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Monday, March 05, 2007

Inversion of the subject- Practical exercises

EXERCISE

Rewrite the following sentences starting as indicated below
1. He seldom writes to his family

Seldom .....................................

2. He has rarely visited us

Rarely ................................

3. He hardly understands what she says.

Hardly ......................

4. They made the law effective only in this way.

Only in this way ....

5. I haven't seen anything like that before.

Never before ...

6. I could hardly believe it.

Hardly ...

7. He hardly knew what to do about it.

Hardly ......

8. He didn't speak to me even once.

Not even once .....

9. The protests against globalisation were nowhere stronger than in London.

Nowhere ....

10. Retired people seldom protest or demonstrate.

Seldom ....

11. I have rarely seen her these days.

Rarely ...

12. As soon as the production rises the living conditions improve.

No sooner ...

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