Inversion: CÂU ĐẢO NGỮ
I. Only.
Only if + s + v + o : giá như mà
Only when S + V + O : chỉ khi mà
Only by + Ving/ N +: AUX + S+ V+ O
Only after: chỉ sau khi
Only if I had had much money, would I have lent
you some.
Only if had I lended you some money.
Only by practicing regularly will you pass the
exam.
II. Not only…. But…. Also: không những mà
còn
Not only + AUX + S +V + O, but … also.
Not only did he spend all his money but he also
borrowed me some.
Not only is he handsome, but he is intelligent,
also.
III. Not until : mãi cho đến tận.
CT1 S+ did not + Vo + O, until + S + V +O ( TG)
mốc thời gian.
CT2: It was not until + S +V+O + that + S+ V+O.
mốc thời gian
CT3: Not until + clause/ mốc thời gian + AUX
+ S + V+ O.
CT1:They didn’t move to a bigger house until their
second child was born.
CT2: It was not until their second child was
born that they moved to a bigger house.
CT3: Not until their second child was born
did they move to a bigger house.
It was not until 1975 that Vietnamese people
lived in peace.
Not until 1975 did Vietnamese people live in
peace.
IV. Inversion with so/ such
1. So = adv
S + to be + so Adj + that s+ v + O
S + V +O +so + Adv + that + S+ V+O
So + Adj + to be + S + That +S + v + O
So + Adv + Aux + S+ V+ O that S + v + O
- He did his test so carefully that he got 10 mark.
So carefully did he do his test that……
Adv AUX V
- The question is so difficult that no one in our
class can do it.
so difficult is the question that…..
Adj S
2. Such:
S + to be + such (a,an) adj + N + that + S+ V+ O
Such + a, an + ADJ + N + to be + S that …..
She is such a lazy student that she has never
passed any exams.
Such a lazy student is she that…..
V. Conditional sentences.
1. The first conditional sentence.
if + S + Vpresent + O, S+ Will + Vo +O
Should + S + V0+ O, S+ will + Vo + O
If I get good marks in this term, my mother
will give me a smart phone.
Should I get good….
2. The second
If + S+ Ved+ O, S + Would + V0 + O
Were +S +to + Vo + O, S + would + Vo+ O
If he saved, he would buy this car.
Were he to save, he would buy this car.
3. If + S + had + PII + O, S + Would + have +
PP+ O.
Had +S+ PII + O, S+ would + have + pII + O
Had it (not ) been for + N/ ving, S would have +
PII + O
If she hadn’t helped me, I couldn’t have found my cat.
Had she not helped me, I couldn’t have found
my cat.
VI. With frequent adverbs
Hardly / scarcely/ rarely / never (before)
+ Aux+ S + V+ O
Hardly does she confide to me about her
private life.
Never before have I met such a mean person
like him.
VII. Vừa hay…
Hardly/ scarcely + had + S1 + PII + O + when +
S2+ V2ed + O
No sooner + had + S+ PII+ O, than S + Ved + O
As soon as + S + Ved + O, S+ Ved + O
As soon as I put the umbrella up, it poured down.
No sooner had I put up the umbrella than it
poured down.
Hardly had the thief gone out, when the police
came to my house.
VIII. Inversion with collocation.
1. At no time
2. On (no) account
3. Under (no)
circumstance Aux + S + V+ O
4. By ( no) mean
5. In (no) way
6. Contrast to…
Under no circumstance will you tell him what
happens to me today.
In no way does he forgive you about that.
IX . (no inversion) NOTE
1. No matter how
= however + Adj + S+ to be
Adv + S + V+ O
2. No matter what = whatever S+ V+O
+ S+ V+ O
3. No matter when =
whenever + S + V+ O
4. No matter where = S+ V+O
wherever + S+ V+ O
No matter how hard we tried, we couldn’t open the
door.
No matter what I do my parents always find fault
with.
5. Adj + as/ though + S+ To be
Adv +…… + S+ V+ O
Hard as/ though it rained, they got to the
office on time.
Careful as/ though my brother is, he had a
slight accident last night.
IX. There
Here
Pre + Place
Last
Chúng ta phải đổi toàn bộ động từ lên trc S
There are 12 students in my class.
There is coming a bus.
At the gate stood a little girl.
Pre PL V S