Full name: ………………………………………………… Code: 0268
I. Choose the best answer
1. Seldom ________ a newspaper.
A. buy Anna
B. does Anna buy
C. bought Anna
D. Anna does buy
2. Not only ________ at the post office, ____________ at the grocery store.
A. does Mary work / but she also works
B. works Mary / but she also works
C. works Mary / but does she also work
D. does Mary works / but does she also work
3. No sooner________ the house than the phone started to ring.
A. had she entered
B. she had entered
C. did she enter
D. entered she
4. Beasides the roadsides________ .
A. Stood a horse
B. did a horse stand
C. does a horse stand
D. a horse stand
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5. Only after they send you an application _____________.
A. do you apply
B. you can apply
C. did you apply
D. can you apply
6. At no time ________ greater opportunities.
A. did women had
B. has women had
C. does women have
D. have women had
7. Not once ________ into her eyes.
A. he looked
B. does he look
C. did he look
D. looked he
8. Only at weekend ________ my kids to Water Park.
A. I don’t take
B. do I take
C. I do take
D. I take
9. So old__________ that she couldn’t dance.
A. she wasn’t
B. she was
C. wasn’t she
D. was she
10. ___________ there yesterday, you would have met me.
A. had you been
B. you were
C. were you
D. you had been
11. On the battlefield ________.
A. the tanks did lie
B. the tanks lay
C. lay the tanks
D. did the tanks lie
12. Nowhere ________ such cooperative staff.
A. you can find
B. you found
C. you could find
D. can you find
13. Never before ________ an earnest attempt to resolve their differences.
A. have the leaders of these two countries met
B. the leaders of these two countries have met
C. have the leaders of these two countries met
D. met the leaders of these two countries
14. Not only the child, but also the grandparents ________.
A. is joining
B. were joining
C. joins
D. has joined
15. On no account ________ in the office be used for personal materials.
A. the photocopy machines
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B. should the photocopy machines
C. the photocopy machines should
D. do the photocopy machines
16. Rarely ________ permission to return to homes contaminated during a toxic waste
accident.
A. is people given
B. do people given
C. people given
D. are people given
17. In front of the gate ________ the guard.
A. did stand
B. does
C. did
D. stood
18. Only on rare occasions ________ to the theater.
A. do they go
B. they went
C. go they
D. went they
19. Only once a day ________ home.
A. does Mary leave
B. left Mary
C. Mary leaves
D. will Mary leave
20. On the island ________ the only presentation of the Indian handicraft.
A. remains
B. does it remain
C. did it remain
D. remain it
II. Complete the sentences using the given words in such a way that it means the same as
the sentence printed above.
1. He paid all his money. He even borrowed some from me.
→ Not only …
2. He had hardly left the office when the telephone rang.
→ Hardly …
3. I had only just put the phone down when the boss rang back.
→ No sooner …
4. He didn’t finish his work until the bell rang.
→ Not until …
5. We only began to see the symptoms of the disease after several months.
→ Only …
6. I’ve never seen anyone in my life drink as much as you.
→ Never …
7. A sleeping dog was lying under the table.
→ Under the table …
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8. This orchestra had rarely been more excited.
→ Rarely …
9. The facts were not all made public until later.
→ Only …
10. If I had realized what would happen, I wouldn’t have accepted the job.
→ Had …
11. The response to our appeal was so great that we had to take on more staff.
→ Such …
12. Harry broke his leg, and also injured his shoulder.
→ Not only …
13. The police didn’t at all suspect that the judge was the murderer.
→ Little …
14. If you do happen to see Helen, could you ask her to call me?
→ Should …
15. The bus driver cannot be blamed for the accident in any way.
→ In …
16. The snowfall was so heavy that all the trains had to be cancelled.
→ So …
17. If the government raised interest rates, they would lose the election.
→ Were …
18. As soon as I got into the bath, someone knocked at the door.
→ No sooner …
19. There was so much uncertainty that the financial markets remained closed.
→ So …
20. It’s not common for there to be so much rain in March.
→ Seldom …
