Subject/ Verb Inversion

Subject/ Verb Inversion

Normal sentence:  I understood the lessons.

Inversion: Did you understand the lessons?

Normal sentence: You like shopping?

Inversion: Do you like shopping?

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.

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.

Conditional sentences

Normal sentence: If he had informed me earlier, I would have helped him.

Inversion: Had he informed me earlier, I would have helped him.

 

Normal sentence: If she had left sooner, she wouldn’t have got wet in the rain.

Inversion: Had she left sooner, she wouldn’t have got wet in the rain.

 

Structure: “So + Adj … that”

Normal sentence: Jim was so kind that everybody loved him.

Inversion: So kind was Jim that everybody loved him.

Normal sentence: The cartoon was so funny that all the kids laughed.

Inversion: So funny was the cartoon that all the kids laughed.

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