Read the rule and fill in the gaps using emphatic grammar structures
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We can use grammar structures to emphasize some ideas in the story:
- the inverted word order when the subject comes after the predicate:
I will never come again! – Never will I come again!
Ms Bailey had just left the classroom when Johnny started shouting. - No sooner had Ms Bailey left the classroom than Johnny started shouting.
I had just completed the test when the bell rang. - Hardly had I completed the test when the bell rang.
- the emphatic do:
I really love you. – I do love you.
I didn't like any of my colleagues except for John. – I didn't like any of my colleagues but I did like John.
I didn't have much time but I managed to visit you. – I didn't have much time but I did visit you.
- the structure It is/was … that …
Mary broke the vase yesterday.
It was Mary who/that broke the vase (not Peter).
It was the vase that Mary broke (not the cup).
It was yesterday that Mary broke the vase {not last month).
- I will never help you again. – [ ] I help you again!
- The film had just begun when the fire alarm went off. – No [ ] the film begun [ ] the fire alarm went off.
- Molly had just fallen asleep when the earthquake started. – Hardly [ ] fallen asleep [ ] the earthquake started.
- He really knows this man. – He [ ] know this man.
- I don't like classical music, except for Mozart. – I don't like classical music, but I [ ] love Mozart.
- It was difficult to lose weight, but I managed to become slim. – It was difficult to lose weight but I [ ] become slim.
- I saw Julie in the park yesterday (not Ann or Mary). – It [ ] that I saw in the park yesterday.
- I brought some chocolate ice cream for my sister (not vanilla ice cream). – It [ ] ice cream I brought for my sister.