IT WAS NOT UNTIL THAT
It was not until + time word/phrase/clause that + clause
EX:
1. She didn’t become a teacher until yesterday.
=> It was not until yesterday that he became a teacher.
time word
2. He didn’t come home until late in the evening
=> It was not until late in the evening that he came home.
time phrase
3. He didn't know how to swim until he was 30 years old.
=> It was not until he was 30 years old that he knew how to swim.
time clause
Rewrite the following sentences using “It was not until…that…”
1. Cinema didn’t become an industry until 1915.
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2. My son didn’t start talking until he was 5.
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3. Lan didn’t go abroad until she was 35.
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4. We didn’t go to bed until midnight.
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5. The boy didn’t stop singing until their teacher came.
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6. She didn’t write to him until she receive a letter from him.
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7. The letter didn’t arrive until yesterday.
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8. We didn’t have a holiday until last summer.
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9. We didn’t finish it until the end of last summer.
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NOTE: (Inversion) đảo ngữ mệnh đề 2
Only When + S V, Vaux + S V : Chỉ khi làm gì
EX: I didn't know she had been well-known until her friends told me.
=> Only when her friends told me did I know she had been well-known.
16. Only when you grow up ______ the truth.
A. do you know B. you will know C. will you know D. you know
(TRÍCH ĐỀ THI DẠI HỌC NĂM 2009-2010 MÃ ĐỀ 469)
Not until + N + Vaux + S V: Mãi đến khi
EX: Man didn't fly into space until the early 1960s
=>Not until the early 1960s did man fly into space.
Not until S V , Vaux + S V: Cho đến khi
EX: They couldn't go on working until the rain stopped
=>Not until the rain stopped could they go on working
She had not seen him until last Friday. = Not until last Friday had she seen him.
The structure is not restricted to the past perfect tense.
She will not see him until next Friday. = Not until next Friday will she see him.
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