INVERSION

Phép đảo của động từ là sự đảo ngược vị trí giữa động từ/ trợ động từ và chủ ngữ (nếu trong câu không có
trợ động từ thì phải mượn trợ động từ to do). Hình thức đảo ngữ được dùng khi:
1. Trạng từ, trạng ngữ phủ định, hoặc các từ giới hạn (hardly, seldom, rarely, never, little, ….) được đặt ở
đầu câu để nhấn mạnh.
e.g: Seldom have I seen such an interesting film.
Not a single word did she say.
At no time did he get permission for what he wanted to do.
 Một số trạng từ, trạng ngữ thường được theo sau bởi hình thức đảo ngữ: never, rarely, seldom, little,
hardly…..when, scarcely….when, no sooner…..than, only by, only in this way, not only….but also, only
then, not (even) once, not often, on no account, in no way, under no circumstances, by no means, at no time,
nowhere(else),….
* Lưu ý: only after…., only when…, only if…, not until/ till… có hình thức đảo ngữ ở mệnh đề chính.
e.g: Only when I called her did I learn that she was seriously ill.
Not until you finish your homework can you go out.
2. Cụm từ so + adjective/ adverb hoặc such + be + noun được đặt ở đầu câu để nhấn mạnh.
e.g: So sad was she that she could not say anything.
Such was the good novel that I read it during the night.
3. Câu điều kiện bỏ IF(với các trợ động từ should, were và had)
e.g: Were he here, he would help us. [= If he were here, he would help us.]
4. Cụm trạng từ chỉ nơi chốn hoặc phương hướng đứng đầu câu (đảo toàn bộ động từ ra trước chủ ngữ)
e.g: Under the tree was lying one of the biggest men I had ever seen.
Out into the street ran the thieves.
5. Here, there, first, last đứng đầu câu (đảo toàn bộ động từ ra trước chủ ngữ).
e.g: There comes the bus.
Last went the tiger tamer.
6. So, neither, nor đứng đầu câu.
e.g: I am a student. ~ So am I.
I don’t like coffee. ~ Nor/ Neither do I.
EXERCISE 1: M.C.Qs
1. Never in her life ________ this exhilarating emotion.
A. she experienced B. she did experience C. she had experienced D. had she experienced
2. _______ seen such awful behavior.
A. Have I never before B. Before have I never C. Never before I have D. Never before have I
3. ________ the situation.
A. Little he understands B. Little he understood
C. Little did he understand D. Did he understand little
4. _______ his terrible secret.
A. Did they learn only later B. Only later they did learn
C. Only later they learnt D. Only later did they learn
5. I cannot swim very well_______.
A. and neither my sister can B. and neither can my sister
C. and so my sister can D. and so can my sister
6. So difficult _____ that ______ three months to prepare.
A. is the test/ do the students need B. the test is/ do the students need
C. is the test/ the students need D. the test is/ the students need
7. ________ the problem, he wouldn’t have committed those mistakes.
A. Had he understood B. He had understood
C. If had he understood D. Unless had he understood
9. Not until the next morning _______ how serious ______.
A. she realized/ was it B. she realized/ it was C. did she realize/ was it D. did she realize/ it was
8. By the gate ________.
A. a little girl stood B. stood a little girl C. did a little girl stand D. a little girl did stand
10. Only when _____ into smart clothes after the match ______ to talk to the TV reporters.
A. the players had changed/ they were allowed B. the players had changed/ were they allowed
C. had the players changed/ were they allowed D. had the players changed/ they were allowed
11. No sooner _____ the door than __________ it was locked.
A. had I reached/ did I realize B. I had reached/ did I realize
C. had I reached/ I realized D. I had reached/ I realized
12. ________, he can never follow me.
A. Fast as he runs B. Fast as does he run C. As he runs fast D. As does he run fast
13. _________ John that she talked about him all the time.
A. Did so much she adore B. Did she adored so much
C. So much she adore D. So much did she adore
14. Scarcely ______ out of bed when ________.
A. had I got/ did the doorbell ring B. had I got/ the doorbell rang
C. I had got/ did the doorbell ring D. I had got/ the doorbell rang
15. There ________.
A. comes my train B. does my train come C. my train come D. did my train come
16. Such ______ that ______ whenever it was on.
A. the popularity of the film was/ the streets were deserted
B. was the popularity of the film/ the streets were deserted
C. the popularity of the film was/ were the streets deserted
D. was the popularity of the film was/ were the streets deserted
17. Carefully though ______, he could not manage to escape the accident.
A. he drove B. did he drive C. does he drive D. he is driving
18. Not until 1911 ________.
A. identified the first of the vitamins B. the first of the vitamins identified
C. was the first of the vitamins identified D. the first of the vitamins was identified
19. ________ this match.
A. No way will you win B. No way you will win
C. Any way will you win D. Any way you will win
20. _________ not for his deafness, _________ on the phone.
A. Were it/ could he communicate B. Were it/ he could communicate
C. It were/ could he communicate D. It were/ he could communicate