Only when + S + V + Trợ động từ + S + V (chỉ khi)
Only when you grow up can you understand this matter.
Only with + N + trợ động từ + S + V (chỉ với)
Only with your help can we manage.
Only once/ Only later/ Only in this way/ Only then + Trợ động từ + Chủ ngữ + Động từ
Only once have I met her.
Only later did I realize I was wrong.
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Hardly No sooner
Hardly/barely/scarcely + had + S + Vp2 + when + S + V (quá khứ đơn)
= No sooner + had + S + Vp2+ than + S + V (quá khứ đơn)
(Ngay khi/vừa mới… thì)
Hardly had I gone to bed when the telephone rang.
= No sooner had I gone to bed than the telephone rang.
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Not only
… but also
Not only + Trợ động từ + Chủ ngữ + Động từ + but also + Chủ ngữ + Động từ (không những… mà còn)
Not only does she sing beautifully but also she learns well.
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So/Such … that
So + Tính từ + V + chủ ngữ + that + clause
Such + be + N + that + clause/ N + be + such + that + clause
(quá… đến nỗi mà)
So beautiful is she that many boys run after her.
Her anger was such that she broke the vase.
= Such was her anger that she broke the vase.
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Not until/ Not till
Not until/till + Time/Time clause + Trợ động từ + Chủ ngữ + Động từ
(mãi đến khi)
Not until/till midnight did he come home.
Not until/till I was 8 did I know how to ride a bike.
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Neither
Neither + Trợ động từ + Chủ ngữ + Động từ
Neither is there excitement nor entertainment in this small town.
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Đảo ngữ với câu điều kiện
Câu điều kiện loại 1:
Should + S+V, V + O /S + will, can… + V
Should he come, please tell him to see me.
Câu điêu kiện loại 2:
Were + S + (to V) + …, S + would/could + V
Were I you, I would apply for that job. Were I to have enough money, I would buy that car.
Câu điều kiện loại 3:
Had + S + Vp2, S + would/could + have + Vp2
Had the car in the front not stopped so suddenly, the accidents wouldn’t have happened.
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Although
Although/even though/though + S + V, S +V
= Much as + S + V, S + V
= No matter what + S + V, S + V hoặc No matter how + adj/adv + S + V, S + V
Although the exercise is difficult, the boys can solve it.
= Much as the exercise is difficult, the boys can solve it.
= No matter how difficult the exercise
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