Lesson XXIII: Emphatic Questions

Exercise: F.2. Practice Emphatic Questions Rephrase statements beginning with actionals underlined. Include NOT if necessary. For example: I didn’t see a single soul on the way home . NOT A SOUL DID I SEE ON THE WAY HOME. I have never spoken to her . NEVER HAVE I SPOKEN TO HER . 1. You can succeed only by studying hard. 2. I considered quitting the job at no time. 3. We seldom stayed up after midnight. 4. She didn’t say a single word during the flight. 5. You can bribe him only in your dream. 6. They seldom controlled us when we were out on the field. 7. You will have such an opportunity never again to conduct the experiment in vivo. 8. The director won’t speak to you until the end of August. 9. We didn’t find a single living creature after the application of a new pesticide. 10. Julian can make it up only by practicing every day. Exercise: F.3. Practice Emphatic Questions Rephrase the statement with an emphatic question form. For example: Pau l is such a short boy that he can't reach the apple in the tree . SUCH A SHORT BOY IS PAUL THAT HE CAN'T REACH THE APPLE IN THE TREE . These are such small shoes that I can't wear them . SUCH SMALL SHOES ARE THESE THAT I CAN'T WEAR THEM . 1. This is such a difficult book that the new students can’t read it. 2. He is such a busy professor that he can’t leave his office. 3. He is such a sick man that he can barely stand up. 4. Those were such expensive shoes that we couldn’t afford them. 5. She is such a young girl that she can’t go to school. 6. This is such a small town to have a department store. 7. Those were such difficult problems that we couldn’t do them. 8. It is such a heavy suitcase that I’m not able to carry it. 9. That was such a steep slope that we weren’t able to climb it. 10. It was such a stormy weather that no airplane was permitted to take off. 11. This is such a wide lake that Fred is not able to swim across.