W związku z tym, że mam to mieć na najbliższym kolokwium z gramatyki, bardzo prosiłbym o sprawdzenie:
Pogrubione wyrazy były dane na początku.
1. It wasn’t until we got home that we found out why the car was making such a strange noise.
Only when we got home did we find out why the car was making such a strange noise.
2. In order to get to the solution, we had to start again from the beginning.
Only by starting again from the beginning could he get to the solution.
3. Whatever you do, don’t try to open up the back of the television.
Under no circumstances should you open up the back of the television.
4. Such appalling incompetence is virtually unheard of in this company.
Seldom do you hear such incompetence in this company.
5. This is the first time that so many people have died as a result of a signal failure.
Never before have so many people died as a result of a signal failure.
6. It was the biggest family gathering since Alison’s wedding.
Not since Alison’s wedding has there been such a big gathering of family.
7. The guard dogs refused to leave the kennel before they had been fed.
Not until the guard dogs had been fed did they leave the kennel
8. The day was unbearably hot until the sun went down.
Only after the sun went down did the day wasn’t hot.
9. The plane had only just taken off when the engine trouble started.
No sooner had the plane taken off than the trouble started.
10. I don’t think the children have the faintest idea what we have planned for them.
Little do the children know what we have planned for them.
Tutaj miałem zastosować inwersję, gdzie to możliwe:
1. I didn't see a soul all day. --> Not a sould did I see...
2. The pirate ship lay far out to sea --> Far out to sea the pirate ship lay.
3. He had not been treated so abominably in any city he had previously visited.
--> In no city he had previously visited had he not been treated.... (?) tu mam watpliwosci wielkie.
4. He is called a fool with good reason. --> With good reason is he called czy no inversion?
Many thanks in advance
edytowany przez grudziu: 28 lis 2012