C1 · Inversion & Emphasis — Practice

Exercise 1

Choose the correct inverted form

8 points

1

Never _____ such a beautiful view.

2

Not only _____ the exam, she also came first.

3

Hardly _____ sat down when the alarm rang.

4

So _____ the test that most students failed.

5

No sooner _____ arrived than it started raining.

6

Only then _____ how serious it was.

7

Such _____ her enthusiasm that we all joined in.

8

Rarely _____ so engaged in a lecture.

Exercise 2

Rewrite using inversion

4 points

1

I had never eaten so well.

2

She had hardly left when it started.

3

He not only forgot the keys but also his wallet.

4

I realised the truth only then.

Exercise three — Production

Write original sentences using the target structure. Feedback appears automatically as you type.
Scoring: full marks for correct structure · partial for present but imperfect · zero for absent.

1

Write a sentence using negative inversion after "Never", "Not only", or "Rarely".

2

Write a sentence using "So + adjective + was..." inversion.