Introduction to inversion倒装句
倒装句主要指的是谓语语序倒装,当然也有宾语和表语语序的倒装.将谓语的一部分提到主语之前叫部分倒装,将谓语的全部提到主语之前叫全部倒装.
倒装方法 何时倒装 例示
全部倒装不借助动词 1.here, there, away, down, in,up, off out, now, then, next, thus等副词开头的句子里,以示强调2.地点介词短语做状语位于句首时 1. Mr smith came in.= In came Mr. Smith.= In he came.2. The boy rushed out.=Out rushed the boy.=Out the rushed.3. On the other side of the street stands the clock tower.=The clock tower stands on the other side of the street.4. There lived an old peasant in that house.5. AT the foot of the mountain lies a small town.= A small town lies art the foot of the mountain.
3. 表语置于句首时,保持句子平衡,以示强调表语,或上下文衔接。 Aristotle says, “plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth.”Gone are the days when they could do what they like to the Chinese people.]Present at the party were the Smiths, the Whites and so on.Covering much of the earth’s surface is water.
4. 直接引语的一部分或全部位于句首时,有时也用倒装 Yes“, said the youth shortly.“I don’t understand,” he said.
倒装从句 Only then could the work of construction be begun.Only through hard work can you succeed.Only ten days later did I realize my fault.Only when Mr. smith came back were we able to continue to programme.* . Only the teacher can help you.* . Only the people who are devoted to their work can get a rise in pay.
Hardly had be arrived when his wife began to complain.No sooner had be arrived than he went away again.Never did he speak about his own family.Not until all the demands had been turned down did the workers decide to go on strike.= The workers didn’t decide to go on strike until all the demands had been turned down.Not only did they present a musical performance but also they made a introduction of their hometown.* It was not until then I realized my mistakes.
So little did they agree on the plan that they couldn’t settle their differences.Such a lovely boy he is that we all like him.So frightened was he that he dared not go out.
倒装主句 Hard as the worked, he couldn’t satisfy the boss.Try as he might, be failed the maths exam.Young man as he is, he is good at managing the toy companyClever as the boy is, he can’t work out the problem.
Had it not been for the clouds, you would find the airplane in the sky easily. = if it hadn’t been for the clouds, you would find the airplane in the sky easily.Were you in my position, you would do the same. = If you were in my position, you would do the same.Should they attack us, we’ll wipe them out completely.= If they should attack us, we’ll wipe them out completely.
前倒后不倒不倒装 Not only did he complain about the food, he also refused to pay for it.*2 Not only men but also women are affected by the new law.
前后都倒装不倒装 I don’t know how to play bridge.Neither does my wife.Neither Tom nor his brother likes painting.
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1.Only then ___________how much damage had been caused.
A. Tom realized B. Tom had realized
C. had Tom realized D. did Tom realize
[解析] 本题考查倒装句结构。Only+介词短语置于句首时则用部分倒装,then是表示过去的时间状语,故答案为D。
2 I have been working for over twenty years and seldom_____ so tired as now.
A. I have felt B. I had felt
C. have I felt D. had I felt
[解析] 本题考查倒装句结构。and后的句子中,否定副词seldom置于句首,所以后一分句要用部分倒装,故排除A,B项; 又因前一分句的影响,要用现在完成时态。故答案为C。
3. ---David has made great progress recently.
--- ______, and ______.
A. So he was; so you have B. So he has; so have you
C. So has he; so have you D. So has he; so you have
[解析] 本题考查 so的两种用法: so+主语+助动词/情态动词/系动词,表示对前边事实的认可和肯定; so +助动词/情态动词/系动词+主语;表示对前边的情况同样适用于第二个主语;答语的意思是“她确实取得了很大进步,你也一样” 故答案为B。
4. ____ for the tickets, I would not have gone to the films so often.
A. If it is not B. Were it not
C. Had it not been D. If they were not
[解析] 本题考查.虚拟语气省掉if时的倒装形式,根据主句的谓语形式,从句应是对过去事实的虚拟,用过去完成时态。故答案为C。
5 As far as I am concerned, education is about learning and the more you learn, _____.
A. the more for life are you equipped
B. the more equipped for life you are
C. the more life you are equipped for
D. you are equipped the more for life
[解析] 本题考查此题考查“the+比较级+主语+。。。,the+比较级+主语+。。。”的倒装形式,意为“越…越”,此结构只是将the+比较级提前,其它部分不倒装。故答案为B。
6. So difficult__ it to live in an English speaking country that I determined to learn English well.
A. I have felt B. have I felt
C. I did feel D. did I feel
[解析] 本题考查 so/such…that结构的倒装形式。只是主句部分倒装,that引导的句子不倒装。故答案为D。.
7. _____ who had arrested him three times for drug-taking.
A. Before John stood the policeman
B. Before John the policeman stood
C. Before the policeman stand John
D. Before John did the policeman stand
[解析] 本题考查倒装句结构。Before John做状语置于句首, 主谓完全倒装。故答案为A.。
8.Not only____ us light, but it gives us heat.
A. the sun gives B. gives the sun
C. the sun does give D. does the sun give
[解析] 本题考查倒装句结构。. 在“not only…but (also)”分别引导句子,not only所引导的句子需用部分倒装。故15 ______________, he talks a lot about his favourite singers after class.
A. A quiet students as he may be
B. Quiet student as he may be
C. Be a quiet student as he may
D. Quiet as he may be student
答案为D。