Inverted Sentences

What is an inverted sentence?

• a sentence in which the verb comes before the subject

• a sentence in which the subject comes before the verb

• a sentence which begins with a dependent clause

• a sentence that does not begin with a capital letter

Tell whether the sentence below is in natural or inverted order. 
Along the rocks lay hundreds of mussels and clams. 

• Natural

• Inverted

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

• Natural

• Inverted

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

Tell whether the sentence below is in natural or inverted order. 
In the line at the water fountain are six thirsty children.

• Inverted

• Natural

Tell whether the sentence below is in natural or inverted order. Beyond the meadow flows a beautiful river.

• Inverted

• Natural

Tell whether the sentence below is in natural or inverted order. 
Over the city floated a striped balloon. 

• Natural

• Inverted

What is an inverted sentence?

• a sentence in which the verb comes before the subject

• a sentence in which the subject comes before the verb

• a sentence which begins with a dependent clause

• a sentence that does not begin with a capital letter

Tell whether the sentence below is in natural or inverted order. Along the rocks lay hundreds of mussels and clams.

• Natural

• Inverted

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

• Natural

• Inverted