Scarica English Grammar: Inversion, Conditional Sentences, and Present Perfect Tenses e più Appunti in PDF di Lingua Inglese solo su Docsity! 1. Inversion Inversion after negative adverbials: Never have I heard a weaker excuse! Rarely can a minister have been faced with such a problem Rarely had I had so much responsibility Seldom has the team given a worse performance Hardly had the train left the station, when there was an explosion Scarcely had I entered the room, when the phone rang No sooner had I reached the door, than I realized it was locked No sooner was the team back on the pitch, than it started raining Only after posting the letter did I remember that I had forgotten to put on a stamp On no condition are they to open fire without warning On no account am I to be interrupted when I’m in a meeting Not until I got home did I notice that I had the wrong umbrella Not until the office phone me did I find out about the meeting Little does the government appreciate what the results will be Inversion after so/such with that: So devastating were the floods that some areas may never recover Such was the force of the storm that trees were uprooted Inverted conditional sentences without if- : Were they to escape, there would be an outcry Were the police to have found out, I would have been in trouble Should you hear anything, let me know Should he have cheated, he will have to be punished Should you need anything, could you let me know? Had I known, I would have protested strongly We were short of money, as were most people in our neighbourhood 2. The conditional Conditional 1° > if clause in the present tense, main clause in the simple future If he works, he will get a promotion My dog will bite you, if you pull his tail Conditional 2° > if clause in the past tense, main clause in the present conditional (I would work, you would go, etc) If I had my mobile with me, I would give it to you I would call the police, if someone tried to break in If I were you, I would go to Paris rather than to Brussels Conditional 3° > if clause in the past perfect tense (I had studied, you had studied, etc), main clause in the perfect conditional (I would have worked, you’d have been, etc) If I had seen you at the train station, I would have given you a lift If she had really liked the movie, she wouldn’t have left beforehand 3. Present simple and Present continuous Present simple > I work I don’t work Do I work? Do I not work? The simple present tense is often used with adverbs or adverb phrases of frequency such as: often, always, usually, sometimes, never, rarely, seldom, occasionally, every month, on Fridays, etc. Present Continuous > I am working I am not working Am I working? Aren’t I working? Verbs generally not used in the continuous tenses A) Verbs of possession: belong, own, possess, owe B) Verbs of the senses: feel, see, smell, see, etc. C) Verbs expressing feelings and emotions: respect, adore, appreciate, care for, detest, desire, hate, like. Fear love, want, wish, etc. D) Verbs of mental activity: agree, assume, believe, expect, know, forget, mean, perceive, recall, understand, etc. 4. Present perfect simple and Present perfect continuous
