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Complete this furious traveler's one-star hotel review by choosing the grammatically correct words for each gap.
Hardly _________________________ into the grand lobby _________________________ the crystal chandelier crashed to the floor. Seldom _____________________________ such utter chaos on a vacation! The manager offered us free breakfast as an apology, but let me warn you: under no circumstances _________________________ the "mystery meat" at their buffet!
Hardly had we stepped ... when
When a sentence begins with Hardly, we invert the subject and auxiliary verb. Hardly is almost always used with the past perfect and must be paired with the conjunction when (not than).
Seldom have I experienced
Seldom is a negative frequency adverb. Placing it at the front of the sentence for emphasis requires inversion (auxiliary + subject + main verb).
under no circumstances should you eat
Negative prepositional phrases like under no circumstances also trigger inversion when placed at the beginning of a clause. The modal should moves before the subject you.