Inversion

Inversion
•refers to a reversal of normal word
order, especially the placement of a
verb ahead of the subject.
•Into the bedroom ran the
cat.
Into the bedroom ran the
cat.

•The cat ran into the

bedroom.
•Here is the answer.
Here is the answer.

•The answer is here.

•On the table was all the
money we had lost.
On the table was all the
money we had lost.

•All the money we had

lost was on the table.
•So beautiful was the girl
that nobody could talk of
anything else.
So beautiful was the girl that
nobody could talk of anything
else.

•The girl was so beautiful that

nobody could talk of anything
else.
•Are you tired?
Are you tired?

•You are tired.

•Had I understood the
problem, I wouldn’t have
made those mistakes.
Had I understood the
problem, I wouldn’t have
made those mistakes.
•If I had understood the
problem, I wouldn’t have
made those mistakes.
•One of the first great
centers of newspaper
publishing is Germany.
One of the first great
centers of newspaper
publishing is Germany.

•Germany is one of the great

centers of newspaper
publishing.
 Identify whether the
sentence is in Natural Order
or Inverted Order.
The student sat in the
first row.
On the breakfast table
was the newspaper.
Around that corner is my
favorite store.
People come and go from
the little village.
Over the hill lies a quiet
little town.
In the line at the water
fountain are six thirsty
children.
In the line at the water
fountain are six thirsty
children.
Over the hurdle the horse
jumped.