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

Seldom do we ask the teachers for their opinion.

Seldom ask we the teachers for Seldom as we the teachers for their opinion very often

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.

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.

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 problem is so difficult that we need an expert to solve it.

So difficult is the problem that we need an expert to solve it.

So difficult the problem is that we need an expert to solve it.

As soon as she opened the front door, he handed her the two dozen roses.

No sooner did she open the front door, than he handed her the two dozen roses.

No sooner she opened the the front door, did he hand her the two dozen roses.

When do we often use inversion?

Mostly in formal speech and in formal writing

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.

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.

If i had been there, the problem wouldn't have occurred.

Had I been there, the problem wouldn't have been occurred.

Were I there, the problem wouldn't have occured.

Had I been there, the problem wouldn't occur.

Were I there, the problem wouldn't occur.

As soon as I came in, a bomb blew out.

Hardly had I come in when a bomb blew out.

Hardly I had come in, did a bomb blow out.

Hardly had I come in, than a bomb blew out.

Barely had I come in, when a bomb blow out.

Kate had never been to London before. (paraphrase)

Never before had Kate been to London.

Never has Kate been to London before.

Never before has Kate been to London.

I have seldom eaten at such an expensive restaurant.

Seldom have I eaten at such an expensive restaurant.

Seldom I have eaten at such an expensive restaurant.

Seldom eaten I have at such an expensive restaurant.

We realised only then that the jewels had been stolen.

Only then did we realise that the jewels had been stolen.

Only then had we realised that the jewels had been stolen.

Only then realised we that the jewels had been stolen.

The police didn't know that the man was a criminal.

Little did the police know that the man was a criminal.

Little did know the police that the man was a criminal.

Little knew the police that the man was a criminal.

Subject-verb inversion

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Rarely ______ located near city lights or at lower elevations.

observatories are

are

in the observatories

are observatories

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CCSS.L.4.1C

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

There are geographic, economic, and cultural reasons why ______ around the world.

diets differ

do diets differ

are diets different

to differ a diet

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Were ______ millions of dollars each year replenishing eroding beaches, the coastline would be changing even more rapidly.

the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers not spending

the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers not spend

the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers does not spend

not spending th U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

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CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.4.1C

CCSS.L.1.1J

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Nowhere ______ more skwed than in the auto industry.

that retail trade figures

retail trade figures

are retail trade figures

retail trade figures

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.4.1C

CCSS.L.1.1J

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Potassium has a valence of positive one because it usually loses one electron when ______ with other elemtns.

does it combine

it combines

in combining

combination

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CCSS.L.3.1A

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The economic background of labor legislation will not be mentioned in this course, ______ be treated.

trade unionism will not

nor trade unionism will

nor will trade unionism

neither trade unionism will

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CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.4.1C

CCSS.L.1.1J

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

______ test positive for antibiotics when tanker trucks arrive at a milk processing plant, according to federal law, the entire truckload must be discarded.

Should milk

If milk

If milk is

Milk should

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CCSS.L.4.1C

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

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Subject-verb inversion

Rarely ______ located near city lights or at lower elevations.

There are geographic, economic, and cultural reasons why ______ around the world.

Were ______ millions of dollars each year replenishing eroding beaches, the coastline would be changing even more rapidly.

Nowhere ______ more skwed than in the auto industry.

Potassium has a valence of positive one because it usually loses one electron when ______ with other elemtns.

The economic background of labor legislation will not be mentioned in this course, ______ be treated.

______ test positive for antibiotics when tanker trucks arrive at a milk processing plant, according to federal law, the entire truckload must be discarded.

Only for a short period of time______ run at top speed.

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

You should not ignore our advice under any circumstances.

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