Inverted Syntax

Which of the following sentences uses inverted syntax? The car raced down the street. Down the street, the car raced. Raced down the street, the car.

• Down the street, the car raced.

• The car down raced the street.

• The street down raced the car.

• Raced the down street, car the.

Rewrite the following sentence using inverted syntax: 'The cat sat on the mat.'

• The cat on the mat sat.

• Sat on the mat the cat.

• On the mat sat the cat.

• The mat sat on the cat.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

Identify the sentence with inverted syntax: Running through the field, the horse galloped. The horse galloped through the field. The horse through the field galloped.

• D) Galloped the horse through the field.

• A) The horse ran through the field galloped.

• B) Galloped through the field, the horse ran.

• C) The horse through the field galloped.

Which of the following sentences uses inverted syntax? In the garden, the flowers bloomed. The flowers bloomed in the garden. Blooming in the garden, the flowers.

• C

• D

• B

• A

Rewrite the sentence using inverted syntax: 'The sun sets in the west.'

• The sun sets in the east.

• In the sets west the sun.

• Sun the in sets west the.

• In the west sets the sun.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.3.1E

Choose the sentence with inverted syntax: The birds chirped in the morning. Chirping in the morning, the birds. The morning birds chirped.

• The morning chirped birds.

• C

• A

• B

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1F

Identify the sentence with inverted syntax: A) The children played happily. B) Happily, the children played. C) Played happily, the children.

• The children played happily

• A

• B

• C

Rewrite the sentence using inverted syntax: 'She sings beautifully.'

• Beautifully sings she.

• Sings she beautifully.

• Beautifully she sings.

• She beautifully sings.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.3.1E

Choose the sentence with inverted syntax: The rain poured heavily. Heavily, the rain poured. Poured heavily, the rain.

• B

• C

• The heavily rain poured.

• A

Identify the sentence with inverted syntax: The wind howled in the night. Howling in the night, the wind. In the night, the wind howled.

• Howled the wind in the night.

• Howling in the night, the wind.

• The wind in the night howled.

• The night howled in the wind.