Fronting & inversion

Fronting adverbials expressions of place and direction

often involves subject-verb inversion.

• True

• False

We can't or don't usually invert with verbs of position or movement with:

1. 1. intransitive verbs followed by an adverb of manner

2. continuous tenses

3. transitive verbs

4. 4. ___________

Complete the following sentence, using the words given below. Start with an adverb.

_________, "Miss! Miss! I know the answer."

(hand / up / went / his)

Complete the following sentence, using the words given below:

So, _________, lost in the middle of the forest."

(were / there / we)

Make the following sentence more emphatic by moving an element to the beginning:

"She's taken up jogging to try and lose weight."

Make a sentence, using the words in italics and starting with a prepositional phrase:

sky in the kite high flew red a large

Complete the following sentence, using the words given below. Start with an adverb.

"Down came the rain and _________."

(the / up / umbrellas / went)

Make the following sentence more emphatic by moving an element to the beginning:

"I really can't stand people being rude like that."

Choose the correct option for the following sentence:

"Several trees had been uprooted by the storm."

• Uprooted by the storm

  had been several trees.

• Uprooted by the storm

  were several trees.

Rearrange the words in italics to complete the following sentence. Start with a prepositional phrase.

"___________, taking them two by two."

(ran / the / he / stairs / up)