Unit 3 Grammar and usage Inversion 英语学习辅导报 出品

Inversion 倒装 Inversion is the changing of the order of the words in the sentence. When we use inversion , we put the predicate or part of it before the subject . This puts emphasis on the predicate instead of on the subject. We can use inversion in many cases.

1.在疑问句中通常用倒装 1.) Did you go to visit China last year ? 2.) Where do you play basketball ?

1）当句子是以否定词或否定短语开头的时候。 2.把助动词放在主语的前面 1）当句子是以否定词或否定短语开头的时候。 如：neither ,nor, never, not , at no time , by no means , seldom , hardly ,etc

He did not like the painting. Neither did I . Neither am I impressed by the paintings nor do I like them . Never in my life have I seen such wonderful pictures. Not a word did he say about his visit to the art museum.

At no time during the tour was I bored. Seldom does he paint now. Hardly had I got to Amsterdam when it began to snow . No sooner had we sat down than he came in .

2)以so 和only 开头的句子 Li Ming enjoyed the museum . So did his grandmother and aunt. So crowed was the art gallery that I could hardly move about . Only on such a trip can you learn as much about European artists.

3.我们可以把主语放在动词之后: 1）句子是以直接引语或者它的一个部分开始 “I’d like to come back and see Monet’s garden,” said my aunt . “This ,” said the artist , “is the most beautiful place I have ever seen .”

2)主语太长 Present at the party were a group of young people who called themselves pioneers of modern art .

3)句子是以here , there , in ,out , up ,down, on ,etc. Look ! Here comes the bus . The door opened and in came Mr Smith , the artist. Out rushed the children. Down came the water from the top of the mountain .

4.在正式的非真实条件句中，我们有时把should ,were 和had 放在句子开头引出句子 Should you have gone on the trip , you would have learnt a lot about painting . Were the picture unique, it would be valuable. Had the museum been closed, we would have been upset .

Practice A Li Ming got to London and wrote an e-mail to his parents. Read what he wrote and underline the inversions included in the text.

Check Answers: 1.Aunt really enjoyed France and so did I. 2.Hardly had we left the dormitory the next morning when we had forgot our map in the room 3.Had you come with us , I think you would have enjoyed Europe too . 4. Is there anything special that I can bring you .

Practice B: 1.I have never seen such beautiful flowers in the city . Never have I seen such beautiful flowers in the city 2. I do not have time to go to the museum today and I also do not want to . Neither do I have time to go to the museum today and nor do I want to .

3.I had hardly started to look at the paintings ,when the teacher said it was time to leave the museum . Hardly had I started to look at the paintings when the teacher said it was time to leave the museum . 4.The artist is always drawing ; he seldom seen without a notebook in his hand . The artist is always drawing ; seldom is he seen without a notebook in his hand .

Homework: Finish Parts C1 and C2 on page 118 of the workbook to have more practice in inversion.