INVERSION

We don't ask the teachers for their opinion very often.

• Seldom ask we the teachers for Seldom as we the teachers for their opinion very often
• Seldom do we ask the teachers for their opinion.

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CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.4.1C

You should not ignore our advice under any circumstances.

• Under no circumstances should you ignore our advice.
• Under no circumstances shouldn't you ignore our advice.

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CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.4.1C

I got to bed and the telephone rang.

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

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CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

The girl was so beautiful that nobody could talk of anything else

• So beautiful was the girl that nobody could talk of anything else.
• Beautiful so was the girl that nobody could talk of anything else.

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CCSS.L.3.1G

If we had arrived sooner, we could have prevented this tragedy!

• Had we arrived sooner, we could have prevented this tragedy!
• Had we if arrived sooner, we could have prevented this tragedy!

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CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.8.3A

The student is both enthusiastic and knowledgeable.

• Not only is the student enthusiastic, but he is also kowledgeable.
• Not only is the student enthusiastic, but is he also kowledgeable.

... the stress she was under.

• Only now I realise...

• Only now do I realise...

• Now only do I realise...

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CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.4.1C

The gang didn't know that the police had them under surveillance. (Little)

• Little the gang knew did the police have them under surveillance.

• Little do the gang know that the police had them under surveillance.

• Little did the gang know that the police had them under surveillance.

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CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.4.1C

We not only got lost, but our car broke down.

• Not only did we get lost, but also our car broke down.

• Not only we got lost, but our car also broke down.

• Not only got we lost, but our car also broke down.

She had no sooner fallen asleep than the telephone rang.

• No sooner asleep she had fallen than the telephone rang.

• No sooner she had fallen asleep than the telephone rang.

• No sooner had she fallen asleep than the telephone rang.

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CCSS.L.3.1G