Inversion 1 (group 11)

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Diplomatic Acedemy of Vietnam

English Faculty

Diplomatic Acedemy of Vietnam English Faculty

(Part 1)1. Lê Thị Thúy Phương (TA39B)

2. Trần Thị Quỳnh Như (TA39B)

3. Tạ Thu Trang (TA39A)

4. Nguyễn Thị Huyền Trang (TA39A)

What is inversion?

Why we

inversion

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Inversion in question.

Yes/No

question

Inversion with Yes/No question1.Statement with be, have and modal verbs can be turned

into Yes/No questions by inversion.

Statement: He is leaving.

Question: Is he leaving?

Inversion.

Longman English grammar_L.G.Alexander (chapter 13, page 250)

More examplesQuestion

Am I late?

Was he going?

Has he won?

Can she swim?

Will it rain?

Normal sentences

I am late.

He was going.

He has won.

She can swim.

It will rain.

Inversion with Yes/No question

2. With all other verbs, we form Yes/No

question with do/does in the simple

present and did in the simple past.

Longman English grammar, self-study edition with key_L.G.Alexander (page 188)

Examples

1.Statement: We turn left here.

Question: Do we turn left here?

Longman English grammar, self-study edition with key_L.G.Alexander (page 188)

ExamplesNormal sentences

They dance well.

He works well.

They ran fast.

Question

Do they dance well?

Does he work well?

Did they run fast?

NoteThe whole subject comes after the auxiliary,

however long it is:

Can everyone in the room hear me?

Does anyone in the room agree?

Question-words

Who(m)

Longman English grammar_L.G.Alexander (chapter 13, page 262)13

Inversion with Wh-questionIn the question of this kind, inversion with the

auxiliary must occur after the question-word.

Question word + an auxiliary verb + the subject?

ExamplesQuestion

Auxiliary

Subject

people

the radio

the guerrillas

Oxford English Practical Grammar Intermediate (page 88)16

Note:If there is more than one auxiliary verb, only the first

one comes before the subject.

I should have said something.

Should I have said something?

Oxford English Practical Grammar Intermediate (page 88)

Inversion with tag question Form:

Positive statement + negative tag.

The children can swim, can’t they?

Negative statement + positive tag.

It isn’t very warm, is it?

1.The answer yes means that the positive is true, and no mean the negative is true.

- Mark works for Zedco, doesn’t he? Yes, he does.

(He works for Zedco.)

- Melanie doesn’t eat meat, does she? Yes, she does.

(She eats meat.)

2.After a request with an imperative, we can use can you? or

could you?

- Wait a moment, can you?

- Give me an example, could you?

3. After Don’t... the tag is will you?

E.g: Don’t make any noise, will you?

After Let’s... we use shall we?

E.g: Let’s sit in the garden, shall we?

1. Tom never goes to concerts. Neither/ nor does his wife.

2. Ann hasn’t any spare time. Neither/ nor did I.

3. “I can’t understand a word of it.” – “neither can I.”

4. He didn’t remember and neither did I.

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Inversion with neither, nor and so

* Neither, nor:

negative additions to negative remarks

are made with this form:

A practical English grammar 4th editionA.J Thomson, A.V.Martinet (page 115)

neither/nor + auxiliary + subject

1. A: John drives a car.

B: So does Bob.

2. A: My car was washed this morning.

B: So was mine.

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Affirmative additions to affirmative remarks can be made by:

So + auxiliary + subject

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son, A

The usage of “neither”, “nor” and “so”

“neither” and “nor” “so”

“I don’t like John.”

“neither/nor does my sister.”

“I like John.”

“so does my sister.”

We use “nor” and “neither” before a positive verb to agree with something negative that has just been said. And vice versa with “so”.

(Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary _page 1038)

In informal English, we can say:

“I don’t know.”

“Me neither.”

(Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary _page 1024)

Inversion with “so” and “such”

(Longman English Grammar_L.G.Alexander_Longman_p 143)

So + Adj (+that)

Inversion with “so” and “such”+) Such

(Longman English Grammar_L.G.Alexander_Longman_p143)

Such (+that)

(Longman English Grammar_L.G.Alexander_Longman_p 143) 33

E.g: Had such a fright that he fainted.

Had so great a fright that he fainted.

(Illustrated Oxford Dictionary_D.Kindersley Limited_Oxford University_ p862)

so great = such

An emphatic fronting of the comp-element, accompanied by inversion of subject and operator, is sometimes found in formal (especially literacy) English.

(A University Grammar of English_R.Quick, S.Greenbaum_Longman_p 335)

Compare so and such in normal and inverted sentences.

Normal sentences Inversion

- He reacts so quickly

(that) no one can match

-They are such wonderful

players (that) no one can

beat them.

-So quickly does he react

(that) no one can match

- Such wonderful players

are they (that) no one can

beat them.

36(Longman English Grammar_L.G.Alexander_Longman_p 28)

Inversion after adverbs

Sometimes the normal subject-verb order in a sentence is reversed if a sentence begins with an adverb.

Longman English grammar-L.G.Alexander

(page 143)

Adverb - Initial

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Inversion after adverbs of place like “here”and “there”

After here, there and the noun subject comes after the verb. This is common with verbs of motion, such as come and go.

(page 143)39

Example

E.g 1: There goes the last train!

E.g 2: Here comes the taxi!

