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1.8 1 No sooner we'd arrived at the bar when it closed.
No sooner had we arrived
1.8 2 Not only dirty was the hotel room, it was also freezing cold!
Not only was the hotel room dirty
1.8 3 Only when the detective turned over the body did he realise the full horror of the crime.
Correct
1.8 4 What we do want is a direct answer, not yet another carefully prepared speech.
What we want is
1.8 5 That's not right. It was Tchaikovsky who wrote the "1812 Overture" not Mozart.
Correct
1.7 1 Lived in the countryside as a boy, I missed out on a lot of things.
Having lived
1.7 2 Suddenly I recognised the man lying in the shop doorway.
Correct
1.7 3 Never flying before, Ronald seemed rather anxious just before take-off.
Never having flown before
1.7 4 Terry learnt to ski while living in Canada.
Correct
1.7 5 My mother who lives in Bath is a school teacher.
mother, who lives in Bath, is...
1.5 1 Despite he lived in Germany for over a year, he couldn't speak a word of the language
Despite living/Although he lived
1.5 2 We had to cancel the course due of the low number of enrolments.
due to
1.6 3 the reason she studied languages was to work as a tour guide.
Correct
1.5 4 Poor dietary habits are a major reason of heart disease.
reason for
1.6 5 Football is an exciting spectator sport, however cricket can be rather boring.
sport, whereas/while/whilst
