Written Expression

1. The climbers on the sheer face of the mountain needs to be rescued.

A

2. The interrogation, conducted by three police officers, has ve lasted for several hours.
A
B
C
D
3. The tenants in the apartment next to mine are giving a party this evening.
A

4. The president surrounded by secret service agents, is trying to make his way to the podium.
A
B
C
D
5. The buildings destroyed during the fire were being rebuilt at the taxpayers expense.
A

6. Because of the seriousness of the companys financial problems, the board of directors has
A
B
C
called an emergency meeting.
D
7. Manufacture of the items that you requested has been discontinued because of lack of profit
A
B
C
D
on those items.
8. Further development of any new ideas for future products has to be approved in advance.
A
B
C
D
9. The scheduled departure time of the trains, posted on panels throughout the terminal
A

Buildings, is going to be updated.

C

10. Any houses, built in that development before 1970, have to be upgraded to meet standards.
A
B
C
D

Inverted verbs
Bentuk Asli:

The letters were delivered by the campus mail service only once this morning.

Inverted Forms:
Only once this morning were the letters delivered by the campus mail service.
1. Around the corner and to the right are the rooms that have been assigned to that program.
A
B
C
D
The rooms are around the corner and to the right
2. What in the world are the children trying to do?
A
B
C
D
3. John would be studying the chapters was he able to get hold of the book.
A
B
C
D
4. This chapter has many more exercises than does the next one.
A
B
C D
5. The computer programmer was unaware that there were so many mistakes in the program he
A
B
C
had written.
D
6. Seldom in the history of television have two new comedies been so successful in one season.
A
B
C
D
7. How many huge mistakes have the teacher actually found in the paper?
A
B
C
D
8. The new phone system is able to hold far more messages than was the phone system that had
A
B
C
previously been used.
D
9. In the parking lot south of the stadium were the cars that were to be towed.
A
B
C
D
Comparison bentuk asli
Kariadi hospital has more doctors than Telogorejo Hospital does.
Inverted verbs.
Kariadi hospital has more doctors than does Telogorejo Hospital.

Here are some negative adverbs and adverb phrases that we often use with inversion:

Hardly

Never

Seldom

Hardly had I got into bed when the telephone rang.

I hardly had got into the bed when the telephone rang.

Never had she seen such a beautiful sight before.

She had never seen such a beautiful sight before.

Seldom do we see such an amazing display of dance.

We seldom see such an amazing display of dance.

Rarely

Rarely will you hear such beautiful music.

Only then

Only then did I understand why the tragedy had happened.

Not only ... but

Not only does he love chocolate and sweets but he also

smokes.

No sooner

No sooner had we arrived home than the police rang the

doorbell.

Scarcely

Scarcely had I got off the bus when it crashed into the back
of a car.

Only later

Only later did she really think about the situation.

Nowhere

Nowhere have I ever had such bad service.

Little

Little did he know!

Only in this
way

Only in this way could John earn enough money to

survive.

In no way

In no way do I agree with what you're saying.

On no account

On no account should you do anything without asking me

first.

In the following expressions, the inversion comes in the second part of the sentence:

Not until

Not until I saw John with my own eyes did I really believe he was
safe.

Not since

Not since Lucy left college had she had such a wonderful time.

Only after

Only after I'd seen her flat did I understand why she wanted to live
there.

Only
when

Only when we'd all arrived home did I feel calm.

Only by

Only by working extremely hard could we afford to eat.

Example: somebody is always happy when I am in trouble.

1. It is impossible to believe that somebody actually admires that man.

A

2. Each of the doctors in the building needs to have a separate reception area.
A

3. The president felt that no one was better suited for the position of chief staff advisor.
A

4. Everybody participating in the fund raiser is to turn in the tickets by 8.00.

A

5. Because of the low number of orders, nothing has to be done now.

A

6. Every time someone takes unnecessary breaks, precious moments of production time
A
are lost.
D

7. Anybody who goes to the top of the Empire State Building is impressed with the
A

the view.

8. Every man, woman, and child in this line is required to sign the forms in order to
A

Complete the registration process.

D

9. It is nice to believe that anything is possible if a person tries hard enough.

A

10. The company reiterated to reporters that nobody has been dismissed because of the
A
Incident.