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    The document discusses English verb tenses and how inversion is used with certain tenses and adverbs. It explains that with some tenses like the present continuous, past continuous, present perfect, and past perfect, the auxiliary verb and subject switch places during inversion. It also lists negative adverbs and phrases that are commonly used with inversion, such as "seldom", "never", and "only then". The document states that inversion is used to emphasize what is being said. It provides examples of sentences with and without inversion.

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    The document discusses English verb tenses and how inversion is used with certain tenses and adverbs. It explains that with some tenses like the present continuous, past continuous, present perfect, and past perfect, the auxiliary verb and subject switch places during inversion. It also lists negative adverbs and phrases that are commonly used with inversion, such as "seldom", "never", and "only then". The document states that inversion is used to emphasize what is being said. It provides examples of sentences with and without inversion.

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    The document discusses English verb tenses and how inversion is used with certain tenses and adverbs. It explains that with some tenses like the present continuous, past continuous, present perfect, and past perfect, the auxiliary verb and subject switch places during inversion. It also lists negative adverbs and phrases that are commonly used with inversion, such as "seldom", "never", and "only then". The document states that inversion is used to emphasize what is being said. It provides examples of sentences with and without inversion.

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    Inversion

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    The document discusses English verb tenses and how inversion is used with certain tenses and adverbs. It explains that with some tenses like the present continuous, past continuous, present perfect, and past perfect, the auxiliary verb and subject switch places during inversion. It also lists negative adverbs and phrases that are commonly used with inversion, such as "seldom", "never", and "only then". The document states that inversion is used to emphasize what is being said. It provides examples of sentences with and without inversion.

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    In most English verb tenses, when we want to use inversion, we just move the verb to before

    the subject.

    With other verbs tenses, we change the place of the subject and the auxiliary verb (the first
    auxiliary verb if there is more than one).
    We do not move the other parts of the verb:
    Present continuous: am I going / are you going
    Past continuous: was he going / were they going
    Present perfect: have we gone / has she gone
    Present perfect continuous: has she been going / have they been going
    Past perfect: had you gone
    Past perfect continuous: had he been going
    Future simple: will they go
    Future continuous: will you be going
    Future perfect: will they have gone
    Future perfect continuous: will she have been going
    Modal verbs: should I go / would you go
    WHEN DO WE USE INVERSION?

    Usually, we put the expression at the beginning of the sentence to emphasise what we're saying.
     Seldom have I seen such beautiful work.

     I have seldom seen such beautiful work.


    ('Seldom' is in the normal place, so we don't use inversion. This is a normal sentence with no special
    emphasis.)

    Negative adverbs and adverb phrases that we often use with inversion:

    Hardly Hardly had I got into bed when the telephone rang.

    Never Never had she seen such a beautiful sight before.

    Seldom Seldom do we see such an amazing display of dance.

    Rarely Rarely will you hear such beautiful music.

    Only then Only then did I understand why the tragedy had happened.
    Not only ... but Not only does he love chocolate and sweets but he also smokes.

    No sooner No sooner had we arrived home than the police rang the doorbell.

    Scarcely Scarcely had I got off the bus when it crashed into the back of a car.

    Only later Only later did she really think about the situation.

    Nowhere Nowhere have I ever had such bad service.

    Little Little did he know!

    Only in this way Only in this way could John earn enough money to survive.

    In no way In no way do I agree with what you're saying.

    On no account On no account should you do anything without asking me first.

    We only use inversion when the adverb modifies the whole phrase and not when it modifies
    the noun:
    Hardly anyone passed the exam. (No inversion.)
    1. You
    (to look – present) like my brother.
    2. You
    (to get – past) what you want so stop nagging.
    3. Our friends
    (to like – present) pool parties.
    4. I
    (to find – past) what I was looking for.
    5. She
    (to have – present) a pretty peaceful life.
    6. We
    (to wish – past) him a happy birthday.
    7. I
    (to download – past) the latest update.
    8. The teacher
    (to explain – present) everything really well.
    9. I
    (to like – present) both cats and dogs.
    10. She
    (to hate – present) it when people stare at her.

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