1. Grammar
Inversion

2. 1. Never will Zhou Yang forget his
first assignment at the office of …
2. Not only am I interested in
photography, but I took…
3. Only if you ask many different
questions will you acquire all
information you need to know.
4. Here comes my list of dos and
don’ts.

3. 倒装(Inversion): 在英语中,主语和谓语的语序通常 是主语在前,谓语在后。但有时为了 语法结构的需要,或者是为了强调,
谓语的全部或一部分却提到主语
前面,这种语序叫做倒装。
倒装可分为:
a.全部倒装 b.部分倒装

4. subject 主+ predicate 谓+object 宾
基本语序natural order
subject 主+ predicate 谓+object 宾
I 　 love English.

5. 倒装 Inversions 把谓语动词放在主语之前, 叫倒装结构。 如果全部谓语放在主语之前, 叫全部倒装;
如果只把助动词或be 动词等放在主语之
　前, 叫部分倒装。
Here comes the car. (全倒)
Never will Zhou Yang forget…(半倒)
动词主体仍在后面

6. 1. 2. 4.
1. There goes the bell.
2. Out rush the children.
3. Never was he interested in the
pop stars.
4. In front of the house was a
small garden.
5. Only then did I realize that I
was wrong.
6. No sooner had she gone out than
the phone rang.
goes
rush
was

7. Inversion(倒装句)
① 若有主从句,哪句倒装。
② 部分倒装还是完全倒装。

8. 全部倒装 1. 用于 there be 句型。 (there be+主语)
There are many students in the classroom.
(there be+主语)
主语位于谓语are there之后
原句自然顺序是：　
Many students are there in the classroom.

9. 名词 ２. 用于“here (there, now, then) + 不及物 动词 + 主语的句型中, 或以out, in, up,
down, away 等副词开头的句子里面,
表示强调。
Here comes the bus.
There goes the bell.
Now comes our turn.
Out went the children. 名词

10. 注意：
代词作主语时, 主谓语序不变。
Here comes he. ×
Here he comes.
Away went they. × 　　　
Away they went.

11. 3. 当句首状语是表示地点的介词词组时,
也常引起全部倒装。
From the valley came a frightening sound.
Under the tree stands a little boy.

12. On the wall hangs a picture.
Here comes the bus.

13. Out rushed the puppy.
Away went the girls.

14. 1) ____ a letter for you.
There are B. Is here
C. Here is D. Is there
2) ____ a big paper-making factory
by the lake.
There stands
B. Does there stand
C. Standing there is
D. It is standing C A

15. 3) _______ and caught the mouse.
Up the cat jumped
B. The cat up jumped
C. Up jumped the cat
D. Jumped up the cat
4) -Where is your father?
-Oh, _______.
A. here he comes
B. he here comes
C. here does he come
D. here comes he C A

16. 5) Look out! ______
A. The bus come there
B. There comes the bus.
C. Does the bus come?
D. Comes the bus there.
6) Under a big tree ____, half asleep.
A. did sat a fat man
B. a fat man sat
C. did a fat man sat
D. sat a fat man B D

17. 部分倒装 １. 用于only开头的句子(修饰副词、介词 短语或状语从句)
Only in this way can you learn English
well.
２. 用于 never, hardly, seldom, little, at no
time, not only, rarely, little, not a bit 等
否定词开头的句子里。
Never shall I do this again.

18. ３. 用于no sooner than, hardly when 和
not until的句型中。
No sooner had she gone out than the
class began.　　
Not until the teacher came did he
finish his homework.

19. ４. 用于 so, nor, neither 开头的句子, 表示
重复的内容。此句谓语应与前句谓语的
时态形式一致。
Jack can not answer the question.
Neither can I.
He has been to Beijing. ____________
So have I.
So he has
我也去过。(不同人/情况)
是的, 他确实去过。
(同个人/情况)

20. 1) My wife is a teacher, and ___.
A. so am I B. so I am
C. also I am D. too I am
2) She is not fond of cooking, ___ I.
A. so am B. nor do
C. neither do D. nor am
3) Mr. Smith promised to help me and
____ the next day.
A. neither he did B. so he did
C. neither did he D. so did he A D B

21. ５. 在 so/such …that 的结构中，若so/such
置于句首，则句子部分倒装。
1) It is such an interesting book that John
has read it twice.
2) It is so interesting a book that John has
read it twice.
Such an interesting book is it that John has
read it twice.
So interesting a book is it that John has
read it twice.

