Question:
We arrived at the cinema. Then we realized our tickets were still at home.
Reference explanation:
Correct answer:
Translation: We go to the cinema. Then we realized our tickets were still at home.
Answer C uses the correct inversion structure with only after:
Only after + s + V … + Auxiliary + s + V …
Ex: Only after all guests had gone home could we relax: Only after all guests have gone home can we relax.
The remaining answers incorrectly use the inversion structures with Not until, No sooner and Hardly. The correct constructs should be:
No sooner… than…
Ex: No sooner had I arrived home than the telephone rang: I had just arrived home when the phone rang.
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): I didn’t know that I had lost my key until when coming home.
D. Hardly/ Bearly/ Scare ly … When/ before
Ex: Hardly had she put up her umbrella before the rain came down in torrents: She had just opened her umbrella when it started to rain heavily.
ADSENSE
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