(page 143)40

Note 1This kind of inversion is common after “be”

when we are offering things or identifying location (often with a plural subject):

E.g: Here is a cup of tea for you.

Here is your letters.

(page 143)

Note 2

Inversion does not occur if the subject is a pronoun.

E.g: Here it comes.

There she goes.

Here you are.

(page 143)42

Inversion after here.Eg 1:

“Tom is here.”

It means he in this room/building/town/ etc.

“Here is Tom.”

It means that he has just appeared or that we have just found him.

A practical English grammar_4th edition_A.J.Thomson and

A.V.Martinet (page 54/55)43

Inversion after “here”

“Tom comes here.”

It means that it is his habit to come to this place.

“Here comes Tom.”

It implies that he is just arriving/ has just arrived

A practical English grammar_4th edition_A.J.Thomson and A.V.Martinet (page

54/55)

Inversion with there

1. It’s used for emphasis in calling attention.

E.g: There goes the bell.

2. It’s used for identity.

E.g: There is someone at the door.

(Illustrated Oxford Dictionary, page 862)

(A Practical English Grammar A.J.Thomson and Martinet, nxb văn hóa thông tin, page 151)

More examples

Let’s see and feel the video.

back, down, off, up, etc.

What are these words?

Inversion after adverb particles

Longman English Grammar (L.G. Alexander), p. 143

Preposition (+pronoun, noun…)

Particle (+verb=>phrasal verb)

Adverbial particle (adverb particle)

(+verb=> adverb of position, movement)

Adverb # adverbial particle

Oxford advanced learner’s Dictionary + Oxford Collocation

E.g: Down came the rain and up went the umbrella.

E.g 2: Down fell a dozen apples

E.g 3: Away wentthe runners.

A practical English grammar_4th edition_A.J.Thomson and A.V.Martinet

(page 54/55)52

Inversion does not occur if the

subject is a pronoun.

1. We use: Away they went.

Not use: Away went they.

2. We use: Round and round it flew.

Not use: Round and round flew it.

A practical English grammar_4th edition_A.J.Thomson

and A.V.Martinet (page 54/55)54

Inversion after adverbials of place.

After adverbials of place with verbs of position (e.g. lie, live, sit, stand…) or motion (e.g. come, go, rise…), the noun subject can follow the verb.

Longman English Grammar (L.G. Alexander), p.

- At the top of the hill stood the tiny chapel.

- In the fields of poppies lay the dying soldiers.

This inversion also occurs

in the passive with other

verbs.

E.g: In the distance could be seen the

purple mountain.

The adverbs: away, down, in, off, out, over,round, up, etc… can be followed by a verb of motion + a noun subject.

E.g 1: Round and round flew the plane.

A.V.Martinet (page 54/55)58

In written English, adverbials introduced by preposition (down, in, on, over, out of…) can be followed by verbs indicating position (crouch, hang, lie, sit, stand,…); or by verbs of motion; or by verbs such as be born, die, live and sometimes other verbs.

A.V.Martinet (page 54/55)

(1) From the rafter hung strings of onions.

A practical English grammar_4th edition_A.J.Thomson and A.V.Martinet (page

54/55)

(2) In the doorway stood a man with a gun.

(3) On a perch beside him sat a blue parrot.

(4) Over the wall came a shower of stones.

A practical English grammar_4th edition_A.J.Thomson and A.V.Martinet

(page 54/55)

The first three of these examples could also be expressed by a participle and the verb be:

(1)Hanging from the rafters were strings of onions.

(2)Standing in the doorway was a man with a gun.

(3)Sitting on the perch beside him was a blue parrot.

A.V.Martinet (page 54/55)

But a participle could not be used with the last example (4) unless the shower of stones lasted for some time.

A practical English grammar_4th edition_A.J.Thomson

and A.V.Martinet (page 54/55)

NoteInversion does not occur if the subject is a pronoun.E.g.- At the top of the hill it stood our against

the sky.Adv

I) Supply the correct form of the verb. Rewrite each using the ordinary word order.

1) So violent that all the trees were uprooted.

2) Such was his strength that he could bend iron bars.

3) On the south side, by the entrence to the rose garden, is there a bed of fine magnolias.

4) At the top of the hill, did the tiny chapel stand.

5) Came down and the umbrellas went up the rain.

II) Correct the mistakes in each of the sentences given below if necessary.

1) Correct

2) I fell

3) goes

4) Correct

5) Correct

III) Rewrite the following sentences, using theinverted order.

1) So little did he know about her that he was not even sure of her name.

2) Such was his strength that he could bend iron bars.

3) On the south side , by the entrence to rose garden, is there the bed of fine magnolias.

4) At the top of the hill did the tiny chaplel stand.

5) 10) So old was the papyrus we didn’t dare to touch it.

IV)Read the conversation. Then look at the answer in each other space.

1) who’s

2) don’t

3) not

4) has

5) haven’t

7) they8) which9) don’t10) neither11) doesn’t12) let’s

1) who’s2) don’t3) not4) has5) haven’t6) so

V) Andrew has just met Jessca at a party. They are finding out that they leave a lot in common. Put in the structures with “so” and “neither”.

1) neither am I

2) neither can I

3) so am I

4) so do I

5) neither have I

6) so would I

(Oxford practice grammar Intermediate with test_J.East wood_Oxford_

p 105)

Inversion 1 (group 11)

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