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THE INVERSION OF SUBJECT AND VERB
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Choïn moät töø / nhoùm töø thích hôïp cho moãi choã troáng ñeå hoaøn thaønh nhöõng caâu sau.
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____________________________, you would have succeeded in your business.
A. If you listened to my advice
B. Were you to listen to my advice
C. Had you listened to my advice
D. As long as you listened to my advice
She doesn’t like classical music and _______________________________.
A. I don’t, too
B. I don’t, either
C. neither do I
D. B and C are correct
Little ____________________________, what he has caused to others.
A. does he know
B. he knows
C. he can know
D. he will know
____________________________ had he entered the office than he realized that he had left his wallet at home.
A. Hardly
B. Scarcely
C. No sooner
D. Not only
____________________________ a week goes by without some road accidents.
A. Hardly
B. Seldom
C. Never
D. Infrequently
Not until a monkey is several years old ……….. to exhibit signs of independence from its mother.
A. it begins
B. does it begin
C. and begin
D. is it begin
………….. did Jerome accept the job.
A. Only because it was an interesting work.
B. Because it was an interesting work.
C. Only because it was an interested work.
D. The work was interesting.
……….. great was the destruction that the south took decades to recovered.
A. Very
B. too
C. Such
D. So
……. the Charges found themselves 7-0 down.
A. Hardly had the games begun
B. Hardly the games had begun
C. The games had hardly begun
D. Hardly had begun the games
Not until the fist land plants developed………………..
A. land animals appeared
B. did land animals appear
C. would land animals appear
D. the land animals appeared
Not until it was too late ………………. I call Susan.
A. I remembered
B. did I remember
C. did I remembered
D. I did remember
Never before …………………. Such a wonderful child.
A. I have seen
B. I had seen
C. I saw
D. have I seen
Hardly had we settle down in our seats …………….. the lights went out.
A. than
B. when
C. then
D. after
Only after checking three times ………… certain of the answer. Jim promised that never would he tell anyone else.
A. I was
B. was I
C. were I
D. I were
Only when he is here, ……………..
A. he speaks English
B. does he speak English
C. he can speak English
D. he does speak English
Nowhere ....................... such cooperative staff.
A. you can find
B. you found
C. you could find
D. can you find
Never before ....................... in an earnest attempt to resolve their differences.
A. have the leaders of these two countries met
B. the leaders of these two countries have met
C. have the leaders of these two countries meet.
D. met the leaders of these two countries
Not only the child, but also the grandparents .......................
A. is joining
B. joins
C. were joining
D. has joined
Seldom ....................... a newspaper.
A. buys Anna
B. does Anna buy
C. bought Anna
D. Anna does buy
None of the information ....................... made public.
A. was
B. were
C. are
D. have
No sooner ....................... the house than the phone started to ring.
A. had she entered
B. she had entered
C. entered she
D. had entered she
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22. Not only ....................... at the post office, ....................... at the grocery store.
A. does Mary work ... but she also works
B. works Mary ... but she also works
C. does Mary work ... but does she also work
D. works Mary ... but does she also work
23. The number of people at the exhibit ....................... amazing.
A. are
B. were
C. was
D. has
24. So incredible ....................... of the Yellowstone area that people didn't believe in its existence.
A. explorer John Coulter's descriptions
B. explorer John Colter's descriptions were
C. were explorer John Colter's descriptions
D. was explorer John Colter's descriptions
25. Either of my parents or my brother .......................
A. has coming
B. have come
C. are coming
D. is coming
26. Not only....................... in the field of psychology but animal behavior is examined as well.
A. human behavior is studied
B. is human behavior studied
C. is studied human behavior
D. human behavior
27. Neither the table nor the chairs ....................... here.
A. does
B. do
C. is
D. are
28. How many musical notes of the 11,000 tones that the human ear can distinguish ....................... in the musical scale?
A. it is
B. is it
C. are there
D. there are
29. Beside the roadside .......................
A. a horse stood
B. stood a horse
C. did a horse stand
D. does a horse stand
30. Only after they send you an application, ....................... .
A. can you apply
B. you can apply
C. do you apply
D. did you apply
31. The Japanese ....................... famous for their beautiful gardens.
A. are
B. is
C. it
D. there
32. Mark won't like that bread, nor ....................... that cheese.
A. he likes
B. he will like
C. does he
D. will he like
33. ....................... continental crust older than 200 million years.
