Inversion with adverbial words and phrases

Inversion with adverbial words and phrases

Inversion happens in English for emphasis, dramatic purpose or formality.

1.To invert a sentence move the adverbial to the beginning of the sentence and invert the subject and auxiliary verb:

'He won't often go to work.' becomes 'Not often will he go to work'
'You should not leave this room for any reason' becomes 'Under no circumstances should you leave this room.'
'She hasn't seen him anywhere.' becomes 'Nowhere has she seen him'

‘I rarely go outside.’ becomes ‘Rarely do I go outside.’

'We never went to the shopping centre.' becomes 'At no time did we go to the shopping centre.'
'He didn't react at all.' becomes 'In no way did he react.'

2. Some negative or limiting adverbials require you to complete a whole clause before the inversion takes place.

‘I didn’t know what to do until I saw what had happened.’ becomes ‘Not until I saw what had happened did I know what to do.’

In this case, ‘Not until I saw what happened’ is the adverbial clause. The inversion takes place after this, in the main clause. This happens with 'Not +time' and 'Only + time'.   

Not + until / before + clause
Only + when / as / after / while / once + clause

Other examples are:

'Only when they met again did he tell her'
'Not before he admitted the truth did they let him go'
'Not since Paris had they seen such a beautiful sunrise.'
'Only now could he see how wonderful a car it was.'

3. Pay attention at

Hardly + when      ‘Hardly had he come home when his mother called him.’

No sooner + that    ‘No sooner had he left the house than the storm stroke.’

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/inversion.html

https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/course/towards-advanced/unit-25/tab/grammar

Which adverbial phrases can be used in a spoken English?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrypQ3FjDZw Inversions with Paul 16:38 Adverbials

Not since

Not since I was little have I had so much fun.

Not until

Not until he apologises will I speak to him again.

Nowhere

Nowhere she was did she feel at home.

At no time

At no time had I ever seen the film. (никогда)

In no way

In no way am I going to adopt any of his methods. (никоим образом)

On no account

On no account are you to repeat this to anyone. (ни при каких условиях)

Under no circumstances

Under no circumstances can we accept the offer.

Only after

Only after he updated his skills was he able to get a job.

Only when

Only when I have called him will I be able to think about anything else.

Only then

Only then did she realise what had happened.

Only …

Only in the last week has he started to feel better.

Only by

Only by patience and hard work will we find a solution.

Only if

Only if I see it my eyes will I believe.

Never

Never have I seen such a beautiful child.

Rarely

Rarely will you hear such beautiful music.

Seldom

Seldom did Pam read any of the books.

Hardly ever

Hardly ever does she come in time.

Hardly … when…

Hardly had she arrived when the party finished.

Scarcely … when

Scarcely had I got off the bus when it crashed into the back of a car.

Barely … when

Barely had they won the match when the coach had a heart attack.

No sooner … than

No sooner had she finished one project thanshe started working on the next.

Little

Little did she understand what the conversation was about.

Not only… but also

Not only did he exceed the speed limit, but he had alsoconsumed alcohol.

 

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