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1.- Inverted word order is needed when a sentence begins with there.
Many have known him for a long time, so there is no doubts about his honesty.
Since she accepted to be the problem, there was few excuses to be given.
2.- Inverted word order is needed when a sentence begins with a prepositional phrase, has
an intransitive verb as a main verb, and states location.
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3.- Inverted word order is needed in conditional sentences (of types 2 and 3) without if or
unless.
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If they didn’t understand, could they ask you for some help?
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If you hadn’t come with us, we wouldn’t have found the address.
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4.- Inverted word order is needed when a sentence begins with a negative word or a
expression such as never, hardly, seldom, rarely, barely, scarcely, not only, at no time,
nowhere etc.
1.-They not only sing well but they also dance well.
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5.- Inverted word order is needed when a sentence begins with only and a time expression,
the subject and the verb of the main clause are inverted.
Only at night, Only once, Only in the morning, Only at eight o’clock, Only on Sundays, Only
on vacation etc…
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NOTE: With Only after, the invertion will be in the main clause.
Only after Sam took the money, he knew he had made a mistake.
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Only after we have finished doing this, we will be able to watch T.V.
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6.- Inverted word order is needed when an adverb such as down, in, out, up is placed at the
beginning of the sentence, the verb is placed before the subject if the subject is a noun.
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The rain came down and the villagers burst into tears.
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7.- Inverted word order is needed when a sentence begins with few, such, so, little unless
this word modifies a noun.
1.- Her desire to win was such that she practiced a lot.
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4.- The pollution is such that I will have to move to another city.
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8.- Inverted word order is needed when a passive verb is split and the main verb begins the
sentence.
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