A. It is nowhere the
B. Nowhere is the
C. Is nowhere the
D. Is the nowhere
34. The new manager, accompanied by his wife, ....................... arriving today.
A. are
B. is
C. were
D. was
35. At no time ....................... greater opportunities. .
A. did women had
B. has women had
C. does women have
D. have women had
36. French ....................... in parts of Canada.
A. is speaking
B. are spoken
C. is spoken
D. speaks
37. Not once ....................... into her eyes.
A. he looked
B. does he looked
C. did he look
D. looked he
38. Seventy-five per cent of the students another ....................... language.
A. speak
B. speaks
C. has spoken
D. is speaking
39. Not until next year ....................... take place
A. the new tax change will
B. will the new tax change
C. the new tax changes
D. change the new tax
40. The team ....................... going back to their homes.
A. is
B. do
C. has
D. are
41. Every man and a woman ....................... the right to vote.
A. have
B. has
C. are
D. is
42. Up ....................... and the people cheered.
A. went the balloon
B. did the balloon go
C. does the balloon go
D. goes the balloon
43. Most of our furniture ....................... in storage.
A. is
B. are
C. has
D. does
44. Not a single word ....................... during dinner.
A. do he say
B. did he say
C. have he said
D. said he
45. Nine of every ten people in the world ....................... in the country in which they were born.
A. living
B. they are living
C. lives
D. live
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46. On no account ....................... in the office be used for personal materials.
A. the photocopy machines
B. should the photocopy machines
C. the photocopy machines should
D. does the photocopy machines
47. The average temperature of rocks on the surface of the earth 550F.
A. be
B. are
C. is
D. been
48. In the ocean, ....................... more salt in the deeper water.
A. is there
B. there are
C there is
D. are there
49. Rarely ....................... permission to return to homes contaminated during a toxic waste accident.
A. is people given
B. do people given
C. people given
D. are people given
50. There ....................... ten people in line already when we arrived.
A. were
B. was
C. is
D. are
51. More than half of the pollution in this river ....................... from industrial waste.
A. come
B. have come
C. are coming
D. comes
52. In front of-the gate ....................... the guard.
A. did
B. does
C. did stand
D. stood
53. Only on rare occasions ....................... to the theater.
A. do they go
B. they went
C. go they
D. went they
54. Neither Canada nor Mexico ....................... that citizens of the United States have passports.
A. requires
B. require
C. requiring
D. to require
55. Only if I had known the difference ....................... the more expensive car.
A. would I bought
B. I would have bought C. would I buy
D. would I have bought
56. The smallest flying dinosaurs ....................... about the size of a robin.
A. was
B. are
C. have
D. been
57. My new pair of pants at the cleaners.
A. is
B. are
C. be
D. have been
58. Out ....................... the bird from its tiny cage.
A. did the bird fly
B. fly the bird
C. did the bird fly
D. flew the bird
59. The police ....................... on the alert for the escaped convict.
A. are
B. be
C. can
D. been
60. Everyone who ....................... into the woods should recognize common poisonous plants such as poison ivy and
poison oak.
A. gone
B. go
C. went
D. goes
61. The number of chromosomes in a cell ....................... from species to species.
A. varies
B. vary
C. varying
D. to vary
62. Neither Mary nor her friends ....................... going to the party.
A. is
B. are
C. was
D. A or B
63. Only once a day ....................... home.
A. does Mary leave
B. left Mary
C. Mary leaves
D. will Mary left
64. The battery, along with the alternator and starter, ....................... up the electrical system of a car.
A. have made
B. made
C. makes
D. make
65. You were right when you suggested I ....................... my intuition in this business deal. I did, I it worked.
A. follow
B. followed
C. were to follow
D. had followed
66. I'll be home by 7.00 PM on the eighteenth ....................... before me, please pick up the mail.
A. Should arrive
B. Should you arrive
C. You should arrive
D. You should have arrived
67. Each of the Ice Ages....................... more than a million years long.
A. is
B. are
C. was
D. were
68. On the island ....................... the only representation of the Indians' handicraft.
A. remains
B. does it remain
C. did it remain
D. remain it
69. ....................... an emergency arise, call 911.
A. Can
B. Does
C. Should
D. Will
70. There ....................... never been an environmental disaster of this magnitude.
A. has
B. have
C. are
D. is
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71. The production of different kinds of artificial materials ....................... essential to the conservation of our natural
resources.
