MCQHard1 mark
5(iv)
Choose the correct option and rewrite the sentence according to the instruction given after each.
She is very clever and beautiful. (Use: ‘not only’)
Topic: Transformation — 'not only... but also'
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Answer
Exam answer
(a) Not only is she very clever but also beautiful..
Explanation
Three things must all be right, and each wrong option fails on one of them.
- THE PAIR: "not only" is completed by "BUT ALSO", never by "and". That eliminates (b).
- INVERSION: when a sentence begins with "Not only", the subject and verb change places — "Not only IS SHE...". Option (c) omits "but also" and runs the clauses together.
- TENSE: the original is PRESENT ("She is"), so the transformation must stay present. Options (b) and (d) both slip into "was".
Option (a) satisfies all three: correct pair, correct inversion, correct tense, and it keeps the original order of the adjectives (clever first, beautiful second).
The inversion after an opening negative is worth learning as a family: Not only..., Never..., Seldom..., Hardly..., No sooner... — all invert.
In words
Not only is she very clever but also beautiful..
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