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INVERSION
Inversion is used to give emphasis or to be rhetorical in formal situations, in political
speeches, on the news and also in literature. Some native speakers may also use
them in day-to-day conversation. Inversion involves putting an auxiliary verb
before the subject of a clause.
General rule
ADV + AUXILIARY VERB + S + V
1. Here, There đứng đầu câu:
 Nếu S là N: here/there + V + N
e.g: The bus comes here → Here comes the bus.
 Nếu S là Pronoun → không đảo ngữ
e.g: Here he comes.
2. No, Not:

𝑵𝒐 +𝑵
} + Inversion
𝑵𝒐𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒚 +𝑵
e.g : No money will I give you from now on.
e.g: Not any money will I give you from now on.
3. Trạng từ chỉ tuần suất: Never, Rarely, Seldom…
Dùng chủ yếu với thì Hiện tại hoàn thành: ADV + HAS/HAVE + S + P2
e.g: She has rarely been asked that question → Rarely has she been asked that
question.
They have seldom left their town → Seldom have they left their town.
4. Đề cập 1 sự kiện liền sau sự kiện khác:

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𝑯𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒍𝒚
} + 𝒉𝒂𝒅 + 𝑺 + 𝒑𝒑 + 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 + 𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 (𝑺𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒕)
𝑩𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒚
Vừa mới … thì
𝑺𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒍𝒚
𝑵𝒐 𝒔𝒐𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒓 + 𝒉𝒂𝒅 + 𝑺 + 𝒑𝒑 + 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 + 𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 (𝑺𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒕)
}
e.g: As soon as he approached the house, the policeman stopped him.
Hardly had he approached the house when the policeman stopped him.
No sooner had he approached the house than the policeman stopped him.
5. Trạng từ chỉ thời gian có “ONLY” đứng đầu câu:

Only when Only by Only after Only if

Only before Only with Only later Only then
● Phép đảo ngữ khi có “ONLY” chỉ thực hiện ở vế thứ 2 trong câu:
e.g : You can go in this room when the teacher gives the permission
→ Only when the teacher gives the permission can you go in this room.
Only by learning hard can you pass the exam.
Only when she said goodbye to him did he realize how much she meant to him.
6. Trạng từ phủ định:
In / Under no circumstances: Dù trong bất cứ hoàn cảnh nào cũng không…
In no way: Không sao có thể…
For no reason at all:
On no account: Dù bất cứ lí do nào cũng không…
At no time:
Nowhere:
By no means: Hoàn toàn không...
No longer: Không còn nữa…

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ADV + AUXILIARY VERB (khẳng định) + S + V

e.g: You shouldn’t phone the police under any circumstances.
→ Under no circumstances should you phone the police.
You must touch this button at no time.
→ At no time must you touch this button.
You won’t see such a beautiful girl like this anywhere.
→ Nowhere will you see such a beautiful girl like this.
For no reason at all did the murder kill Mr. John
In no way could I agree with you.
By no means does he intend to criticize your idea.
No longer do I love him.
7. Trạng từ NOT UNTIL : không … mãi cho đến khi …
҂ Bản thân trạng từ đã mang nghĩa phủ định nên khi thực hiện phép đảo, trợ động
từ ở dạng khẳng định.
҂ Luôn thực hiện phép đảo ở vế 2 của câu.
e.g : I didn’t realize that I had lost my wallet until I got home.
→ Not until I got home did I realize I had lost my wallet.
I didn’t understand him until I got to know him.
→ Not until I got to know him did I understand him.
8. Trạng từ LITTLE:
Phép đảo ngữ này mang nghĩa phủ định, thường thực hiện với các động từ chỉ nhận
biết, suy nghĩ (know, realize, suppose, consider … )
e.g : I don’t know about this meeting.
→ Little do I know about this meeting.
She doesn’t realize how important this means.
→ Little does she realize how important this means.

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9. “SO … THAT”:

S + BE + SO + ADJ + THAT + CLAUSE

→ SO + ADJ + BE + S + THAT + CLAUSE
e.g : The boy was so handsome that all the girls fell in love with him.
→ So handsome was the boy that all the girls fell in love with him.
10. “SUCH … THAT”:

SUCH + BE + NOUN …
So excited were they that they couldn’t stand still.
Such was their excitement that they couldn’t stand still.
Note: “so” is followed by an adjective and “such” can be replaced by “so great” (
So great was their excitement that… )
11. Đảo ngữ với câu điều kiện:
a) TYPE 1:
IF + DO / WILL DO → SHOULD + S+ DO, WILL + DO
e.g: If I meet him this afternoon, I will inform him.
→ Should I meet him this afternoon, I will inform him.
b) TYPE 2:
IF + S + DID, S+ WOULD DO → WERE + S + TO VERB, S +
WOULD DO
e.g: If I were you, I would love him.
→ Were I (to be) you, I would love him.
If people drove more slowly, there wouldn’t be so many accidents.
→ Were people drove more slowly, there wouldn’t be ...
c) TYPE 3:
IF + S + HAD DONE, S + WOULD HAVE DONE → HAD + S
+ DONE, S WOULD HAVE DONE
e.g: If I had studied harder, I would have passed the exam.
→ Had I studied harder, I would have passed the exam.
12. NOT ONLY, BUT ALSO:

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e.g: Not only is he ugly, but he is also crazy.

