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3B adding emphasis (1) inversin.

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I started eating then the postman came. Hardly had I started eating when the postman came . No sooner had I started eating than the postman came. The film started then she began to cry. No sooner had the film started than she began to cry. Hardly had the film started when she began to cry. As soon as we left it started raining. No sooner had we left than it started raining. Hardly had we left when it started raining. No sooner + than Hardly + when In the 1st action change simple tenses to prefect tenses There are no tense changes in the 2nd action *** Hardly and no sooner are the only ones which dont use the interrogative structure!!

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------It was such a disappointing ending. (read) Never had I read such a disappointing ending. It is such a horrible hotel. (stay) Never have I stayed in such a horrible hotel. They are living in such a hot city Never have they lived in such a hot city. We were living on so little money. Never had we lived on so little money. Never + interrogative structure Change simple & continuous tenses to simple prefect tenses

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I dont often speak to such interesting people Rarely do I speak to such interesting people I havent often eaten such delicious food Rarely have I eaten such delicious food. I didnt often go to the doctors when I was young. Rarely did I go to the Doctors when I was young. Rarely + interrogative structure no tense changes

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The atmosphere didnt change until he left. Not until he left did the atmosphere change. Only when You wont pass the exam until you study. Not until you study will you pass the exam. Only when When you stop texting Ill talk to you. Not until you stop texting will I talk to you. Only when Ill let you watch TV when you have finished your homework. Not until you have finished your homework will I let you watch TV Only when My Mother let me have desert on condition that I had eaten all my vegetables. Not until I had eaten all my vegetables did my Mother let me have desert. Only when He grew up then he understood his parents. Not until Only when he grew up did he understand his parents He got a good guitar then he learnt to play well. Not until Only when he got a good guitar did he learn to play well She contacted the police then he stopped calling her. Only when she contacted the police did he stop calling her. I was running for an hour then I got tired. Only when I was running for an hour did I get tired. I had been studying for three hours then I got a migraine. Only when I had been studying for three hours did I get a migraine. Not until/Only when + condition (1st action) + result (the 2nd action) interrogative structure. No tense changes

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