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Subject Inversion Exercise for Students

The document provides instructions and examples for inverting the subject of sentences. Students are asked to rewrite 15 sentences by inverting the subject following examples shown. An answer key with the corrected inversions is also provided.

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Subject Inversion Exercise for Students

The document provides instructions and examples for inverting the subject of sentences. Students are asked to rewrite 15 sentences by inverting the subject following examples shown. An answer key with the corrected inversions is also provided.

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Name: __________________ Mark:

Date: _____/ _____ / ______ Teacher:

INVERSION OF THE SUBJECT

A - Look at the example, reword the


following sentences as shown bellow and
make the necessary transformations.

Example: He never shouted at the children.

Never did he shout at the children.

1. I hardly knew where I was.


Hardly __________________________________________________
2. They didnt speak a word.
Not ____________________________________________________
3. They seldom danced together last night.
Seldom __________________________________________________
4. I never believed they would come.
Never ___________________________________________________
5. He hardly turns to say goodbye.
Hardly __________________________________________________
6. I little remember what they said.
Little ___________________________________________________
7. He seldom comes to see me on Saturdays.
Seldom _________________________________________________
8. I have never seen a better one.
Never __________________________________________________
9. They had come when the telephone rang.
Only when ______________________________________________
10. Ill seldom find enough time for reading.
Seldom _________________________________________________
11. I didnt hear a cry outside.
Not ____________________________________________________
12. The smoke was so dense that they fainted.
So _____________________________________________________
13. He mentioned it to me only yesterday.
Only ____________________________________________________
14. If you should be late again, please contact me.
Should __________________________________________________
15. I only heard the dreadful news today.
Only ____________________________________________________
Answer key

1. ..did I know...
2. ... did they speak....
3. ... did they come...
4. ...did I believed...
5. ... does he turn ...
6. .... do I remember...
7. ...does he come...
8. ... have I see...
9. ...the telephone rang have they come.
10. ... shall I find...
11. ...did I hear...
12. ... dense was the smoke...
13. ... yesterday did he mention...
14. ...you be late, please...
15. ...today did I hear...

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