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Language focus Inversion

Choose the correct alternatives in the following sentences. Either one, two or all three
alternatives may be possible.
1 Never must / Under no circumstances should / Never again will you contact him again
as I sincerely doubt we can trust him.
2 Around the corner was sitting / There he sat / There sat a dapper elderly gentleman
waiting patiently for something.
3 Only then / Only when / Not until the last prisoner had been released did John feel that
justice was done.
So / As / Only late was it when they arrived that there was nowhere open to grab a
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bite to eat.
5 But / Were if not / Had it not been for Veronika’s suggestion, we wouldn’t have found
a way out.
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6 Barely / Rarely / Scarcely had I fought off one illness than I came down with another.
7 Had / Should / Were Esther realised in time, she would have kept her mouth shut, but it
was too late.
Hardly ever / Rarely / Not since do the managers venture down to this part of the
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building, so something must be up.

Reading and Use of English Part 1 Multiple-choice cloze

For questions 1–8 , read the text below and decide which answer (A, B , C or D) best fits
each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0 ). https://english0905.com/private/

I was recently offered free tickets to the opening night of the theatrical
adaptation of Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window at the Sun Royal Theatre.
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Naturally, given the press hype (0) the production, not to
mention the exorbitant ticket prices, I jumped at the (1) .
Having seen the movie countless times and with vast sections of the script
(2) to memory, I was intrigued to experience the stage
adaptation of the story.
On the night in (3) , I eagerly took my seat in the
stalls and waited for the curtain to open. That night there was a full
(4) and you could palpably feel the anticipation
hanging in the air. The curtains drew back and revealed a set which had been
(5) modelled on the New York apartment in the movie, so
much so that there was an audible (6) from the audience
in recognition of the attention to detail. The female (7)
was played to perfection by a little-known actor, who managed to really capture
the essence of her onscreen (8) . Overall, a magnificent
production.

0 A surrounding B encompassing C binding D corresponding
1 A occasion B moment C outcome D chance
2 A entrusted B committed C assigned D accomplished
3 A principle B question C effect D hand
4 A crew B audience C house D group
5 A faithfully B decisively C obediently D steadfastly
pant gasp groan rumble
6 A B C D
7 A main B head C chief D lead
comrade fellow counterpart peer
8 A B C D
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