Đảo ngữ trong tiếng Anh
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1 ĐẢO NGỮ VỚI: “ONLY AFTER, ONLY IF, ONLY WHEN, ONLY IN THIS/THAT WAY, ”
- ONLY AFTER + N/ Ving/clause + Vaux + S + V : Chỉ sau khi
Ex: Only after lunch can you play Only after finishing your homework can you play Only after you have finished your homework can you play
- ONLY BY + N/ Ving + Vaux + S + V: Chỉ bằng cách
Ex: Only by guessing can you solve this puzzle.
- ONLY IF clause + Vaux + S + V: Chỉ khi, nếu
Ex: Only if everybody agreed would I accept this position (I would accept this position only if everybody agreed.)
- ONLY IN THIS/THAT WAY + Vaux + S + V: Chỉ bằng cách này/đó
Ex: Only in this way does this machine work (This machine works only in this way.)
- ONLY THEN + Vaux + S + V: Chỉ đến lúc đó
Ex: Only then did they discover his secret (They discovered his secret only then.)
- ONLY WHEN + clause + Vaux + S + V: Chỉ đến khi
Ex: Only when he needed some help did he call me (He called me only when he needed help.) Only when I filled my glass did I notice that it was broken (I noticed that my glass was broken only when
I filled it.)
- Note: ONLY WHEN có thể được thay thế bằng NOT UNTIL
Ex: Not until I filled my glass did I notice that it was broken (I didn’t notice that my glass was broken until I filled it.)
Nếu đằng sau ONLY là chủ ngữ nằm ở đầu câu thì không có đảo ngữ
Ex: Only you can understand (No one else can understand)
2 ĐẢO NGỮ VỚI CÁC TRẠNG TỪ: “HARDLY, NEVER, NEITHER, NO SOONER … THAN, NOT ONLY, SCARCELY, SELDOM, LITTLE, SO, SUCH, ONLY, RARELY, ON
NO ACCOUNT, …
Ex: Never before have they suffered from a serious disease Seldom have I seen such wonderful flowers Hardly did I think it possible.
Exercise: rewrite the following sentences
1 She rarely smiles at me
Rarely
2 I hadn’t known her until he told me
Not until
Trang 23 You will hardly finish your work before it’s dark.
Hardly
4 You can buy this book only in this shop
Only
5 My teacher is no longer teaching in this school
No longer
6 She has never seen such a beautiful sight
Never
7 The rich man seldom helps the poor
Seldom
8 She never in life felt happy
Never
9 People did not discover AIDS until 1981
Not until
10 Martin had no sooner sat down than the telephone rang
No sooner ………
11 The lost child could be found nowhere
Nowhere ………
12 I got no help from him
No help
13 He not only refused to help me but he also laughed at me Not only
14 He never smokes in bed
Never
15 She has made good progress only within two months Only within two months
Trang 316 You should not travel alone under any circumstances.
Under any circumstances
17 It is hot enough to sit outside only in summer
Only in summer
18 It is seldom wise to say too much about oneself
Seldom
19 He found a job nowhere after he had graduated from college Nowhere
20 I know little about computer
Little
21 No sooner had we begun our walk than it rained
Hardly