CHUYÊN ĐỀ

ĐẢO NGỮ - INVERSIONS

A. LÍ THUYẾT
Đảo ngữ là hình thức đảo ngược vị trí thông thường của chủ từ và động từ trong một câu, được
dùng để nhấn mạnh một thành phần hay ý nào đó trong câu.

Các dạng đảo ngữ:

Các
STT Công thức Ví
dạng
dụ
đảo ngữ
Đảo Never, Little did he know the truth.
ngữ với Rarely, Never in my life have I been in
1 các Seldom, such an embarrassing situation.
trạng từ
Little, + Trợ động từ + S+ V
phủ
Hardly,
định
Scarcely,
Barely,...

Hardly/barely/scarcely + had + Hardly had I gone to bed when the

S + Vp2 + when + S + V (quá telephone rang.
2 Hardly No khứ đơn) = No sooner had I gone to bed than
sooner = No sooner + had + S + Vp2+ than + the telephone rang.
S + V (quá khứ đơn)
(Ngay khi/vừa mới... thì)
B. BÀI TẬP ÁP DỤNG
1. I've never been more insulted.
Never...................................................................................................................................................
2. He seldom sees anything strange.
 Seldom........................................................................................................................................
3. She rarely saw him looking so miserable.
Rarely..................................................................................................................................................
4. The man can hardly walk without a stick.
 Hardly............................................................................................................................................
5. She scarcely phones us after 9.00 p.m.
Scarcely...............................................................................................................................................
6. Scarcely had I got home when it began to rain.
 No sooner ..................................................................................................................................
7. He hardly bought an insurance when he had an accident.

(1) ⇒ Hardly.......

(2) ⇒ No sooner.......

8. He had hardly left the office when the telephone rang.

⇒ No sooner .......

9. Mr. Bean rarely showed his intelligence.

⇒ Rarely.......

10. I phone him as soon as I went home.

(1) ⇒ No sooner.......

(2) ⇒ Scarcely.......

11. He had hardly left the office when the telephone rang.

⇒ No sooner........

12. He had hardly left the office when the telephone rang.

⇒ No sooner ........

13. I had only just put the phone down when the boss rang back.

⇒ Hardly ........

Exercise 3: Chọn phương án đúng

1. Never him stand on the deserted station platform.
A. will I forget to see B. I will forget to see
C. will I forget seeing D. I will forget seeing
2. Seldom far enough north to disturb South Pacific shipping lanes.
A. Antarctic icebergs will move B. will Antarctic icebergs move
C. will move Antarctic icebergs D. move Antarctic icebergs will

Exercise 4: Chia dạng đúng của động từ trong ngoặc ở các dạng đảo ngữ
1. Hardly the doctor (fall) asleep when the telephone (wake) him up.
2. No sooner he (return) from his walk than he (get) down to writing the letter.
3. Rarely she (travel) more than fifty miles from her village.
4. Never in my life I (see) such a mess.