Inversion with negative adverbials: Adding emphasis

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Exercise 2: Choose the correct option for each gap below.

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Explanation

Exercise 2: Choose the correct option for each gap below.

Select the correct option that uses inversion after a negative or limiting adverbial (e.g., no sooner, barely, only if, under no circumstances, never, not since, etc.) to add emphasis.

1
______ started the discussion ______ a group of hooligans arrived and started shouting slogans.
2
______ we take specific actions immediately ______ hope to stop climate change in some way.
3
_____ break the law, ______ put themselves and others in unnecessary danger.
4
______ allow such terrible actions to happen again.
5
We all need to be on sensible alert, but ______ allow fear to dictate the course of our lives.
6
______ Jacqueline Kennedy ______ a first lady as charming, glamorous, or inspirational.
7
Very ______ see that type of heroism again.
8
______ know how widely diffused his tweet would become.
9
______ more vulnerable ______ when we are beginning to fall in love.
10
______ refuse an offer like that!