TYP 2 If I were you I would listen to your friends.
Were I you, I would listen to your friends.
Had you listened to me it wouldn’t have happened.
Hardly ever did they manage to meet unobserved.
The performance had hardly begun when the lights went out.
Hardly had the performance begun when the lights went out.
No sooner had he drunk the coffee than he began to feel sick.
NEVER
I had never before been asked to accept a bribe.
Never before had I been asked to accept a bribe.
They not only rob you, they smash everything too.
Not only do they rob you, they smash everything.
NOT TILL
He did not realize that he had lost it till he got home.
Not till he got home did he realize that he had lost it.
This switch must not be touched on any account.
On no account must this switch be touched.
He was able to make himself heard only by shouting.
Only by shouting was he able to make himself heard.
You will not find anywhere better roses than these.
Nowhere will you find better roses than these
He became so tired that he had to take a break.
So tired did he become that he had to take a break.
NOT
Not a single word did he say for a whole hour.
Inne wyrażenia :
*Not even once
*Rarely
*Not a sound
*Not a word
*Little
*Seldom
*So badly
*Under no circumstances
*In no other way
*Only in this way
*No longer
*At no time
*At no other time
*Such
*So great
*To such extremes/ a degree/ a point
*IT’S ABOUT TIME
IT’S TIME +infinitive (oznacza że nadszedł właściwy moment na coś)
It’s time to start.
It’s time for us to go.
It’s really late. It’s time we went home.
It’s time we were leaving.
It’s high time we left.
It’s 12 and he is still in bed. It’s time he got up.
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