Supplementary support for language you've already met in the course. Nothing here is a required stage — use it whenever a point needs more work.
Quick checks drawn from the Grammar Bank. Try it, then reveal.
Put a negative or restrictive adverbial first, then invert subject and auxiliary: Not only did she…, Rarely have I…, No sooner had we….
Invert: 'I have never seen anything like it.'
Invert: 'She not only writes, she also illustrates.'
Add a distancing layer: tend to, seem to, might, I'd say, it appears that, somewhat, to some extent.
Hedge: 'People buy less in January.'
Hedge: 'This is the cause.'
