grammar forms of inversion: ex: hardly had i woken up when the phone rang when the verb is used in a...
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EMPHASIS: INVERSION
GrammarForms of inversion:
Ex: HARDLY HAD I WOKEN UP WHEN THE PHONE RANG
• When the verb is used in a form with an auxiliary, the structure is adverbial + auxiliary + main verb.
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• When the verb is used in a form with more than one auxiliary, the structure is: adverbial + first auxiliary + subject + other auxiliaries + main verb.
Ex: NEVER HAVE I BEEN WITNESS TO SO MANY COWS IN ONE FIELD BEFORE.
Even More Grammar• With present/past simple, the structure is
adverbial + do/did + subject + main verb.
Ex: NEVER DID I THINK I’D WANT TO BE HERE AGAIN.
• With the simple form of be, the main verb is placed before the subject.
Ex: FIERCELY WAS HIS HONOUR DEFENDED.
Little did they know… what was about to transpire
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Hardly had he… opened the box when the jack in the box stabbed him in the eye
CORRECT!
No sooner had the ‘Special Dad’…run out on the street when a car came
round the corner
CORRECT!
Never had anyone witnessed… such an explosive fart
CORRECT!
Not only is Roger… an alien but he is also an alcoholic
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Seldom is Dr. House… seen without his cane
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Under no circumstances… is trespassing tolerated
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