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Inversion Construction explanation & exercises

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INVERSION CONSTRUCTION FOR EMPHASIS

INVERSION IN CONDITIONAL SENTENCES

If + subject +auxiliary can be replaced in formal English, or for emphatic


effect, by inversion of the auxiliary and the subject, with the if omitted.

If my friends need anything, I´ll help them. Do my friends need


anything, I´ll help them. First Conditional

If I were you, I´d call the doctor. Were I you, I´d call the doctor.
Second Conditional

If I had been there, I´d have enjoyed it. Had I been there, I´d have
enjoyed it. Third Conditional

I
INVERSION WITH NEGATIVE ADVERBIALS
(neg adverbial + auxiliary + subject)

HARDLY, SCARCELY, BARELY, NO SOONER …THAN, NEVER, RARELY,


IN / UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, IN NO WAY, NOT ONLY ... BUT ALSO,
LITTLE, NOT UNTIL, ONLY AFTER, ONLY IF, ONLY IN THIS WAY, etc

a) I have never tried Indian food in my life.

Never in my life have I tried Indian food.

b) As soon as the festival started, it began to rain.

No sooner did the festival start than it began to rain.


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LET´S PRACTISE!

1.- The director will never give in to public pressure.


Never …

2.- As soon as the meeting started, fighting broke out in the audience.
No sooner …

3.- Henry didn’t suspect his brother of complicity in the crime for one moment.
In no moment …

4.- I’ve never been so surprised in my life.


Never in my life …

5.- You’ll not find craftsmanship of such quality anywhere.


Nowhere …

6.- I’ll never allow such practice to take place again.


Never again …

7.- He announced his discovery to the world only when he was certain of his results.
Only when he was certain of his results …

8.- Good whisky is ready for consumption only after it has matured for ten years.
Only after it has matured for ten years …

9.- This government has deceived their electors and they have also deceived the rest of
the people.
Not only …

10.- This door shouldn’t be left open under any circumstances.


Under no circumstances …

11.- The values of our society are at risk, and the survival of the nation is threatened.
Not only …

12.- This country has never been so threatened at any time.


At no time …

13.- Artists are rarely appreciated when they are alive.


Rarely …

14.- Children little realise that their world of innocence soon disappears.
Little …

15.- I didn’t intend to deceive you at any time.


At no time …

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