Broad inversions

MMS-4c1: Connect the definition (1. Adverb) with the example sentences (B. He ran quickly...) 

For example: 

• 1.Adverbs explain when, where or how actions occur ➜ B. He ran quickly.

• 2. Adjectives provide information or attributes of a noun ➜ A.  The table is green.

3. Understanding a situation

4. Not understanding a situation

5. A unique situation

6. A short amount of time

7. A unique situation

C. Never have I been more insulted!

D. Only when she told him did he know.

E. Rarely has someone been so wrong as you.

F. Little was I aware that she was home. 

G. No sooner had I gotten my receipt than I realized thatI had paid for everyone’s food.

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MMS-4c2: Make at least four (4) sentences using inversions. 

Focus on describing:

1. a unique situation

2. a short amount of time

3. understanding a situation

4. not understanding a situation

Inversions summary - improve formality and drama

• Move a negative or limiting adverb to the beginning of the sentence

• Add an auxiliary (helping) verb 

• If necessary, change the tense of the verb 

• Add a subject

Use these adverbs when you want to express:

• a unique situation ➜ never, rarely, and seldom

• a short amount of time or almost not ➜ hardly, barely, no sooner, scarcely

• understanding a situation ➜ only when, only then or only as soon as

• not understanding a situation ➜ little

For example:

• I rarely watch tv ➜ Rarely do I watch tv (note: we had to add the helping verb “do”)

• She had hardly sat down to eat dinner when there was a knock at the door ➜ Hardly had she sat down to eat dinner when there was a knock on the door