N2 grammar · Lesson 25

「〜どころか」「〜どころではない」: emphatic negatives

休やすむどころか、先週せんしゅうより忙いそがしくなった。

「〜どころか」: “far from …”, “let alone …”; 「〜どころではない」: no room for it; 「〜ものではない」: can’t by nature. Compare 「わけがない」 「ばかりか」.

Practise Paid

In this lesson

  1. 01「〜どころか」: far from …, in fact …
  2. 02「〜どころではない」: no room for …
  3. 03「〜ものではない」 and 「〜わけがない」: impossible
  4. 04Compared with similar expressions
  5. 05Putting them together: dialogue and short text

Practice

  • Choose the meaning of each sentence
  • Which sentence uses it correctly?
  • Choose the phrase for each blank
  • Change to the given form
  • Put the pieces in order
  • Read the passage and answer the questions

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