opposition.

Only by untying opposition can we eliminate world terrorism

Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it.

1. The keeper had no sooner opened the cage door than the lion attacked him.

Hardly ....had the keeper the cage than the lion attacked him..

2. No other city in Vietnam is so large as Ho Chi Minh city.

Ho Chi Minh City is ...the largest city in Viet Nam...

3. They produce a lot of paper, so they need a lot of wood pulp.

The more ..paper they produce, the more wood pulp they need...

4. We spent our childhood in that beautiful mountain resort, and we always remember it.

We always ..remember spending our childhood in that beautiful mountain resort ....

5. She insisted that she should be called Joyce.

She insisted on ....being called Joyce..

6. It might be a good idea to use honey instead of sugar.

Why ...don't we use honey instead of sugar?...

7. When you lie, some gestures can show you are lying.

Some gestures ....can give the evidence when you lie ..

8. He never suspected that the money had been stolen.

At no ...time did he suspect that the money had been stolen...

9. My decision to get up and dance coincided with the band's decision to stop playing.

The moment ...I decided to get up and dance, the band decided to stop playing....

10. The only way to eliminate world terrorism is by untied opposition.

Only by ..untied opposition can the world terrorism be eliminated ....

He was punished because he behaved badly

->because of_his bad behaviour, he was punished____________________

The keeper had no sooner opened the case door than the lion attacked hi

->Hardly had the keeper opened the cage door when the tiger attacked him.___________

We are worried that rivers and canals are becoming more and more ..polluted......pollute

TV .commercials....are adversements in which goods and services are promoted. commerce

it is...disappointing.....that some people poach fish in the nhieu loc canal disappoint

christmas is.....enjoyable.......celebrated in many countries joy

here is tommorrow's weather.....forecast.....HCM city will be sunny,and ...... cast

my sister is wearing a T-shirt of the latest madel.She always dresses...fashionably..... fashion

Rewrite the sentene

1.I'm very sick now

Never have I been so sick

2.I had only gone out when the phone rang

Hardly had I gone out when the phone rang

3.Immediately after his arrival, things went wrong

No sooner had he arrived than things went wrong

4.The men continued to feel unsafe until they had crossed the border

Not until had the men crossed the border did they continued to feel unsafe

5.You can use it as long as you like. I won't wear out

No matter how long you use it , it won't wear out

6.John didn't celebrate a party until he received the offer of promotion in writting

Not until John received the offer of promotion in writing did he celebrate a party

7.The was so much uncertainty that the financial markets remained closed

Such was the uncertainty that the financial markets remained closed.

8.As soon as I got into the bath, someone knocked on the door

No sooner had I got into the bath than someone knocked on the door

9.It's not common for there to be so much rain in March

Seldom is there so much rain in March.

10.You won't be allowed in until your identity has been checked

Only when your identity has been checked will you be allowed in.

11.Just after the play started, there was a power failure

Hardly had the play started when there was a power failure.

12.The Primw Minister has hardly ever made a speech as incept as this

Rarely has the Prime Minister made a speech as incept as this

13.We had only just arrived home when the police called

Scarely had we arrived home when the police called

14.The way so much money has been spent to so little purpose must be record

Never before has so much money been spent to so little purpose

15.We couldn't relax until all the guests had gone home

Only when all the guests had gone home could we relax

16.The truth only came out on the publication of the general's personal diaries

Only when the general’s personal diaries were published did the truth come out.

17. He has the first class brain but he also a tremendously hard worker

Not only does he have first class brain, but he is also a tremendously hard worker

18.They hard granted one increase of pay than they asked for another no sooner

No sooner had they granted one increase of pay than they asked for another.

1. No sooner had he hardly left the office than the telephone rang

2.Hardly had I only just put the phone down when the boss rang back

Đáp án A

Kiến thức đảo ngữ: No sooner had S PII than S V-ed O (Vừa mới….thì….).

= Hardly/Scarcely/Barely had S PII when S V-ed O. 

Dịch: Cô ấy vừa mới đặt điện thoại xuống thì ông chủ gọi điện lại.

Đáp án B

Giải thích: Câu gốc sử dụng cấu trúc :

No sooner + had + S + V (phân từ) + than + S + V (quá khứ đơn) = vừa mới … thì đã …

Dịch nghĩa: Cô ấy vừa mới đặt điện thoại xuống thì ông chủ của cô gọi lại.

Phương án B. Scarcely had she put the telephone down when her boss rang back sử dụng cấu trúc:

Scarcely + had + S + V (phân từ) + when + S + V (quá khứ đơn) = vừa mới … thì đã …

Dịch nghĩa: Cô ấy vừa mới đặt điện thoại xuống thì ông chủ của cô gọi lại.

Đây là phương án có nghĩa của câu sát với câu gốc nhất.

          A. As soon as her boss rang back, she put down the telephone = Ngay khi ông chủ của cô gọi lại, cô đặt điện thoại xuống.

          C. Hardly had she hung up, she rang her boss immediately = Cô vừa dập máy, cô đã gọi ông chủ của cô ngay lập tức.

          D. She had hardly put the telephone down without her boss rang back = Cô ấy vừa mới đặt điện thoại xuống mà không có ông chủ của cô ấy gọi lại.

Đáp án D

No sooner had she put the telephone down than her boss rang back.

Ngay khi cô đặt điện thoại xuống, ông chủ đã gọi lại

Cấu trúc đảo ngữ với Scarely: Scarely + had + S + động từ phân từ II +… + when + mệnh đề quá khứ đơn