He didn’t come home until late in the evening => It was not until late in the evening that he came home.. Cinema didn’t become an industry until 1915.. The boy didn’t stop singing until
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It was not until + time word/phrase/clause that + clause
EX:
1 She didn’t become a teacher until 1990.
=> It was not until 1990 that he became a teacher
time word
2 He didn’t come home until late in the evening
=> It was not until late in the evening that he came home
time phrase
3 He didn't know how to swim until he was 30 years old
=> It was not until he was 30 years old that he knew how to swim
time clause
Rewrite the following sentences using “It was not until…that…”
1 Cinema didn’t become an industry until 1915
2 My son didn’t start talking until he was 5
3 Lan didn’t go abroad until she was 35
4 We didn’t go to bed until midnight
5 The boy didn’t stop singing until their teacher came
6 She didn’t write to him until she receive a letter from him
7 The letter didn’t arrive until yesterday
8 We didn’t have a holiday until last summer
9 We didn’t finish it until the end of last summer
10.The child didn’t go to sleep until her mother came home
11.The boy didn’t tell the truth until his father threatened to punish him
12.The patient’s heart condition didn’t improve until she received that new treatment
13.He didn’t stop working until he felt too tired
14.The police didn’t make any accusations until they had some proof
15.The little girl didn’t open the gifts until the last visitor left
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16.He didn’t get married until he was forty
17.He hadn’t been a famous singer before he went to HCM city
18.She didn’t begin to learn English until 1980
19.We didn’t study English until we began primary school
20.I didn’t learn English until 2002
21.He didn’t know how to swim until he was 30
22.They didn’t begin to learn English until 1980
23.The boy didn’t do his homework until his father came home
NOTE: (Inversion) đảo ngữ mệnh đề 2
Only When + S V, Vaux + S V : Chỉ khi làm gì
EX: I didn't know she had been well-known until her friends told me
=> Only when her friends told me did I know she had been well-known
16. Only when you grow up the truth
A do you know B you will know C will you know D you know
(TRÍCH ĐỀ THI DẠI HỌC NĂM 2009-2010 MÃ ĐỀ 469)
Not until + N + Vaux+ S V : Mãi đến khi
EX: Man didn't fly into space until the early 1960s
=>Not until the early 1960s did man fly into space
Not until S V , Vaux + S V : Cho đến khi
EX: They couldn't go on working until the rain stopped
=>Not until the rain stopped could they go on working She had not seen him until last Friday = Not until last Friday had she seen him
The structure is not restricted to the past perfect tense
She will not see him until next Friday = Not until next Friday will she see him
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