SENTENCE STRUCTURE
7.
Negative Adverbial (Inversion)

No...Not... Never

Never
Never before
Almost never
Hardly ever
No longer
No sooner... than....
In no way
At no time
Under no circumstance
Not only
Not until

Not until I arrive will I buy a ticket.
Not since I was in Belgium have I had such fun.
Never before have I seen such detail on a sculpture.

Only...

Only then
only once
only now
only by...
only when...
only if....
only after...

Only then did I realise that I had forgotten my key.
Only after waiting many hours did the train finally arrive.
Only when I had arrived to the office did I realize I had left the documents at home.
 

Rarely, Seldom, Scarcely, Little

Seldom do I make an apple tart.
Rarely do I have the chance to read fiction.
Little did we know that we would meet again 2 years later. 
Scarcely does she see her grandchildren. 

The tree is no longer producing fruit.  

The dog hardly ever barks.  

I rarely spend time at the beach.  

I only drink coffee in the morning.  

He didn´t think for one moment that he would be offered the job.  

She leave the office only after finishing her work. 

We don´t serve that client anymore. 

You shouldn´t open the emergency exit door unless there´s a fire. 

You shouldn´t be rude to the waitstaff under any circumstance. 

We have met only once.  

La receta no contiene muchos ingredientes, ni tampoco requiere mucho tiempo de preparación. 

The recipe doesn´t contain many ingredients, nor does it require a lot of prep time. 

No quiero meterme en medio de nadie, ni tampoco quiero que se metan en medio de lo mío.

I dont want to get in anyone´s way, nor do I want them to get in mine. 

No me conoces, ni tampoco conoces a mi madre. 

You don´t know me, nor do you know my mother.  

No tengo ni el tiempo ni la paciencia para ti hoy.  

I have neither the time nor the patience for you today.  

I don´t have the time, nor do I have the patience for you today. 

subject: I (or other person)

EX:

Audi (own, want to buy)
I don´t own an Audi, nor do I want to buy one.  

car (drive) / bicycle (ride)

exercise (do daily, be able to)

TV (watch) / Cinema (go)

The apartment

natural gas (use), radiators (have)

The new Macbooks

cd drive (have), hdmi outlet (have)

potatoes

good source of protein (to be) / essential vitamins (provide)

-I dont need a lot of time to get ready. 

-Ni yo.  / Nor do I.  (me neither)

-I am not a lawyer

-Ni yo. / Nor am I.

-We won´t be attending the wedding.  

-Ellos tampoco.  / Nor will they.  

-He hasn´t expressed his feelings for her. 

-Tampoco lo ha hecho ella. / Nor has she.  

EX:  I have been to Berlin. 
-So have I.  -I have, too. 

I am swimming in the Atlantic Ocean.   /  So am I / I am too.

I have 10 dollars in my pocket.  / So do I /  I do too.  

I havent been to China.  / Neither have I  /  I haven´t either. 

I never eat broccoli.  / Neither do I.  / I don´t either.
I hated the movie Hunger Games.  / So did I / I did, too. 
I am not a lawyer.  Neither am I./  I´m not, either.  

No solo vivo en Madrid, sino que vivo en el mero centro de la ciudad. 
Not only do I live in Madrid, I live in the exact center of the city. 

No solo compraremos esta tierra, sino tambien construiremos una casa en ella.  
Not only will we buy this land, but we´ll also build a house on it.  

Es importante no solo que tu me entiendas sino que yo a ti tambien te entienda.
Not only is it important that you understand me, but also that I understand you.  

La personalidad de uno depende no solamente de su edad sino tambien de la forma en que haya sido criado. 
Not only does one´s personality depend on his/her age, it also depends on the way they were raised. 

Only on the weekends would I _______.

Only if I were drunk would I _______.
Never in a million years woud I ______.
Not only do I ______, but I also ________.

had we known... =  if we had known....

had we said... = if we had said...

should they be... = if they are...

should we arrive... = if we arrive...

were we eating/ were we to be eating... = if we were eating...

were they doctors... =  if they were doctors...

were he a doctor... =  if he were a doctor...

NEGATIVE ADVERBIAL

yessie cooked lunch.  Yessie went to the gym. 

Not only did Yessie cook lunch, she also went to the gym. 

SUBORDINATE CLAUSE INVERSION

Demian doesn´t want to go hiking.  Demian doesn´t want to go swimming.  

Demian doesn´t want to go hiking, nor does he want to go swimming.