22. 6. 由as 或though 引导的让步状语从句有时也用
倒装句，即把表语或部分谓语提前。
他虽然是个孩子，但已经熟知英语。
Child as/though he was,
he had a good command
of English.
他虽有耐心，但也不愿意等三个小时。
Patient though/as he was, he was unwilling
to wait three hours.

23. 7. 用于某些祝愿的句子。
1) May you succeed!
2) Long live China!

24. I have never seen such a performance.
Never have I seen such a performance.

25. You will find the answer to this question nowhere.
Nowhere will you find the answer to this question.

26. Not until the child fell asleep did the mother leave the room.
Not until the child fell asleep did the mother leave the room.
当Not until引出主从复合句, 主句倒装,
从句不倒装。

27. In no way are you allowed to smoke here.
这里绝不允许吸烟。
At no time are you allowed to smoke here.
In no way are you allowed to smoke here.

28. Not only can mp3s provide us with fun, but also they can help us learn English well.
只有当 not only…but also 连接两个分句时, 才在第一个分句用倒装结构。如果置于句首的Not only…but also
仅连接两个并列词语，不可用倒装结构。
Not only you but also I am fond of music.

29. Only after being asked three times did he come
to the meeting.
Only by practicing everyday can you learn English well.

30. 高考真题 (10江西, 33) Not until he left his home ______
to know how important the family was for him.
A. did he begin B. had he begun
C. he began D. he had begun A
2. (10四川, 9) We laugh at jokes, but seldom _____
about how they work．
A. we think B. think we
C. we do think D. do we think D

31. 3. (10江苏, 33) —Is everyone here?
—Not yet…Look, there_______ the rest of
our guests!
A. come B. comes
C. is coming D. are coming
4. (10重庆, 33) At the meeting place of the
Yangtze River and the Jialing River______,
one of the ten largest cities in China.
A. lies Chongqing B. Chongqing lies
C. does lie Chongqing D. does Chongqing lie B A

32. 5. Only when I left my parents for Italy.
_____ how much I loved them.
(2008重庆)
A. I realized
B. I had realized
C. had I realized
D. did I realize D

33. 6. _____ you eat the correct foods ____
be able to keep fit and stay healthy.
(20008 江苏)
A. only if; will you
B. Only if; you will
C. Unless; will you
D. Unless; you will A

34. 7. It was announced that only when the
fire was under control _____ to return
to their homes. (2008江西)
A. the residents would be permitted
B. had the residents been permitted
C. would the residents be permitted
D. the residents had been permitted C

35. 8. ______ by keeping down costs will
Power Data hold its advantage over
other companies. (2006 浙江)
A. Only B. Just C. Still D. Yet
9. Only then _____ how much damage
had been caused. (2006陕西)
A. she realized B. she had realized
　C. had she realized D. did she realize A D
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36. 配套练习
1. ---Do you know Jim quarreled with his brother?
---I don’t know, _______.
A. nor don’t I care
B. nor do I care
C. I don’t care neither
D. I don’t care also B

37. 2. Not until all the fish died in the river ____ how serious the pollution was.
A. did the villagers realize
B. the villagers realized
C. the villagers did realized
D. didn’t the villagers realized A

38. 3. Only in this way ____ do it well.
A. must we B. we could
C. can we D. we can
4. Hardly ____ when it began to rain.
A. had he arrived B. arrived he
C. he had arrived D. did he arrive C A

39. 5. Only when class began ____ that he had left his book at home. A
5. Only when class began ____ that he had left his book at home A. will realize B. he did realize C. did he realize D. should he realize
6. Not a single mistake ____ in the dictation yesterday A. did he make B. made by him C. he made D. he had made C A

40. 7. No sooner ____ his talk than he ___ by the workers.
A. he finished; surrounded all
B. did he finish; did surround
C. had he finished; was surrounded
D. after he finished; was surrounded near C

