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2 – INVERSION (II)
Inversion after adverbials of place and direction

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Inversion in conditionals without if

(2) Look at this memo on the noticeboard of a block of flats, and try and find three places where conditionals
are being used without if, and where the subject and verb have been inverted (have changed places) - hint -
look for result clauses with will, would and would have. There is one in each paragraph.

Which one corresponds to a first, second, and third conditional?

Can you write the sentences as full conditionals beginning with “if”?

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(6) Rewrite the conditional clause in inverted form.

Inversion in comparative structures

(7) Rewrite the sentences using as or than + be or do.
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Inversion with so and such

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Rewrite the sentences so that they begin with such or so.

1. He was so excited that he could hardly sleep.

2. His experience was such that he knew what to do immediately.

3. She performed it so well that many said that it was perfect.

4. He became so angry that he stormed out of the room.

5. The situation was such that the smallest incident could have started a riot.

6. He had been working so hard that he had hardly seen his family.

Inversion – ALL types

(10) Correct any mistakes in the news article.