2015-2016学年译林版选修八Unit3Theworldofcoloursandlightgrammar教案.doc

◆ 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, nor, never, not, at no time, seldom, hardly. Please change the following sentences into inversion 1) I can’t swim; he can’t swim either I can’t swim; neither can he. 2) I shall never forget the day when I met Mr Wang in the countryside. Never shall I forget the day when I met Mr Wang in the countryside. 3) Smoking is at no time permitted in the meeting room At no time is smoking permitted in the meeting room. 4) He had hardly got into the room when the telephone rang. Hardly had he got into the room when the telephone rang. When the sentence begins with only and so/such 1) You will be able to master the language only by practising a few hours every day. Only by practising a few hours every day, will you be able to master the language. 2) She is so beautiful that we all like her. So beautiful is she that we all like her. 3) She is such a beautiful girl that we all like her. Such a beautiful girl is she that we all like her. Note: Inversion should not be used when only modifies the subject. When the sentence begins with direct speech or part of it “I’ll come back in three days,” said Tom. When the subject is too long Present at the meeting were many important persons. When the sentence begins with here, there, in, out, up, down, on, etc. Here is an apple for you. There goes the bell. There are many students in our school. Note: If the subject is a pronoun, we can not use inversion. Inversion can also be used in formal language to talk a