Inverted Syntax

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. 
Several hundred people waited at the train depot. 

• 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. 
The stolen merchandise is here! 

• Inverted
• Natural

Tell whether the sentence below is in natural or inverted order. 
The young Jedi is very wise. 

• Inverted 
• Natural

Tell whether the sentence below is in natural or inverted order. 
The lilacs in our backyard smell especially sweet this year.

• Inverted
• Natural

Tell whether the sentence below is in natural or inverted order. 
Only later would we understand what had happened that night.

• Inverted
• Natural

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. 
I seldom leave my house so early. 

• Inverted
• Natural

Tell whether the sentence below is in natural or inverted order. 
They had met such rude people nowhere before. 

• Inverted
• Natural