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

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.

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CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

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.2.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

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.

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.3.1G

Rachel did not know that her life was about to change.

• Little did Rachel not know that her life was about to change.
• Little did Rachel know that her life was about to change.

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CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.4.1C

Should she study law,

• I will pay for the tuition fees

• Will you pay for the tuition fees?

• Let’s pay for her tuition fees

• All are correct

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CCSS.L.4.1C

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Were you to get lost in a desert island,

• What will you do?

• What would you have done

• What would you do?

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CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.8.3A

Were the negotiations to fall through,

• It I’ll bring unforseen problems.

• It would bring unforeseen problems.

• It would have brought unforeseen problems

• It brings unforsee problems

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CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.8.3A