IT WAS NOT UNTIL THAT
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<b>It was not until + </b>
<b>time word/phrase/clause that + clause </b>
<b>EX:</b>
<b>1. She didn’t become a teacher until yesterday.</b>
<b>=> It was not until yesterday that he became a teacher. </b>
<i><b>time word</b></i>
<b>2. He didn’t come home until late in the evening</b>
<b>=> It was not until late in the evening that he came home. </b>
<i><b>time phrase</b></i>
<b>3. He didn't know how to swim until he was 30 years old. </b>
<b>=> It was not until he was 30 years old that he knew how to swim. </b>
<i><b>time clause</b></i>
<b>Rewrite the following sentences using “It was not until…that…”</b>
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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10.The child didn’t go to sleep until her mother came home.
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11.The boy didn’t tell the truth until his father threatened to punish him.
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12.The patient’s heart condition didn’t improve until she received that new treatment.
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13.He didn’t stop working until he felt too tired.
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14.The police didn’t make any accusations until they had some proof.
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15.The little girl didn’t open the gifts until the last visitor left.
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16.He didn’t get married until he was forty.
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17.He hadn’t been a famous singer before he went to HCM city.
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18.She didn’t begin to learn English until 1980.
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19.We didn’t study English until we began primary school.
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20.I didn’t learn English until 2002.
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21.He didn’t know how to swim until he was 30
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22.They didn’t begin to learn English until 1980.
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23.The boy didn’t do his homework until his father came home.
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<b>NOTE:</b>
(Inversion) <b>đảo ngữ mệnh đề 2</b><b>Only When + S V, Vaux + S V</b> : 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.
<b>16. </b>Only when you grow up ______ the truth.
A. do you know B. you will know C. will you know D. you know
<b>Not until + N + Vaux + S V</b>: Mãi đến khi
EX: Man didn't fly into space until the early 1960s
=>Not until the early 1960s did man fly into space.
<b>Not until S V , Vaux + S V</b>: 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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