Inverted Sentences

Which of following describes a natural sentence?

• The subject comes before the predicate.

• The predicate comes before the subject.

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CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

Which of the following describes an inverted sentence?

• The subject comes before the predicate

• The subject comes after the predicate

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CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

Tell whether the sentence below is in natural or inverted order. 
Outside the window sat a hungry bird. 

• Natural
• Inverted

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CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

Tell whether the sentence below is in natural or inverted order. 
The stolen merchandise is here! 

• Inverted
• Natural

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CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

Tell whether the sentence below is in natural or inverted order. 
The young Jedi is very wise. 

• Inverted 
• Natural

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CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

Tell whether the sentence below is in natural or inverted order. 
The lilacs in our backyard smell especially sweet this year.

• Inverted
• Natural

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CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

Tell whether the sentence below is in natural or inverted order. 
Only later would we understand what had happened that night.

• Inverted
• Natural

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CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Tell whether the sentence below is in natural or inverted order. 
Scarcely had I finished writing my essay when the examiner announced the end of the exam

• Inverted
• Natural

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CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Tell whether the sentence below is in natural or inverted order. 
I seldom leave my house so early. 

• Inverted
• Natural

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CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

Tell whether the sentence below is in natural or inverted order. 
They had met such rude people nowhere before. 

• Inverted
• Natural

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CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D