ENGLISH 9

LEARNING ACTIVITY
#3
USING A sentence is generally made up
of two parts; the COMPLETE

INVERTED
SUBJECT and the COMPLETE
PREDICATE. The complete

WORD
subject contains the simple
subject or the topic of the
sentence, and all the words that
ORDER TO describe the simple subject. The
complete predicate, contain the
GIVE simple predicate (the action or
state of being of the subject) an

EMPHASIS
explains what subject is or does.
 INVERTED AND
NORMAL SENTENCE
NORMAL SENTENCE
Normal sentence/order is a sentence with all the subject
parts located before the verb and the predicate parts located
after the verb.

A normal sentence has the most basic elements that make it a

sentence: a subject, a verb, and a completed thought.
EXAMPLE/S:
INVERTED SENTENCE
An Inverted Sentence is a sentence in a normally subject-first
language in which the predicate (verb) comes before the
subject (noun)
A sentence is in inverted order when the main verb or auxiliary
verb (am, is are, was, were, have, has, had, do, did, can, could,
may, might, should, will) comes before the subject.
EXAMPLE/S:
HOW CAN If you know the placement of
YOU subject and predicate in the
sentence, you can easily
IDENTIFY AN identify if the sentence is
INVERTED NORMAL or INVERTED.

SENTENCE It’s always the “subject before

predicate” and “predicate
FROM A before the subject”.
NORMAL
ONE?
WHAT’S THE PURPOSE OF USING AN INVERTED
SENTENCE THAN A NORMAL ONE?
INVERTED WORD ORDER or INVERTED SENTENCE can add
more specific intention to sentences. It can also help to create variety
in speech and the written word.

The use of INVERSION is an important stylistic technique in both

prose and poetry. It allows for the writer to organize thoughts in an
interesting way in order to emphasis certain ideas to the readers.
Questions & answers