INVERSION

Инверсия
• Перестановка слов или членов предложения,
нарушающая их обычный порядок.

обычный порядок:
• The kid → was playing → a game → on the floor.
• Subject → Predicative (auxiliary verb + main verb) → Object → Adverbial
Long Live The King!
Yoda
• “Much to learn, you still
have.”

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Mario
• “Fun this is, yes?”

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Content
• Conditionals
• Short Answers
• Adjectives
• Exclamatory Sentences
• Negative Words
• Comparative Constructions
• Emphatic Inversion
• Adverbials
Conditionals
• If I were you, …. – were I you
• Should you need any help, …
• Had I known about it, …
• Were I you, I wouldn't buy this dress.

Try inversion with the given sentence:

• If I had known him, it would have been much easier.
INVERSION OF SHORT ANSWERS
• - I have never been to the Disneyland.
• - Neither/Nor have I.

• We don't know him, nor does he know us.

• I collect only German stamps.

• So do I.
Inversion after Adjectives
• The story was interesting. – Interesting was the story.
• Adjective(Object) + Verb + Subject + …
• Amazing was the adventure to the center of the Earth.
• Wonderful was the visit to Disneyland.

Try inversion with the given sentence:

• It was funny.
Inversion Of Comparative Constructions
• Bigger than an elephant is the blue whale.
• Camels can swim, as can elephants.
• Arman came from Taraz, as did Kairat.
• So delicious was the food that I ate every last bite.
• Such was his experience that he immediately knew what to do.
• Such is life!
• There is no inversion with (I am) Azim is better at mathematics than
am I.
INVERSION OF EXCLAMATORY
SENTENCES
• May all your wishes come true!
• Oh my, am I hungry!
• I knew he was going to cause trouble, and cause trouble he did!
Inversion After Negative Words
• He didn’t mean to insult you – In no way did he mean to insult you.
• Not only did he win, but also …
• Not a single word did she say
• Under no circumstances should you ….
Emphatic Inversion
• Try this cake, it's delicious. – Do try this cake, … (Present Simple)
• He did taste horse meat, didn't he? (Past Simple)
• He promised to arrive on time. And he did arrive on time.
Inversion After Adverbials
• Your pen is here, thank you. - Here is your pen, thank you.
• There goes the singer.
• At the top of the hill stood the tiny chapel.
• Hiding in the corner stood the cat, ready

• Note that we don’t with Personal Pronouns in Subject we don’t place

verb before it.
• Here we are. – Here are we.
Inversion Of Direct Speech
• "Hush, mommy!" whispered Emma.
• "Hold on! I’m coming!" shouted Farhat.

• "I beg your pardon!" she exclaimed.

- "I beg your pardon!" exclaimed she.
Cleft Constructions
The sentences start with That/It/ Wh-
it / that + be + noun + relative clause.
• It is to her that you must speak first.
• That is where we ought to be.

what (wh-word) + noun + verb + be + bare infinitive / corresponding tense.

• What we do is write him a little note to be…
• What the boys are doing is giving the dog a bunch of candies.
• That’s what I’d like to buy.