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Inversion - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Hardly / Barely / Scarcely + (had + S + Vp2) + when / before + (S +
        Vp1)
        
        Hardly had I arrived home when my phone rang.
        
        Scarcely had she finished reading when she fell asleep.
        
        Barely had they won the match when the coach had a heart attack.
      - No sooner + (had + S + Vp2) + than + (S + Vp1)
        
        No sooner had the company launched its new product than it went
        bankrupt.
  - - - Not only was it raining all day at the wedding but also the band was
        late.
      - Not only will they paint the outside of the house but also the inside.
      - Not only did she forget my birthday, but she also didn’t even apologise
        for forgetting it.
  - - - So strong was the wind that we couldn't open the window. (The wind was so
        strong that we couldn't open the window.)
    - - So quickly did he run that the others couldn't catch up with him. (He ran
        so quickly that the others couldn't catch up with him.)
    - - Such was the wind that we couldn't open the window
  - - - Adj/Adv + as/though + (Subject + Verb), (Subject + Verb)
        
        Though he was clever, he could not solve the puzzle.
        => Clever as he was, he could not solve the puzzle.
        
        Strong as he was he could beat his opponent. = Though he was strong
        he could not beat his opponent.
        
        Cold as it was, we went out. = Though it was cold, we went out.
        
        Tired as he was, he went on working. = Though he was tired he went on
        working.
      - However + Adj/Adv + (Subject + Verb), (Subject + Verb)
        
        However hungry I am, I 'm never able to finish a whole pizza.
      - No matter how + Adj/Adv + (Subject + Verb), (Subject + Verb)
        
        No matter how nice she was, she sometimes lost her temper
  - - - I like coffee and he does, too. (= normal word order)
        I like coffee and so does he. (= inversion)
    - - They weren't hungry, and neither were they thirsty. (= inversion)
        They weren't hungry and neither was I. (= inversion)
    - - Hokming cannot speak Portugese, and Jose cannot speak
        Cantonese, too. (= normal word order)
        Hokming cannot speak Portugese, nor Jose cannot speak
        Cantonese. (= inversion)
- - - - Never [AUX]have [S]we witnessed such cruel behaviour by one child to
        another. (or We have never witnessed …)
      - Seldom does one hear a politician say ‘sorry’. (or One seldom hears …)
      - Little did they know about me.
      - Scarcely do they go to a tour.
      - Rarely do we see gypsies.
      - Hardly ever do they talk to each other.
    - - "No" phrase + Auxiliary/modal verb + Subject + Main Verb
        
        In no way do I agree with what you're saying.
        
        On no account should you do anything without asking me first.
        
        Nowhere have I ever had such bad service.
        
        In/Under no circumstance will I betray my own country.
        
        At no time/point/stage was the result of the match in doubt
    - - (Not + phrase/clause) + Auxiliary/modal verb + Subject + Main Verb
        
        Not for a moment did I think I would be offered the job.
        
        Not till/until I got home did I realise my wallet was missing.
    - - (Only + phrase/clause) + Auxiliary/modal verb + Subject + Main Verb
        
        Only + phrase/clause
        
        Only if they come would I go
        
        Only by researching can you solve this problem.
        
        Only after lunch can you play.
        
        Only when we'd all arrived home did I feel calm.
        
        Only + Auxiliary/modal verb + Subject + Main Verb
        
        Only later did she really think about the situation.
        
        Only in this way could John earn enough money to survive.
- - - - Off they went on a hunting spree.
      - Down he fell from his horse.
      - Up we went to the twenty-first floor.
      - Out they came from their dirty hiding place.
    - - Off went the soldiers with the prisoners and booty. (NOT Off the
        soldiers went with the prisoners …)