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Inversion and Political Speech Analysis

The speaker discusses their party's recent election victory. They overcame adversity when first taking office as the stock market crashed. Critics claimed the party was faltering but the speaker says such hypocrisy came from their opposition party which continued to squabble internally. A new breakaway party did not succeed in opinion polls. The young voters who the new party claimed would not support the speaker's party actually gave the party an overwhelming vote of confidence in the recent election. The party was re-elected with a huge majority while the new party only obtained a meagre five seats. The speaker says their party will not rest on their laurels and remains confident the next four years will be a resounding success.

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Inversion and Political Speech Analysis

The speaker discusses their party's recent election victory. They overcame adversity when first taking office as the stock market crashed. Critics claimed the party was faltering but the speaker says such hypocrisy came from their opposition party which continued to squabble internally. A new breakaway party did not succeed in opinion polls. The young voters who the new party claimed would not support the speaker's party actually gave the party an overwhelming vote of confidence in the recent election. The party was re-elected with a huge majority while the new party only obtained a meagre five seats. The speaker says their party will not rest on their laurels and remains confident the next four years will be a resounding success.

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Zad.

a) Jim promised that he would never/never would he tell anyone else. OK

b) Not until it was too late / remembered/did I remember to call Susan. OK

c) Hardly had we settled down in our seats than/when the lights went out. OK

d) Only after checking three times I was/was I certain of the answer. -

e) At no time I was aware/was I aware of anything out of the ordinary. OK

f) Only Catherine and Sally passed/did they pass the final examination. OK

g) Only when Pete has arrived/has Pete arrived can we begin the programme,-

h) No sooner had it stopped raining than/when the sun came out. OK

Zad. 6

Well, ladies and gentlemen, we've done it again - another election victory. The last four years of
office has been a wonderful time for the party, a tale of adversity overcome. No sooner had we
come to office than the Stock Market crashed. But we survived that scare, and we came out of it
stronger for the experience. The opposition claimed we were faltering. (2)SELDOM have I heard such
hypocrisy from a party which continued to squabble internally for the next four years. Then (3)NOT
ONLY came a fellow called David Rew, with his new breakaway Democratic party - but he didn't have
much success in the opinion polls! (4) SCARCELY did he claim he'd become Prime Minister within
three years, he also reckoned that this party was now unpopular with younger voters. (5)ALONG did
he realise that it would be the young voters who gave us an overwhelming vote of confidence in
yesterday's election. (6)LITTLE had the first votes rolled in when it was obvious that we would be re-
elected with a huge majority. (7)SUCH was the extent of our victory that the New Democrats
obtained a meagre five seats. (8)HAD they known they would perform so poorly, I don't think they
would have been quite so scathing in their criticism of our economic policy. But rest assured, ladies
and gentlemen, (9)UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES will we rest on our laurels. There is no room for
complacency in this government. And I am confident, (10)AS I'm sure are most of you, that the next
four years will be a resounding success. Thank you.

Zad. 7

b) Nobody from this school has ever written a better composition.

Never had anyone written a better composition.-

c) Such was the demand for tickets that people queued day and night.

The demand for tickets did be such great that people queued day and night. -

d) The money is not to be paid under any circumstances.

Under no circumstances did money to be paid.-

e) Three days passed before we arrived at the first oasis.

Not until had three days passed before we arrived at the first oasis.- Where should the inversion
be?

f) Little did Brenda know what she was letting herself in for.
Brenda had no idea what she was letting herself in for. OK

g) It was only when I stopped that I realised something was wrong.

Only did I stop I realised that something was wrong. Should the sentence start with “Only”? Or is
something else that has to be added in the beginning of the sentence?

h) The accused never expressed regret for what he had done.

At time didn’t accused express regret for what he had done.- At no time…

i) Exhaustion prevented any of the runners from finishing the race.

So were runners prevented by exhaustion of them finished the race.-

j) It's not common for there to be so much rain in March.

Seldom do we see so much rain in March. OK

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