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C1 C2 Emphasis: cleft sentences & Inversion

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  • EMPHASISE WHAT HAPPENED: They recognised the leader of the opposition as the President
    What did they do but recognise the leader of the opposition
    What they will do is recognise the leader of the opposition
    What they do is recognise the leader of the opposition
    What they did is recognise the leader of the opposition
  • INVERT: I will never drink vodka again!
    I´ll never drink vodka again
    Again never I'll drink vodka
    Never again will I drink vodka!
    Never will I drink vodka again!
  • INVERT: She only noticed the poo when she saw her reflection
    Not until did she see her reflection she noticed the poo
    Not until she saw her reflection that she saw the poo
    Not until she saw her reflection did she notice the poo
    Not until she noticed the poo did she see her reflection
  • INVERT: I have never seen such madness!
    Never I have seen such madness!
    Never have I seen such madness!
    Never had I saw such madness!
    Never have seen I such madness!
  • PARAPHRASE: The U.S. only gets its power by means of coups
    Only the U.S. gets power by means of coups
    Only does the U.S. get its power by means of coups
    Only by means of coups does the U.S. get its power
    Only by means of coups the U.S. does get its power
  • EMPHASISE: Luke hates the Tories the most
    The thing Luke hates the most is the Tories
    What is it that Luke hates the most the Tories
    It is the Tories that Luke hates the most
    What Luke hate the more is the Tories
  • INVERT: You're able to see such amazing architecture hardly anywhere
    Anywhere can you see such amazing architecture
    Hardly anywhere are you able to see such amazing archit....
    Hardly anywhere can you see such amazing architecture
    Hardly nowhere can you see such amazing architecture
  • EMPHASISE: Brian started the riot, not Ryan.
    It had been Brian who had started the riot, not Ryan
    It was Brian who starts the riot, not Ryan.
    It is Brian who started the riot, not Ryan.
    It was Ryan who started the riot, not Brian.
  • INVERT: They don't just start coups, they also start civil wars
    Not only civil wars, but starting coups in countries too do
    Not only they do start coups, but also civil wars
    Not only they start coups, but also civil wars
    Not only do they start coups, but also civil wars
  • EMPHASISE: We're going to break his legs and his jaw
    What we were going to do was break his jaw
    What is we going to do that break his legs and his jaw
    What we're going to do is break his legs and his jaw
    We're going to break his legs and his jaw
  • INVERT: We rarely observe stars being eaten by black holes
    Rarely observe we stars being eaten by
    Rarely we observe stars being eaten by black holes
    Rarely do we observe stars being eaten by black holes
    We observe stars being eaten by black holes, rarely
  • INVERT: He has no idea, I'm about to pimp his ride, LETS GO
    Little does he know, I'm about to pimp his ride, LETS GO
    Little he knows, I'm about to pimp his ride, LETS GO
    Little did he know, I was about to pimp his ride, LETS GO
    No idea does he have, I'm about to pimp his ride, LETS GO
  • EMPHASISE: You have to decide what you want and go for it
    What you had to do was decide what you wanted and go for it
    It is decided that you have to do to go for it
    It is what you have to do to go for it deciding
    What you have to do is decide what you want and go for it
  • Which word is missing? _________ we are going to do is start a coup in Venezuela for their oil
    That
    Where
    What
    It
  • INVERT: As soon as I entered, everyone started laughing.
    As soon as had I entered, everyone started laughing
    As soon as I entered everyone started laughing
    Hardly had I entered when everyone started laughing
    No sooner had I entered than everyone started laughing
  • EMPHASISE: The FBI tried to make MLK kill himself
    What the FBI is is trying to make Martin Luther King commit suicide
    What the FBI do is commit suicide to Martin Luther King
    What the FBI did was to try to make Martin Luther King commit suicide
    What the FBI do is to try to make LK commit suicide
  • INVERT: They had no idea that they were about to teleport to Mars
    No idea had they that they were about to teleport to Mars
    Little ideas they had about teleporting to Mars
    Little had they know they were about to teleport to Mars
    Little did they know they were about to teleport to Mars
  • PARAPHRASE: Never call football 'soccer'
    Under no circumstances should you call football 'soccer'
    Under no circumstances do you call football 'soccer'
    Under no circumstances you shouldn´t you call football 'soccer'
    Under any circumstances should you call football 'soccer'
  • PARAPHRASE: You must not open this window
    In no account should you open this window
    On no account must you open this window
    On no account do you open this window
    On no account you should open this window
  • EMPHASISE: We really need a plan to take down the Venezuelan government
    What do we need a plan to replace the Venezuelan government
    What it is we need is a plan to replace the Venezuelan gov..
    What we need is a plan to replace the Venezuelan government
    That we need is a plan to replace the Venezuelan government