Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Monday, March 05, 2007
Inversion of the subject - Correction
VERB INVERSION - CORRECTION
1. Seldom does he write to his family.
2. Rarely has he visited us.
3. Hardly does he understand what she says.
4. Only in this way did they make the law.
5. Never before have I seen anything like that.
6. Hardly could I believe it.
7.Hardly did he know about it.
8. Not even once did he speak to me.
9. Nowhere were the protests against globalisation stronger than in London.
10. Seldom do retired people protest or demonstrate.
11. Rarely have I seen her these days.
12. No sooner does the production rise, than the living conditions improve.
1. Seldom does he write to his family.
2. Rarely has he visited us.
3. Hardly does he understand what she says.
4. Only in this way did they make the law.
5. Never before have I seen anything like that.
6. Hardly could I believe it.
7.Hardly did he know about it.
8. Not even once did he speak to me.
9. Nowhere were the protests against globalisation stronger than in London.
10. Seldom do retired people protest or demonstrate.
11. Rarely have I seen her these days.
12. No sooner does the production rise, than the living conditions improve.
Inversion of the subject- Practical exercises
EXERCISE
Rewrite the following sentences starting as indicated below
1. He seldom writes to his family
Seldom .....................................
2. He has rarely visited us
Rarely ................................
3. He hardly understands what she says.
Hardly ......................
4. They made the law effective only in this way.
Only in this way ....
5. I haven't seen anything like that before.
Never before ...
6. I could hardly believe it.
Hardly ...
7. He hardly knew what to do about it.
Hardly ......
8. He didn't speak to me even once.
Not even once .....
9. The protests against globalisation were nowhere stronger than in London.
Nowhere ....
10. Retired people seldom protest or demonstrate.
Seldom ....
11. I have rarely seen her these days.
Rarely ...
12. As soon as the production rises the living conditions improve.
No sooner ...
Rewrite the following sentences starting as indicated below
1. He seldom writes to his family
Seldom .....................................
2. He has rarely visited us
Rarely ................................
3. He hardly understands what she says.
Hardly ......................
4. They made the law effective only in this way.
Only in this way ....
5. I haven't seen anything like that before.
Never before ...
6. I could hardly believe it.
Hardly ...
7. He hardly knew what to do about it.
Hardly ......
8. He didn't speak to me even once.
Not even once .....
9. The protests against globalisation were nowhere stronger than in London.
Nowhere ....
10. Retired people seldom protest or demonstrate.
Seldom ....
11. I have rarely seen her these days.
Rarely ...
12. As soon as the production rises the living conditions improve.
No sooner ...
Emphatic inversion of the subject
USE
- We use the verb inversion as an emphatic form with some adverbs, adverbial phrases, expressing negation or simple restriction, at the beginning of the sentence.
- When the verb is used in the Simple Present or the Simple Past, we must use the auxiliary verb do/did, as in a question structure.
- Some adverbs and adverbial phrases, which used at the beginning of the sentence are followed by verb inversion:
Hardly; scarcely ;seldom; rarely; never; not only; only today; only yesterday; only by change; only with difficulty; only by luck; only on rare occasions; not until; no sooner ... than ; no longer; nowhere; neither ;nor; in vain; little; not evenNo sooner was a new legislation implemented, than the unemployment rate fell drastically
Examples:
At no time has it been more difficult to fight forest fires than nowadays.
Never in his life will he make such a good profit.
Only after learning it could I teach local workmen how to restore those old precious houses.
Only by chance does he come on time.
Seldom did we visit her house.
- We use the verb inversion as an emphatic form with some adverbs, adverbial phrases, expressing negation or simple restriction, at the beginning of the sentence.
- When the verb is used in the Simple Present or the Simple Past, we must use the auxiliary verb do/did, as in a question structure.
- Some adverbs and adverbial phrases, which used at the beginning of the sentence are followed by verb inversion:
Hardly; scarcely ;seldom; rarely; never; not only; only today; only yesterday; only by change; only with difficulty; only by luck; only on rare occasions; not until; no sooner ... than ; no longer; nowhere; neither ;nor; in vain; little; not evenNo sooner was a new legislation implemented, than the unemployment rate fell drastically
Examples:
At no time has it been more difficult to fight forest fires than nowadays.
Never in his life will he make such a good profit.
Only after learning it could I teach local workmen how to restore those old precious houses.
Only by chance does he come on time.
Seldom did we visit her house.
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