Inversion Grammar

I have seldom eaten at such an expensive restaurant.

• Seldom I have eaten at such an expensive restaurant.

• Seldom have I eaten at such an expensive restaurant.

• Seldom eaten I have at such an expensive restaurant.

She had no sooner fallen asleep than the telephone rang.

• No sooner asleep she had fallen than the telephone rang.

• No sooner she had fallen asleep than the telephone rang.

• No sooner had she fallen asleep than the telephone rang.

We not only got lost, but our car broke down.

• Not only did we get lost, but also our car broke down.

• Not only we got lost, but our car also broke down.

• Not only got we lost, but our car also broke down.

I have never heard such a terrible story before.

• Never before have I heard such a terrible story.

• Never before I heard such a terrible story.

• Never before such a terrible story I have heard.

We realised only then that the jewels had been stolen.

• Only then had we realised that the jewels had been stolen.

• Only then did we realise that the jewels had been stolen.

• Only then realised we that the jewels had been stolen.

Business has rarely been so good.

• Rarely has been business so good.

• Rarely so good has business been.

• Rarely has business been so good.

The boss has not once given him a bonus.

• Not once has the boss given him a bonus.

• Not once the boss has given him a bonus.

• Not once has given him a bonus the boss.

You should not enter this room under any circumstances.

• Under no circumstances you should enter this room.

• Under no circumstances should this room you enter.

• Under no circumstances should you enter this room.

I got to know Peter only after meeting him several times.

• Only after meeting Peter several times did I get to know him.

• Only after meeting Peter several times I got to know him.

• Only after meeting Peter several times got I to know him.

The police didn't know that the man was a criminal.

• Little did know the police that the man was a criminal.

• Little knew the police that the man was a criminal.

• Little did the police know that the man was a criminal.