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

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

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.

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CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1G

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

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

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CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.4.1C

Rarely __________ located near city lights or at lower elevations.

• observatories are

• are

• in the observatories

• are observatories

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CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.4.1C

When do we often use inversion?

• In speech

• In written forms

• Mostly in formal speech and in formal writing

Inversion happens when we reverse (invert) the normal word order of a structure, most commonly the subject-verb word order.

• True

• False

Can we start a sentence using word NOT?

• Yes

• No