41. 8. At the foot of the mountain _____.
A. lie a beautiful lake
B. does a beautiful lake lie
C. lies a beautiful lake
D. do a beautiful lake lie
9. I finally got the job. Never in all life
___ so happy.
A. did I feel B. I felt
C. I had felt D. had I felt C D

42. 10. _____ the plane.
A. Down flying B. Down was flying
C. Down flew D. Flew down
11. -She plays the piano very well.
- _________ A. So every one of us does
B. Every one of us does
C. So does every one of us
D. So do every one of us C C

43. 12. The door opened and there ____. enters an old man
B. entered an old man
C. did an old man enter
D. an old man entered B
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44. 把下列句子改为倒装。
1. I have never seen him before.
__________ I seen him before.
2. She had hardly gone out when a student
came to see her.
_____________________ when a student
Never have
Hardly had she gone out

45. 3. I didn’t go there. He didn’t go there
either.
I didn’t go there, _________________.
neither/nor did he
4. A terrible Genie (妖怪) stood before
the fisherman.
Before the fisherman _______
_______________.
stood a
terrible Genie

46. 5. People seldom did experiment to test
their ideas.
_____________________________ to
test their ideas.
Seldom did people do experiment
6. You can learn English well only in
this way.
__________________ you learn
English well.
Only in this way can

47. 7. Lu Xun was not only a great writer,
but also a great thinker.
__________________ a great writer,
Not only was Lu Xun
8. It didn’t stop raining until midnight.
____________________ it stop raining.
Not until midnight did

48. Discovering useful structures
Leaning about Language
Discovering useful structures

49. 1 Find three examples of inversion in the reading passage.
1) Never will Zhou Yang forget his first assignment at the office of a popular English newspaper.
2) Not only am I interested in photography, but I took an amateur course at university to update my skills.
3) Only if you ask many different questions will you acquire all the information you need to know.

50. 2 Rewrite these sentence using normal word order.
1. I did not know how to use that recorder. Neither did he.
Neither he or I knew how to use
that recorder.

51. 2. Only then did I begin my work on designing a new bridge.
I only began my work on designing
a new bridge then.
3. Not only was there a Christmas tree, but also exciting presents under it.
There was not only a Christmas tree but also exciting presents under it.

52. 4. “Is everything ready yet?” asked Hu Xin to the photographer.
Hu Xin asked the photographer, “Is everything ready yet?”

53. 3 Rewrite these sentences using inversion
3 Rewrite these sentences using inversion. First, find the phrase to begin with. Then change the word order of the sentence. Use the words or phrases underlined to rewrite these sentences.

54. You will see so many seats only at a stadium in Beijing.
Only at a stadium in Beijing will you see so many seats.
2. I have seldom seen a situation which made me so angry.
Seldom have I seen a situation which made me so angry.

55. 3. You will be able to write a good report only after you have acquired the information you need.
Only after you have acquired the information you need will you be
able to write a good report.
4. He gave a lot of presents to his friends, but he has never given one to me.
Never has he given a present to me though he gave a lot (of presents) to
his friends.

56. 5. She is not only good at languages, but also at history and geography.
Not only is she good at language, but she is also good at history and geography.

57. 6. I have never read such an exciting report before.
Never before have I read such an exciting report.
7. She took part in a horse riding competition, and did not miss a jump once.
Not once did she miss a jump when she took part in the horse riding competition.

58. 4 Certain expressions can introduce an inverted sentence
4 Certain expressions can introduce an inverted sentence. Now complete the following sentences that begin with these expressions.
1. Only after _________________ did ______________________________
___________.
2. Not once did ___________________ ______________________________.
my operation
my neighbours come round to offer me support
you come to say you were sorry after breaking the vase

59. 3. Seldom have I ___________________ _____________________________.
4. Only by doing ___________________ could ___________________________ _____ .
5. Only in a ____ can ________________ _________________________.
been so happy as when my son graduated from university
her exercise every day
Jane hope to run professionally again
people get hit and never seem to feel the pain
film

60. 6. Not once did __________________ ________________________________ _______________________________ ________________.
Only then did __________________
______________.
Zhou Jie receive an admission notice to Beijing university, but he also won a scholarship to study in America.
she remember what
her aunt told her

61. Homework 1. Summarize the rules of inversion in your own way.
2. Finish the exercises Using Structures
in workbook on Page 64.