6TH MINITEST: Inversion

Rarely _____ anyone using typewriters now-a-days.

• you see

• will you see

• you will see

• you have seen

Answer explanation

Rarely + trợ động từ + S + V

_____ but also it filters out harmful rays.

• The environment gives us air to breathe

• Not only the environment gives us air to breathe

• The environment which gives us air to breathe

• Not only does the environment give us air to breathe

Answer explanation

Cấu trúc Not only - But also

He is a good singer. He is also a skillful pianist.

• He is not a good singer, but he is a skillful pianist.

• Not only is he a good singer, but he is also a skillful pianist.

• He is either a good singer or a skillful pianist.

• He is neither a good singer nor a skillful pianist

Answer explanation

Cấu trúc Not only + trợ động từ + S + V + but + S also V ( Không những ... mà còn)

Dịch nghĩa: Anh ấy là một ca sĩ giỏi. Anh ấy còn là một nghệ sĩ piano điêu luyện.

She had only just put the phone down when her boss rang back.

• Hardly had she put the phone down when her boss rang back.

• No sooner had she put the phone down when her boss rang back.

• Hardly did she put the phone down when her boss rang back.

• Hardly she had put the phone down when her boss rang back.

Answer explanation

Cấu trúc: Hardly + had + S + Ved/ V3 when S + Ved/ V2 (Ngay khi... thì...)

Tạm dịch: Cô ấy vừa mới bỏ máy xuống thì sếp cô ấy gọi lại.

A. Ngay khi cô ấy vừa đặt điện thoại xuống thì sếp cô ấy gọi lại.

My parents left the house. Then the telephone rang.

• No sooner had my parents left the house than the telephone rang.

• No sooner my parents had left the house when the telephone rang

• Hardly had my parents left the house than the telephone rang

• Hardly my parents left the house when the telephone had rung

Answer explanation

Cấu trúc: No sooner + trợ động từ + S + V + than + S + V (Ngay sau khi/Không bao lâu sau khi … thì…)

Tạm dịch: Bố mẹ của tôi rời khỏi căn nhà. Sau đó điện thoại reo

A: Ngay sau khi bố mẹ tôi rời khỏi nhà thì điện thoại reo

Seth informed us of his retirement from the company. He did it when arriving at the meeting

• Only after his retiring from the company did Seth tell us about his arrival at the meeting.

• Not until Seth said to us that he would leave the company did he turn up at the meeting.

• Hardly had Seth notified us of his retiring from the company when he arrived at the meeting.

• No sooner had Seth arrived at the meeting than we were told about his leaving the company.

Answer explanation

Giải chi tiết: No sooner + had + S + PP than + S + Ved/ V2: Ngay khi... thì...

Tạm dịch: Seth thông báo cho chúng tôi về việc nghỉ hưu từ công ty. Ông đã làm điều đó khi đến cuộc họp.

D. Seth vừa đến cuộc họp thì đã nói về việc anh ấy rời công ty với chúng tôi.

She received the exam results. She immediately phoned her mom.

• She immediately phoned her mom that she would receive the exam results.

• No sooner had she received the exam results than she phoned her mom.

• No sooner had she phoned her mom than she received the exam results.

• She received the exam results immediately after she phoned her mom.

Answer explanation

Giải thích: Cấu trúc “No sooner…than…” hành động ở vế sau xảy ra ngay sau hành động ở vế trước.

Tạm dịch: Cô nhận được kết quả thi. Cô ấy ngay lập tức gọi cho mẹ.

B. Ngay sau khi cô nhận được kết quả thi cô gọi cho mẹ.

She had only just put the phone down when her boss rang back.

• Hardly had she put the phone down when her boss rang back.

• No sooner had she put the phone down when her boss rang back.

• Hardly did she put the phone down when her boss rang back.

• Hardly she had put the phone down when her boss rang back.

Answer explanation

Giải thích: Cấu trúc: Hardly + had + S + Ved/ V3 when S + Ved/ V2 (Ngay khi... thì...)

Tạm dịch: Cô ấy vừa mới bỏ máy xuống thì sếp cô ấy gọi lại.

A. Ngay khi cô ấy vừa đặt điện thoại xuống thì sếp cô ấy gọi lại.

He got down to writing the letter as soon as he returned from his walk.

• No sooner had he returned from his walk when he got down to writing the letter.

• Not until he returned from his walk did he get down to writing the letter.

• Only after he had returned from his walk did he get down to writing the letter.

• Hardly had he returned from his walk when he got down to writing the letter.

Answer explanation

Dịch nghĩa: Anh ta ngồi xuống viết thư ngay khi đi bộ về.

Xét các đáp án: A. No sooner had he returned from his walk when he got down to writing the letter. → Cấu trúc đảo ngữ với các cụm từ so sánh về thời gian: No sooner + had + S + P2 + than + S + Ved (nếu dùng no sooner phải có than đằng sau).

B. Not until he returned from his walk did he get down to writing the letter. → Mãi cho đến khi anh trở về sau khi đi bộ, anh mới xuống viết thư, sai nghĩa.

C. Only after he had returned from his walk did he get down to writing the letter. Chỉ sau khi anh ấy trở về sau khi đi bộ, anh ấy mới viết thư, sai nghĩa

D. Hardly had he returned from his walk when he got down to writing the letter. → Cấu trúc đảo ngữ với các cụm từ so sánh về thời gian: Hardly/Scarcely/Barely + had + S + P2 + when + S + Ved: ngay khi/vừa mới….thì….

Đáp án D.

She just had time to put up her umbrella before the rain came down in torrents.

• No sooner had she put up her umbrella than the rain came down in torrents.

• The rain came down in torrents as soon as she just has time to put up her umbrella.

• Only when she had put up her umbrella did the rain come down in torrents.

• If she hadn’t time to put up her umbrella, the rain wouldn’t have come down in torrents.

Answer explanation

Dịch nghĩa: Cô ấy vừa kịp che ô thì trời đổ mưa như trút nước.

A. Ngay khi cô ấy vừa giương chiếc ô lên thì trời đổ mưa như trút nước.