A. are
B. were
C. is
D. have been
72. ....................... has the work been so easy.
A. Never
B. Only by
C. When
D. For
73. Far too few of us ....................... financial discipline.
A. have
B. be
C. are
D. has
74. Both viruses and genes ....................... made from nucleoproteins.
A. are
B. is
C. were
D. has been
75. Coffee contains caffeine, and so .......................
A. tea did
B. does tea
C. it does
D. tea does
76. None of the work ....................... completed.
A. have been
B. are be
C. have done
D. has been
77. Both the whale and the manatee ....................... federal protection.
A. needs
B. need
C. is needed
D. needing
78. ....................... the reservoir, the ancient village would not have been discovered.
A. Had the drought not lowered
B. If had the drought not lowered
C. The drought had not lowered
D. Not had the drought lowered
79. Up ....................... when it saw its master.
A. jumped the dog
B. did the dog jump
C. the jog jumped
D. does the dog jump
80. Three swimmers, Paul, Ed, and Jim ....................... now in competition for medals.
A. is
B. has been
C. had been
D. are
81. ....................... have playing cards been used for card games but also for fortune-telling.
A. Not as much
B. Not only
C. But also
D. Never
82. Fruit and vegetables ....................... good for you.
A. is
B. are
C. does
D. done
83. The staff ....................... in the conference room at the moment.
A. are meeting
B. were meeting
C. meet
D. is meeting
84. Many parts of our once beautiful city ....................... to look like mini garbage dumps.
A. is starting
B. do started
C. are starting
D. has started
85. ....................... he driving too fast, but recklessly as well.
A. Not only was
B. Neither was
C. Was not only
D. Was either
86. The radiation levels from a computer display terminal ....................... well below presently accepted.
A. is
B. are
C. was
D. has been
87. The first two problems are very difficult, but the rest ....................... easy.
A. are
B. was
C. were
D. is
88. Only once ....................... late to school.
A. he came
B. did he came
C. came he
D. did he come
89. The news ....................... quite alarming.
A. are
B. have
C. was
D. were
90. Such ....................... that he would stop at nothing. .
A. his ambition was
B. did his ambition
C. does his ambition
D. was his ambition
91. Four miles ....................... on the odometer.
A. have been recorded
B. has been recorded
C. have recorded
D. has recorded
92. Scarcely ....................... the expense of the new equipment ....................... a problem.
A. should ... considered B. did … be considered C. should ... be considered D. was ... be considered
93. Out ....................... the children when the bell rang.
A. did the children run
B. ran the children
C. run the children
D. do the children run
94. Thirty- five dollars ....................... too much for this shirt.
A. is
B. are
C. were
D. will
95. Neither the local environmentalists nor the mayor ....................... a plan that will satisfy everyone.
A. has
B. have
C. are
D. is
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96. The letter was not mailed in time, and .......................
A. neither is the package
B. neither was the package
C. neither the package is
D. neither the package was
97. Down ....................... for three days.
A. the rain poured
B. did the rain pour
C. poured the rain
D. do the rain pour
98. ....................... had the restaurant opened ....................... people were flocking to eat there.
A. Hardly ... than
B. No sooner ... that
C. No sooner ... than
D. Hardly ... that
99. Most of the rooms in the hotel ....................... air-conditioning.
A. has
B. having
C. have
D. are
100. Under the tree ....................... full of food.
A. a basket was
B. was a basket
C. are a basket
D. were a basket
II. Tìm loãi sai ôû nhöõng töø / cuïm töø gaïch chaân ñöôïc ñaùnh daáu A, B, C vaø D.
101. We (A) cannot clean up (B) all the polluted seas and rivers. Nor (C) we can stop the (D) disappearance of plants and
animals.
102. Hardly (A) had he entered (B) the office (C) when he realized that he (D) forgot his wallet.
103. (A) It was not until he was 30 (B) did he get married, had a job and lived (C) independently (D) of his parents.
