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Word order and emphasis

pp Complete the sentences with appropriate words. Use three words only in each sentence.
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I thought the insurance policy would pay my hospital fees. At no time was I told, / was I Mfortned.,
that it did not cover skiing injuries.
Seldom
2 piano playing of such maturity from someone so young. I'm very
impressed indeed.
3 that his
He felt someone bump against him on the crowded bus, but only later
wallet had been stolen.
4 then that I
I found the old bracelet while I was walking along the beach. Little
had made one of the most important archaeological discoveries of recent years.
5 two brothers in the
Not since Philip and Gary Neville last played in 2004
England football team.
6 me.
I asked her to describe her attacker, but only after several minutes
into bed than his flatmate started playing his drums.
No sooner
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The Atlantic crossing took eight days. I was in Isabella's company on several occasions, but not a word
to me until near the end of the journey.
3.4 Rewrite the underlined parts of the conversation, emphasising the word(s) in italics. In each case use
fronting, a cleft sentence or inversion.

I hear you and Anna didn't have a great holiday on the island.
No, not really, although (1) we liked the island a lot. (2) The hotel was the real problem.
Why? What was wrong with it?
Our room was just awful. The shower only had cold water and the air conditioning didn't work.
Didn't you complain?
Oh yes. Anna was pretty annoyed and went down to reception to complain. But they told her she
was just being fussy and (3) she got really furious about that. She insisted on seeing the manager, and
demanded that something should be done.
And was it?
Well, we had a steady stream of workers coming into the room after that. (4) An electrician camefirst
and then the next day a plumber. But neither of the problems got fixed. (5) It took them three claws to
decide that we needed another room.
You must have been fed up with the hotel by that time.
I think (6) the attitude of the staff annoyed me most - they really just didn't care. (7) I have never
seen such a total lack of interest from people who are supposed to be providing a service. (8) No one
avologised once the whole time we were there ...
the. island we liked, a tot
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