2013-2014学年湖南省蓝山二中高二英语教学教案：M8 U3《Grammar and usage》（牛津版）.docVIP

2013-2014学年湖南省蓝山二中高二英语教学教案：M8 U3《Grammar and usage》（牛津版） ◆ I am doing my homework. What are you doing? In the above sentences, the second sentence of each pair is a question. The order of the words in the sentences has been changed. This is called inversion. When we use inversion, we put the predicate or part of it before the subject, so the predicate is emphasized instead of the subject. Inversion can be used in many cases besides in a question. 2. The other cases where inversion can be used are as follows. When the sentence begins with a negative word or a negative phrase such as neither