Inversion and Fronting

Inversion and Fronting

Index

Inversion

Fronting

Negative Adverbs

Fronting - Form

Inversion in Conditionals

Fronting - Examples

Other kinds of Inversion

Some practice

Inversion of Word Order

what is it?

Inversion - what? how?

An emphatic structure that is placed at the beginning of a sentence. The subject and the verb are inverted, using auxiliaries - to be chosen according to the verb tense.

Inversion - when ?

Negative Adverbs

* little, never, rarely, scarcely * no sooner ... than, barely/hardly.... when * at no time, under no circumstances. on no account

* not since, not for, not a (person/thing), not only.... (but also)

+ info

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Inversion : ONLY

Sequence

ONLY + TIME EXPRESSION OR PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE/TIME CLAUSE + INVERSION

Example

We will go to NYC when a vaccine for Covid is widely available.Only when a vaccine for Covid is widely available, will we to to NYC:

Inversion : Examples

I rarely go to concerts. RARELY...... I arrived home and immediately the phone rang. NO SOONER.... I won't do it again under any circumstance. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES She hasn't written anything good since 2000. NOT SINCE

Inversion - Conditionals

A good way to add interest and spark to our writings. We omit IF in all types of Conditional .

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Inverted Conditionals

Type 3

Type 2

Type 1

Had + person + past participle. If I had known, I would have stayed. Had I known....

Were + person + to infinitive If the government raised taxes, I would be protest. Were the government to raise....

Should + person + infinitive If you see Pat, tell her Im looking for her. Should you see Pat....

Inversion - So and such

* so + adjective + inversion So little did he know about her, that he couldn't answer. So difficult was the situation, that she panicked. * such+ noun Such was my annoyance, that I tore up the letter. Such was my disappointment, that I cried bitterly.

Inversion - short answers

Using neither, nor or so I don't like it - Neither do I. I am not happy. Nor is he. I have already finished. So has she. I h

Inversion - here, there and adverbial expessions of place

* do and did are not used* not if the subject is a pronoun * continous tenses are rare Up jumped the cat Here are the answers There goes the bus with pronouns: Here you are / Down it jumped.

Fronting

what is it ?

What is Fronting?

Fronting is an emphatic grammatical tool. It involves moving elements of a sentence to the FRONT. Remember this is the most prominent position in the sentence - it attracts all of the reader's attention

WE do this to : * start with the most important info * make an emphatic contrast with the previous sentence

Fronting: what can I front?

*the OBJECT or COMPLEMENT*ADVERBIASL and VERBS OF PLACE or MOVEMENT. * COMPARATIVE OR SUPERLATIVE PHRASES, SO, SUCH, ALSO * AS & THOUGH

Fronting: what can I front?

*the OBJECT or COMPLEMENT*ADVERBIASL and VERBS OF PLACE or MOVEMENT. * COMPARATIVE OR SUPERLATIVE PHRASES, SO, SUCH, ALSO * AS & THOUGH

Fronting: Object or Complement

I´d like to buy some groceries.Some groceries I'd like to buy

She explained how she's going to test us.How she's going to test us she explained I don't like that. That I don't like.

Fronting: Comparatives and Superlatives

Several guards were visible while he was preaching. ALSO VISIBLE WERE several guards while he was preaching . THe solution he proposed was better still. BETTER STILL was the solution he proposed.

Fronting: as & though

He tried but he couldn't pass this test.Try as he might, he couldn't pass this test. He was exhausted but he stumbled on. Exhausted though he was, he stumbled on.

Quizlet- Inversion practice

Practice Time

Inversion- wordwall game

Inversion- wordwall game

Video - Emphasis in English