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Inversion of subject and verb
In English, the usual order of words in a sentence is subject + verb + object. Sometimes certain adverbs come at the beginning of the sentence. This order is then inverted and the verb comes before the subject.
Chapter 22
Inversion of Verb and Adverb
Inversion of Verb and Adverb ?
: inversion of Verb and Adverb
(Question) (emphasis)”
– 1) (Helping Verb or Auxiliary Verb)
Is he in the office ?
Can I go in now ?
Have they finished their work ?
Will he come here every day?
Must she clean the house ?
Helping Verb Inversion Verb to do
Finite Verb Inversion
: He reads the Thai Rath Newspaper
: Does he read the Thai Rath Newspaper ?
: Reads he the Thai Rath Newspaper ?
: Somsak came from Chiengmai yesterday.
Did Somsak come from Chiengmai yesterday?
Came Somsak from Chiangmai yesterday?
2) Inversion
2.1) so +
Rose can swim well and so can Billy.
Det likes tennis and so does Anong.
You can come in my car and so can your dog.
Daeng will help you and so will Ladda. (Page 461)
2.2)
neither
nor
He didn’t work hard and neither did she.
You haven’t much time and neither or nor) have I.
John doesn’t like basketball and neither does Mary.
You can’t speak Spanish and nor can I.
neither (or nor) +
2.3
: but 4
You can’t speak Chinese, but I can.
He does not stop smoking, but I do.
I didn’t sleep last night, but you did.
Sak won’t come here, but Anong will.
B : but + n’t
: My sister likes to go to Bangsaen, but I don’t.
Thanin can sing sweetly, but you can’t
Kitti drank water, but Somchai didn’t.
24).
Oh, +
A “I’ve lost my camera.”
B : “Oh, you have, have you ? (Page 462)
A: “I didn’t visit my uncle yesterday
B : “Oh, you didn’t, didn’t you
“I don’t like you.”
“Oh, you don’t, don’t you.”
“to +.”
A: “Look. You’ve broken your umbrella
So I have.” (Oh, I have, have I ?)
2.5 Question Tag
A . n’t
He gets up in early morning, doesn’t he ?
She is always ill, isn’t she ?
You should go to school every day, shouldn’t you?
His mother can’t drive a car, can she?
Thai women don’t smoke cigarettes, do they?
Mana didn’t sleep here last night, did he?
3) Adverb (negative adverb) Inversion
Adverb
(emphasis)
(Inversion) =Adverb +
Adverb inversion
never, seldom, rarely, scarcely, hardly, at no time, in no way, no sooner, not often,
nowhere else, only, little, by no means. (Page 463)
Never has such a thing happened before.
Such a thing has happened before.
No sooner had the doctor arrived than the man died
The doctor had no sooner arrived than the man died.)
Rarely does he go to work late.
(-He rarely work late.)
– He rarely goes to work late)
Seldom do we go to school late.
We seldom go to school late.)
Only in the country can one get really fresh vegetable
(In the country one can only get really fresh vegetable.
Nowhere else does she go next Sunday
(She goes nowhere else next Sunday)
Scarcely have I visited my grandfather in Bangkok.
(I have scarcely visited my grandfather in Bangkok.)
inversion Verb to do
4) (Conditional Sentence)
(Inversion)
Should you be late once again, you’ll lose your job.
(If you should be late once again, you’ll lose your job.)
Had the manager been kinder to his employees, there wouldn’t have been several retirals from the firm.
= If the manager had been kinder……from the firm)
Were it not for the expense involved, I would go to Chiang Mai by air.
(= If it were not for the expense…………… by air.) (Page 464)
5) there, here. inside the room,
Before them, outside the temple etc. (Inversion)
Here comes the taxi.
There goes your money
Inside the room were a lot of furniture.
Before them lay a beautiful diamond ring.
(Concession)
(Inversion)
Adverb as ls noun Although Clause
Much as I like him, I won’t go anywhere with him.
(= Although I like him much, I won’t go anywhere with him.)
Much as they worked hard, they never complained
(Although they worked hard, they never complained.)
7) Direct Speech
(Inversion)
“This is not what I told you to do”, shouted his boss
“Right, Ayutthaya used to be the capital of Thailand before,” said he.
Choose the best answer for each of the following sentences.
1. So badly…………………..in the accident that he was admitted in hospital.
a. he was injured
b. did he injure
c. was he injured
d. were he to injure
2. Scarcely…………………. his election address when the assassins shot him down.
a. has he finished
b. was finished by him
c. he had finished
- had he finished3. She can’t speak Chinese.
a. so can’t her sister - neither her sister can (Page 465)
- Nor can her sister
- neither does her sister
- ……………………………earlier, he could have more time to have breakfast.
- Were he to come
- Did he come
- Come he to be
d. He were to come5………………………it that he was awarded a prize
a. So he did well do
b. So well did he do
c. Did he do so well
d. Well so did he do
6………………………..with whom we are familiar.
a: Here the scientists come
b. Come the scientists here
c. The scientists come here
d. Here come the scientists
7. …………….than the trouble began.
a. Had he no sooner arrived
b. Had arrived he no sooner
c. No sooner he had arrived
d. No sooner had he arrived
8. Mary has never been to Spain, and…………………a. I have neither
b. neither have I
c. neither I have
d. I neither have
9 “Carlo said he would go to Switzerland.”
“………………………………………” - Is that so?
b. Really so - Yes, he said so
- He did say, didn’t he?
10………….. happened before.a. Never has such a thing
c. Such a thing has never
b. Has never sush a thing
d. A thing has never (Page 466)