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Negative Adverbials and Inversion Practice

This document provides instructions and examples for using inversion, which is when the subject and verb are reversed in a sentence for emphasis or clarity. It begins by having students identify adverbial phrases with negative or limiting meanings. It then shows sentences with fronted adverbials and asks how this affects word order. Students are asked to rewrite sentences starting with given words or phrases, placing the fronted element at the beginning for emphasis. The purpose is to practice inversion by starting sentences with limiting adverbial phrases.

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Negative Adverbials and Inversion Practice

This document provides instructions and examples for using inversion, which is when the subject and verb are reversed in a sentence for emphasis or clarity. It begins by having students identify adverbial phrases with negative or limiting meanings. It then shows sentences with fronted adverbials and asks how this affects word order. Students are asked to rewrite sentences starting with given words or phrases, placing the fronted element at the beginning for emphasis. The purpose is to practice inversion by starting sentences with limiting adverbial phrases.

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UNIT 3: 5th E.O.I.

1
Inversion

1. Work with a partner. Look at the adverbial phrases in the box


and decide which of them have negative or limiting
meanings:

Under no circumstances quite often only


after a long night never not until he´d
finished seldom at once frequently
only then only after a long wait not a word
rarely even in the summer on no account

2. Look at these sentences and answer the questions which


follow:

1a. In no other European capital will you find the city centre
so thronged so late into the night.
1b. You won´t find the city centre so thronged so late into
the night in any other European capital.

2a. Not until I actually lived there did I understand just how
great the lifestyle is.
2b. I didn´t understand just how great the lifestyle is until I
actually lived there.

A. Look at the adverbial phrases in the sentences.


Which is the more common position for the
adverbials? Why has the adverbial phrase been
moved in the (a) sentences?

B. What happens to the word order when the adverbial


phrase is placed at the beginning of the sentence?

3. Rewrite the sentences below, starting with the word or words


given.

a) I rarely visit a city more than once, but this place is really
special.
Rarely…
UNIT 3: 5th E.O.I. 2
Inversion
b) I had never seen anything so breathtakingly beautiful
before.
Never before…

c) You should not go out alone at night under any


circumstances.
Under no circumstances…

d) You will only be able to see and feel the heart of this
beautiful old town by wandering down its narrow side
streets.
Only…

e) You will only begin to understand the special charm of this


place after you have spent an evening there.
Only after you…

f) You can´t really understand exactly how beautiful the view is


until you climb to the top.
Not until…

g) I have seldom seen such amazing architecture.


Seldom…

h) You´ll never see more perfect beaches.


Never…

i) You´ll only start to relax when you´ve been there for a few
days.
Not until…

j) I didn´t realise how little I knew until I went there.


Only when…
UNIT 3: 5th E.O.I. 3
Inversion

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