MMS-5 Broad path

The Power of Yet

Subject-verb-agreement

Fill in the spaces by using the word in parenthesis to create grammatically correct sentences.
You need to use between one to three words
For example: When we reach Norway, we will have biked 500 km. (bike)

When I ________him he ________ a picture of his wife. – ________ it? (see, paint, you like)
The car had nobody in it but the engine ________. (run)
Ken can’t have the newspaper now because his grandmoter ________ it. (read)
This store ________for good next Friday. (close)
Where ________tonight? – I ________out with Mark. (you go, go)
At midnight, Daniel ________up his husband and said that he ________ that someone ________to get into the house. (wake, think, try)
When you see me next time I ________my new sweet sunglasses, bro. (wear)
This motorcycle ________in our family for the last 25 years. My father ________it for the first five years, then my sister ________ it and I ________it since then. (be, use,ride,have)
Some time ago I ________that our King ________to go to Svalbard. What ________to do there? (read, want, he want)
You see, Dr. Acula, he ________ill two days ago and since then he ________anything and is awfully pale. I’m sure he ________several kilos. (fall, not eat, lose)
Most students ________at school when the fire ________. (be, start)
After several years of travelling through Asia I ________back to Europe next month. I ________the flight (go, already book)
I saw her when she ________the house. I ________at the corner when she ________by. She ________ a word and I ________a word either. (leave, just stand, pass, not say , not say)

Answer key

Inversion exercise

Change the sentences into inverted versions using the phrases.
For example: I have never heard a better argument! ➜ Never have I heard a better argument!
You can use the inversions more than once.

Rarely have/had No sooner Not only Little Hardly Scarcely

Detective Pinky didn't know that she was the murderer!
Noone had thought that I would be working full-time as a streamer.
The detectives had never seen a more difficult case.
Mr P did not only win the office raffle, but he was also offered an unexpected promotion.
Right after one missing cat had been found, two of the litter disappeared.
It was rare for this many students to be absent at the same time.
He entered his home when there was a knock on the door.

Little did Detective Pinky know that she was the murderer!
Scarcely/hardly had anyone thought that I would be working full-time as a streamer.
Rarely had the detectives seen a more difficult case.
Not only did Mr P win the office raffle, but he was also offered an unexpected promotion.
No sooner had one missing cat been found, than another two of the litter disappeared.
Rarely have so many students been absent at the same time.
Hardly had he entered his home when there was a knock on the door.

Exit ticket: think - pair - share

First, answer the questions by yourself. In her speech, professor Dweck said:
- "I heard about a high school in Chicago where students had to pass a certain number of courses to graduate, and if they didn't pass a course, they got the grade "Not Yet." And I thought that was fantastic, because if you get a failing grade, you think, I'm nothing, I'm nowhere. But if you get the grade "Not Yet", you understand that you're on a learning curve. It gives you a path into the future."
- What are your thoughts on grades? Do you agree or disagree with Dweck's student? Why?
Use an inversion as a part of your answer.
Then, together in pairs or small groups, tell your classmate what you wrote.
Finally, share your answers as an exit ticket