Câu hỏi: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
We arrived at the cinema. Then we realized our tickets were still at home.
A. No sooner had we realized that our tickets were still at home than we arrived at the cinema.
B. Not until we arrived at the cinema that we realized that our tickets were still at home
C. Only after we arrived at the cinema did we realize that our tickets were at home.
D. Hardly had we arrived at the cinema than we realized that our tickets were still at home.
We arrived at the cinema. Then we realized our tickets were still at home.
A. No sooner had we realized that our tickets were still at home than we arrived at the cinema.
B. Not until we arrived at the cinema that we realized that our tickets were still at home
C. Only after we arrived at the cinema did we realize that our tickets were at home.
D. Hardly had we arrived at the cinema than we realized that our tickets were still at home.
Dùng đúng cấu trúc đảo ngữ với only after:
We arrived at the cinema. Then we realized our tickets were still at home.
Tạm dịch: Chúng tôi đến rạp chiếu phim. Sau đó, chúng tôi nhận ra vé của chúng tôi vẫn ở nhà.
Only after + S + V ... + Auxiliary + S + V
Ex: Only after all guests had gone home could we relax: Chỉ sau khi tất cả khách đã về nhà chúng tôi mới có thể thư giãn.
Các đáp án còn lại dùng sai các cấu trúc đảo ngữ với Not until, No sooner và Hardly. Các cấu trúc đúng phải là:
A. No sooner ... than...
Ex: No sooner had I arrived home than the telephone rang: Tôi vừa về đến nhà thì điện thoại reo.
B. Not until... did
Ex: Not until/ till I got home did I know that I had lost my key (= I didn't know that I had lost my key till I got home): Tôi không biết rằng mình đã bị mất chìa khóa cho đến tận khi về nhà.
D. Hardly/ Bearly/ Scarcely ... When/ before
Ex: Hardly had she put up her umbrella before the rain came down in torrents: Cô ấy vừa mở ô che thì mưa trút xuống xối xả.
We arrived at the cinema. Then we realized our tickets were still at home.
Tạm dịch: Chúng tôi đến rạp chiếu phim. Sau đó, chúng tôi nhận ra vé của chúng tôi vẫn ở nhà.
Only after + S + V ... + Auxiliary + S + V
Ex: Only after all guests had gone home could we relax: Chỉ sau khi tất cả khách đã về nhà chúng tôi mới có thể thư giãn.
Các đáp án còn lại dùng sai các cấu trúc đảo ngữ với Not until, No sooner và Hardly. Các cấu trúc đúng phải là:
A. No sooner ... than...
Ex: No sooner had I arrived home than the telephone rang: Tôi vừa về đến nhà thì điện thoại reo.
B. Not until... did
Ex: Not until/ till I got home did I know that I had lost my key (= I didn't know that I had lost my key till I got home): Tôi không biết rằng mình đã bị mất chìa khóa cho đến tận khi về nhà.
D. Hardly/ Bearly/ Scarcely ... When/ before
Ex: Hardly had she put up her umbrella before the rain came down in torrents: Cô ấy vừa mở ô che thì mưa trút xuống xối xả.
Đáp án C.