Negative Inversion
This happens to the auxiliary when a sentence begins with never or rarely.
What is subject–auxiliary inversion?
This phrase forces inversion and limits the statement: Only after…
What is a restrictive adverbial?
This cleft structure begins with It is / It was…
What is an it-cleft sentence?
Which auxiliary is added to emphasise present simple verbs?
What is “do / does”?
Which word substitutes a noun to avoid repetition: the blue one?
What is “one”?
Rewrite correctly: I had hardly arrived when the phone rang.
What is “Hardly had I arrived when the phone rang”?
Rewrite: She understood the problem only then.
What is “Only then did she understand the problem”?
Rewrite with emphasis: She needs confidence.
What is “It is confidence that she needs”?
Rewrite emphatically: I believe you.
What is “I do believe you”?
Name the process: She can solve it, and he can too.
What is ellipsis?
Which expression requires inversion: Scarcely / Almost?
What is “Scarcely”?
Which word correctly completes the structure:
Only by ___ harder could he succeed.
What is “working”?
This cleft structure begins with What + clause.
What is a wh-cleft (pseudo-cleft)?
In which tense is did used for emphasis?
What is the past simple?
Complete: This is ___ far the most convincing argument.
What is “by”?
Complete: No sooner ___ he finished speaking than the audience applauded.
What is “had”?
Identify the mistake: Only when he arrived he realised the truth.
What is missing inversion (“did he realise”)?
Correct the error: What he did was went home.
What is “What he did was go home”?
What meaning does did usually add?
What is contrast, correction, or insistence?
Rewrite correctly: She is more braver than before.
What is “She is much braver than before”?
Why is inversion used in these structures?
What is to add emphasis and formality?
These structures are most common in which register?
What is formal or academic English?
What is the main communicative purpose of cleft sentences?
What is focusing attention on specific information?
Why can’t emphatic do be used in continuous tenses?
What is because the auxiliary is already present?
This structure expresses proportional change.
What is “The more…, the more…”?