Complete the 12 sentences below. Choose the best answer for each one.
1Never before ............... such a detailed risk assessment for a routine supplier review.
Wrong!
After "Never before", use the inverted form "has the committee requested".
2Rarely ............... so sharply without a clear change in interest rates.
Wrong!
After "Rarely", use the inverted form "does consumer confidence fall".
3Under no circumstances ............... client records to a personal email account.
Wrong!
After "Under no circumstances", use the inverted form "may staff forward".
4No sooner ............... the revised contract than the legal team identified another inconsistency.
Wrong!
After "No sooner", use the inverted form "had we submitted".
5Not until the final witness had been interviewed ............... the report.
Wrong!
After a fronted "Not until" clause, use the inverted main-clause form "did the investigators release".
6Little ............... how strongly the board would object to the proposal.
Wrong!
After negative "Little", use the inverted form "did the finance director suspect".
7On no account ............... the temporary password with external contractors.
Wrong!
After "On no account", use the inverted form "should you share".
8Hardly ............... the new policy when several departments asked for clarification.
Wrong!
After "Hardly", use the inverted form "had the company announced".
9At no point during the negotiations ............... a lower safety standard.
Wrong!
After "At no point", use the inverted form "did the union accept".
10Not only ............... the deadline, but she also persuaded the client to expand the project.
Wrong!
After "Not only", use the inverted form "did the manager meet".
11In no way ............... the findings of the independent review.
Wrong!
After "In no way", use the inverted form "does this minor error undermine".
12Nowhere in the guidelines ............... that overtime may be approved without written authorization.
Wrong!
After "Nowhere in the guidelines", use the inverted form "does the policy state".
Exercise complete
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Answers
- Never before has the committee requested such a detailed risk assessment for a routine supplier review.
- Rarely does consumer confidence fall so sharply without a clear change in interest rates.
- Under no circumstances may staff forward client records to a personal email account.
- No sooner had we submitted the revised contract than the legal team identified another inconsistency.
- Not until the final witness had been interviewed did the investigators release the report.
- Little did the finance director suspect how strongly the board would object to the proposal.
- On no account should you share the temporary password with external contractors.
- Hardly had the company announced the new policy when several departments asked for clarification.
- At no point during the negotiations did the union accept a lower safety standard.
- Not only did the manager meet the deadline, but she also persuaded the client to expand the project.
- In no way does this minor error undermine the findings of the independent review.
- Nowhere in the guidelines does the policy state that overtime may be approved without written authorization.