Inversion / Инверсия в Английском языке
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Rewrite the sentences using inversion. Use the words in brackets when provided. Do NOT use contractions.
1. [first=" I had hardly arrived home when my phone rang." word="" beginning=" " answer="Hardly had I arrived" ending=" home when my phone rang."]
2. [first=" They had barely won the match when the coach had a heart attack." word="" beginning=" " answer="Barely had they won" ending=" the match when the coach had a heart attack.."]
3. [first=" The company had no sooner launched a new product than it went bankrupt." word="" beginning=" " answer="No sooner had the company launched" ending=" a new product than it went bankrupt.."]
4. [first=" She didn't really understand what the conversation was about." word="" beginning="Little " answer="did she understand" ending=" what the conversation was about."]
5. [first=" You are not allowed to disturb the pilots under any circumstances." word="" beginning=" " answer="Under no circumstances are you allowed" ending=" to disturb the pilots."]
6. [first=" We have never faced such a challenge!" word="" beginning=" " answer="Never have we faced" ending=" such a challenge!"]
7. [first=" You can solve this puzzle only by guessing." word="" beginning=" " answer="Only by guessing can you solve" ending=" this puzzle."]
8. [first=" I would accept this position only if everybody agreed." word="" beginning=" " answer="Only if everybody agreed would I accept" ending=" this position.."]
9. [first=" The Queen has rarely cried in front of a camera." word="" beginning=" " answer="Rarely has the Queen cried" ending=" in front of a camera."]
10. [first=" He mentioned the financial crisis zero times." word="" beginning="Not once " answer="did he mention" ending=" the financial crisis."]
Check your answers:
Hardly had I arrived home when my phone rang.
- We normally use hardly … when, barely … when, scarcely … when, and no sooner … than in narratives with past perfect in the inversion.
Barely had they won the match when the coach had a heart attack.
- We normally use hardly … when, barely … when, scarcely … when, and no sooner … than in narratives with past perfect in the inversion.
No sooner had the company launched a new product than it went bankrupt.
- We normally use hardly … when, barely … when, scarcely … when, and no sooner … than in narratives with past perfect in the inversion.
Little did she understand what the conversation was about.
- If we put little at the beginning of the sentence, it should by followed by an inversion (auxiliary + subject).
- When there is no auxiliary verb, we use do/does (present) or did (past) as auxiliary.
Under no circumstances are you allowed to disturb the pilots.
- We use under no circumstances to emphasise that something must absolutely not happen.
- If we put under no circumstances at the beginning of the sentence, it should by followed by an inversion (auxiliary + subject).
Never have we faced such a challenge!
- We normally use never (before) with perfect tenses to talk about experiences.
- If we put never (before) at the beginning of the sentence, it should by followed by an inversion (auxiliary + subject).
Only by guessing can you solve this puzzle.
- If we use only + any element at the beginning of the sentence, it should by followed by an inversion (auxiliary + subject).
Only if everybody agreed would I accept this position.
- After only if, only when, or only after we need to use a clause (subject + verb…) before the inversion; the inversion comes after that clause.
Rarely has the Queen cried in front of a camera.
- If we put a negative or restrictive adverb of frequency, such as seldom, rarely, or never, at the beginning of a sentence, we should use an inversion after it.
Not once did he mention the financial crisis.
- If we use not + any element at the beginning of the sentence, it should by followed by an inversion (auxiliary + subject).
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