Inversion
means putting verb before subject. 倒装就是把动词放在主语之前。
倒装构成问句 Question formation
普通句 Normal sentence:
I understood the lessons.
倒装 Inversion:
Did you understand the lessons?
普通句 Normal sentence:
You like shopping.
倒装 Inversion:
Do you like shopping?
否定副词 Negative adverbs
Never
Never have I been in such an embarrassing situation before.
Seldom
Seldom does he calls me.
Hardly
Hardly could I believe that he was a thief.
Rarely
Rarely can she eat such delicious food.
副词短语 Adverbs phrases
Not only … but also
Not only did he write the book but he also designed the cover.
No sooner … than
No sooner had he arrived home than it rained.
Only when
Only when he needs me does he calls me.
Here and there
Here
Here comes the teacher!
There
There stood a statue.
条件句子 Conditional sentences
正常句子 Normal sentence:
If he had informed me earlier, I would have helped him.
倒装句子 Inversion:
Had he informed me earlier, I would have helped him.
正常句子 Normal sentence:
If she had left sooner, she wouldn't have got wet in the rain.
倒装句子 Inversion:
Had she left sooner, she wouldn't have got wet in the rain.
结构 Structure: “So + Adj … that”
正常句子 Normal sentence:
Jim was so kind that everybody loved him.
倒装句子 Inversion:
So kind was Jim that everybody loved him.
正常句子 Normal sentence:
The cartoon was so funny that all the kids laughed.
倒装句子 Inversion:
So funny was the cartoon that all the kids laughed.
