Grammar:Inversion (倒装句)
语序
自然语序
Natural order
倒装语序
Inverted order
全部倒装
Full Inversion
部分倒装
Po with the big group.
4)Not :从句不倒装,主句倒装。
He didn’t go to school until he was eight.
Not until he was eight did he go to school.
5.在虚拟语气结构中,当if省略时, 后面的had, should ,were提到句首,剩下部分不变。
If he had known about it , he would have come to the meeting yestersay.
If it should rain tomorrow, we wouldn’t have the meeting.
= Had he known about it,
= Should it rain tomorrow, …
6. so/such…that引导的结果状语从句,当so/such放在句首时,用倒装如:
① So louldly did he speak that everybody could hear him clearly.
②Such a kindhearted man is he that everyone loves him.
7. 在Scarcely / Hardly had …when和No sooner had… than(刚…就…)的结构中。如:
Hardly had I got back when I started cooking.
No sooner had we sat down than he found it was time to go.
8. 在频度状语often, always, many a time等开头的句子中
Often did we warn them not to do so.
Many a time has she helped me with my English.
9. 在as(尽管)引导的让步状语从句中
Young as he is, he knows a lot.
Hard as he works, he is not good at maths.
Child as he is, he knows a lot.
Try as he might,he might fail again.
(主谓不倒装,只须把表语提到as前,且作表语的单数可数名词提到主语前时不带冠词。)
Practice
1. Never before ____ in greater need of modern public transport than it is today.
A. has this city been B. this city has been
C. was this city D. this city was
2.— I would never come to this restaurant again. The food is terrible!
— _____.
A. Nor am I B. Neither would I
C. Same with me D. So do I
A
B
3. _____ about wild plants that they decided to make a trip to Madagascar for further research.
A. So curious the couple was
B. So curious were the couple
C. How curious the couple were
D. The couple was such curious
B
4.It was back home after the experiment .
A.not until midnight did he go
B.until midnight that he didn’t go
C.not until midnight that he went
D.until midnight when he didn’t go
C
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