Not only does he speaks English well, but he also sings beautifully.
13. SO, NOR, NEITHER, EITHER, OR…
e.g: I’m from Hanoi. So am I.
I don’t like her. Nor/Neither do I.
Neither the dress nor the jeans does she like.
14. Trạng từ chỉ nơi chốn
→ Luôn chia luôn động từ, không cần đảo trợ động từ do/does/did…

CLAUSE OF PLACE/ORDER + MAIN VERB + S (no

auxiliary)
e.g : Under the banana tree sat they learning English.
Up the hill were running a group of kids.
On the grass are lying the boys.
Into the room ran the lady.
First comes love, then comes marriage.
Along the road came the strange procession.
15. ADJ + AS = ALTHOUGH
Although science has accomplished much in this century, there’s still more to be
done.
→ Much as science has accomplished much in this century, there’s still…
Although advertisements are different, they share the same purpose.
→ Different as advertisements are, they share the same purpose.

EXERCISES
1. Her grief was so great that she almost fainted.
→ So __________________________________________________________.

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2. He got down to writing the letter as soon as he returned from his walk.
→ No sooner ____________________________________________________.
3. She had hardly begun to speak when people started interrupting her.
→ Hardly _______________________________________________________.
4. I only realized what I had missed when they told me about it later.
→ Only when ____________________________________________________.
5. You won’t find a more dedicated worker anywhere than Mrs. John.
→ Nowhere ______________________________________________________.
6. The outcome of the election was never in doubt.
→ At no time _____________________________________________________.
7. He forgot about the gun until he got home.
→ Not until _______________________________________________________.
8. The only way for you to become a good athlete is by training hard every
day.
→ Only by ________________________________________________________.
9. John didn’t celebrate until he received the offer of promotion in writing.
→Not until ________________________________________________________.
10.It was only when I left home that I realized how much my father meant to
me.
→Only when _______________________________________________________.
11.Alice and Charles didn’t decide to move to a bigger house until after the
birth of their second child.
→ Only when_______________________________________________________.
12. Just as she put the phone down, it rang again.
→ Scarcely ________________________________________________________.
13. It isn’t worth considering his suggestion for a moment.

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→ Not for a moment________________________________________________.

14.She was so disgusted at his behavior that she severed all contract with her.
→ Such ___________________________________________________________.
15.If you had given it on time, you would have got a higher mark.
→ Had ____________________________________________________________.
16.We stepped outside the front door and it began to rain.
→No sooner _______________________________________________________.
17.The film had never been laid on such a sumptuous celebration before.
→Never ___________________________________________________________.
18.He is my friend as well as yours.
→Not only _________________________________________________________.
19.As soon as they arrived on the beach, it started to rain.
→Hardly ___________________________________________________________.
20.He seldom gave his wife a present.
→Seldom __________________________________________________________.
21.He spent all his money. He even borrowed some from me.
→Not only_________________________________________________________.
22.He had already left the office when the telephone rang.
→No sooner________________________________________________________.
23.I had only just put the phone down when the boss rang back.
→Hardly ___________________________________________________________.
24.He didn’t finish his work until the bell rang.
→Not until _________________________________________________________.
25.We only began to see the symptoms of the disease after a month.
→Only ____________________________________________________________.
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26.I’ve never seen anyone in my life drinks as much as you.

→Never _________________________________________________________.
27.A sleeping dog was lying under the table.
→Under the table ___________________________________________________.
28.His brother has rarely been more excited.
→Rarely __________________________________________________________.
29.The facts were not all made public later.
→Only ___________________________________________________________.
30.If I had realized what would happen, I wouldn’t have accepted the job.
→Had __________________________________________________________.
31.The response to our appeal was so great that we had to take on more staff.
→Such__________________________________________________________.
32.Harry broke his leg and injured his shoulder.
→Not only _________________________________________________________.
33.The police didn’t at all suspect that the judge was the murder.
→Little __________________________________________________________.
34.If you do happen to see Kate, could you ask her to call me?
→Should __________________________________________________________.
35.The bus driver can’t be blamed for the accident in any way.
→In __________________________________________________________.
36.The rain was so heavy that all the trains had to be cancelled.
→So __________________________________________________________.
37.If the government raised the interest rate, they would lose the election.
→Were__________________________________________________________.
38.As soon as I got into the bath, he knocked the door.
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→No sooner _______________________________________________________.

39.There was so much uncertainty that the financial markets remained closed.
→Such __________________________________________________________.
40.It’s not common to see so much rain in March.
→Seldom __________________________________________________________.
41.You won’t be allowed in until your identification has been checked.
→Only __________________________________________________________.
42.Just after the play started there was a power failure.
→Hardly __________________________________________________________.
43.We had only just arrived home when the police called.
→Scarcely _________________________________________________________.
44.Press photographers are banned from taking photographs backstage.
→On __________________________________________________________.
45.The judge was ill just after the trial proceedings began.
→Barely __________________________________________________________.
46.The book you want is here.
→Here __________________________________________________________.
47.If I were you I would work harder.
→Were __________________________________________________________.
48.She’s tired and hungry.
→Not only ________________________________________________________.
49.The pavements are both narrow and crowed.
→Not only ________________________________________________________.
50.I understood Hamlet only after seeing it on stage.
→Only___________________________________________________________.
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