Lexico Grammar

• ​Common words: hardly (...when), scarcely (...when), barely (...when), no sooner (...than), only/only after/only when, not until, at no time, little, never, not only (...but also/too), rarely/seldom on no account, under no circumstances

• ​ex1. Under no circumstances will we accept an increase in working hours

• ​ex2. Never have I heard such a ridiculous suggestion!

• ​ex3. Little did Ralph know that the burglar was still inside his house

• ​ex4. No sooner had the alarm gone off than the police arrived.

• ​Here/There/At the top of/Beside/etc

• ​ex 1. Here comes the sun./Here comes the Minister

• ​ex2. Beside the Town Hall stood the public library

• Participle Phrases

• ​ex3. Running down the road was a young man with his dog

​ Either, neither, no

• ex1. Neither do I/So did I

  So, such, as, than

• ​ex2. So rare is burglary here that many people don't bother to lock their doors.

• ​ex3. Such public interest was there in the story that it was on the front page of a newspaper

• ​ex4. The police in this area make more arrests than do officers in other parts of the country.

• ex1. Should the drought continue, many people ​will be forced to leave their villages (= If the drought should continue.../If the drought continues...)

• ​ex2. Were we to stop using fossil fuels tomorrow, it would still take decades for the planet to recover (=If we were to stop.../If we stopped...)

• ​ex3. Had Charles Darwin not visited the Galapagos Islands, he might never have had developed his theory of evolution (If Charles Darwin hadn't visited...)

• ​ex4. Had I known about the crime problem, I would never have moved here.ex.

• ​All that Keith wanted was to get his money back/To get his money back was all that Keith wanted.

  - ​It was Carol who/that called the police

• - The year when this government came to power was 2006/2006 was the year when/in which this government came to power.

• - What annoys me is the boss's attitude

• ​- What Churchill did was bring people together

• - ​What happened was that a witness saw the man leave the house

• - ​The reason why I joined this political party was to make a difference.