104. Never (A) before (B) has so many people in (C) the U.S been (D) interested in soccer.
105. Not only (A) did he spend (B) all his money (C) but also he borrowed some (D) from me
III. Choïn caâu vieát laïi coù nghóa töông ñöông.
106. I write to her almost every day.
A. Not a day goes by unless my writing to her.
B. Hardly does a day go by without my writing to her.
C. No day go by without my writing to her.
D. Almost every day goes by without my writing for her.
107. The noise next door didn’t stop until midnight.
A. It was not until midnight that the noise next door stopped.
B. Not until midnight did the noise next door stopped.
C. Only when midnight did the noise next door stopped.
D. Hardly did the noise next door stopped when it was midnight.
108. He started computer programming as soon as he left school.
A. No sooner had he started computer programming than he left school.
B. Hardly had he started computer programming when he left school.
C. No sooner had he left school than he started computer programming.
D. After he left school, he had started computer programming.
109. He spent all his money. He even borrowed some from me.
A. As soon as he borrowed some money from me, he spent it all.
B. Hardly had he borrowed some money from me when he spent it all.
C. Not only did he spent all his money but also he borrowed some from me.
D. Not only did he spend all his money but he borrowed some from me as well.
110. She only felt relaxed after a few months working for him.
A. She used to feel relaxed working for him a few months.
B. A few months ago, she didn’t find it relaxed working for him.
C. Only after a few months working for him did she feel relaxed.
D. It was not until a few months working for him did she feel relaxed.
111. Right after his appointment to the post, he fell ill.
A. No sooner did he appointed to the post than he fell ill.
B. No sooner had he appointed to the post than he fell ill.
C. Hardly had he appointed to the post when he fell ill.
D. Hardly had he been appointed to the post when he fell ill.
112. Just after solving one problem, I was faced with another.
A. Scarcely had I solved one problem when I was faced with another.
B. Hardly had I solved one problem when I was faced with another.
C. No sooner had I solved one problem than I was faced with another.
D. All are correct.
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113. A country cannot be prosperous if it is not quite independent.
A. Unless a country is quite independent, it can be prosperous.
B. Without complete independence, a country can be prosperous.
C. Only when a country is quite independent can it be prosperous.
D. It is not until a country is quite independent can it be prosperous.
114. I only recognized him when he came into the light.
A. Only when I recognized him, he came into the light.
B. It wasn’t until he came into the light that I recognized him
C. Not until he came into the light I did recognize him
D. I did not recognize him even when he came into the light.
115. We couldn’t relax until all the guests had left.
A. Not until all the guests had left could we relax.
B. It wasn’t until all the guests had left that we could relax.
C. It wasn’t until all the guests had left could we relax.
D. A and B are correct
116. The phone stopped ringing the moment I got downstairs.
A. No sooner had the phone stopped ringing than I got downstairs.
B. After the phone had stopped ringing, I got downstairs.
C. Hardly had the phone stopped ringing when I got downstairs.
D. No sooner had I got downstairs than the phone stopped ringing.
117. The light failed the moment they began work.
A. But for the light failed, they would have begun work.
B. Hardly did they begin work when the light failed.
C. Hardly had they begun work when the light failed.
D. As soon as the light failed, they began work.
118. She didn’t shed a tear as the play ended in tragedy.
A. The tragedy play wasn’t good for her to shed tear.
B. Without her tear, the play didn’t end tragically.
C. So tragic was the play that she didn’t shed a tear.
D. Not a tear did she shed when the play ended in tragedy.
IV. Choïn phöông aùn ñuùng ( A, B, C, hoaëc D ) ñeå hoaøn thaønh moãi caâu sau.
119. It was not until she had arrived home ___________________ her appointment with the doctor.
A. when she remembered
B. that she remembered
C. and she remembered
D. did she remember
120. Canada does not require that U.S citizens obtain passports to enter the country, and _________.
A. Mexico doesn’t, too
B. so does Mexico
C. Mexico doesn’t, either
D. neither is Mexico
121. ____________________, he would have been able to pass the exam.
A. If he studied harder last year
B. Provided he studied hard last year
C. Studying harder last year
D. Had he studied harder last year
122. ___________________ will Mr. Dennis be able to regain control of the company.
A. With hard work
B. Despite his hard work
C. Only if he works hardly
D. Only by working hard
123. __________ had I arrived home than it began to rain.
A. No sooner
B. Hardly
C. Scarcely
D. Rarely
124. My father paid my fees. _______________that, I wouldn’t be here now.
A. If there were not
B. But for
C. Had it not been for
D. B and C are correct
125. Only after food has been dried or canned ________________________________.
A. it should be stored for future use.
B. that it should be stored for future use.
C. should it be stored for future use.
D. should it store for future use.
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