hardly never seldom rarely only then I had

hardly never seldom rarely only then I had hardly got into bed when the telephone rang. Hardly had I got into bed when the telephone rang. She had never seen such a beautiful sight before. Never had she seen such a beautiful sight before. We seldom see such an amazing display of dance. Seldom do we see such an amazing display of dance. You will rarely hear such beautiful music. Rarely will you hear such beautiful music. Only then I understood why the tragedy had happened. Only then did I understand why the tragedy had happened.

Not only … but No sooner … than Only later Only after He loves chocolate and sweets and also eats crisps every day. Not only does he love chocolate and sweets but he also eats crisps every day. As soon as we had arrived home the police rang the doorbell. No sooner had we arrived home than the police rang the doorbell. She thought about the situation later. Only later did she really think about the situation. Only after I’d seen her flat I understood why she wanted to live there. Only after I’d seen her flat did I understand why she wanted to live there.

Little Under no circumstances so + adjective. . . that He knew little about this Little did he know about this! You shouldn’t lend Paul any money. Under no circumstances should you lend Paul any money. The girl was so beautiful that nobody could talk of anything else. So beautiful was the girl that nobody could talk of anything else.

Conditionals Normal conditional: Conditional with inversion: If I had been there, this problem wouldn’t have happened. Had I been there, this problem wouldn’t have happened. If we had arrived sooner, we could have prevented this tragedy! Had we arrived sooner, we could have prevented this tragedy!