Choose the best word or phrase:
1. Rarely / Not only do you find a rental in this neighborhood that includes a backyard and a garage.
2. Should / Were the landlord decide to increase the rent, we would have to move out by the end of the month.
3. Never have I seen / I have seen such a sudden spike in gas prices across the state.
4. What the mayor is planning / What is the mayor planning to do about the potholes on Main Street, I have no idea.
5. Only after three hours of waiting at the DMV did I manage / managed I to renew my driver's license.
6. Weird as it may seem / As it may seem weird, many Americans are already starting their Christmas shopping in April to avoid inflation.
7. Hardly had the storm started when / than the power went out in the entire residential block.
8. Suddenly, across the road ran a deer / a deer ran across the road, narrowly missing the delivery truck.
9. Had we checked / Had we to have checked the local news earlier, we wouldn’t have been stuck in that massive traffic jam on I-95.
10. Not until the health inspector had checked the kitchen could / was the new restaurant finally open to the public.
11. Little / Hardly did I know that my casual chat with a neighbor would lead to a job offer at the local clinic.
12. Were / Should the new tax law to pass, many small business owners in the area would struggle to stay afloat.
