CHUYÊN ĐỀ 16

ĐẢO NGỮ (INVERSIONS)

* PHẦN I: LÝ THUYẾT
Đảo ngữ: đảo vị trí thông thường của chủ ngữ và động từ để nhấn mạnh 1 phần nào đó

Auxiliary = ( trợ động từ/tobe/will/have,… giống như khi thành lập câu hỏi)

STT Dạng Đảo ngữ Công thức Ví dụ

1 Các cụm từ có + No/Not+ N + No money shall I lend you
No/ + At no time= never= under/in no from now on
not+auxiliary+S+Verb(inf) circumstances + Not any money shall I
+ By no means ( hoàn toàn không) lend you from now on
+On no condition + Not a tear did she shed
+On no occasion =On no account when the story ended in a
( dù bất cứ lí do gì cũng không) tragedy.
+For no reason ( k vì lí do gì) + Under no circumsstances is
+In no way ( k sao có thể) the money to be paid
+No longer ( k còn nữa) + At no time did he think
+In Vain . that he was a loser
+Not for one moment . + For no reason will you
+ No where ( k nơi nào, k ở đâu) play traunt
The money is not tobe paid
under any circumstances
= Under no circumsstances
is the money to be paid
On no condition shall we
accept their proposal
+ No sooner....+auxiliary+S+V...... +No sooner had I arrived
than..... home than the telephone rang
+ Hardly/ Bearly/ Scarely........ + Hardly had she put up her
When/ before umbrella before the rain
+ Not only ....+auxiliary+S+V......, becam down in torrents
but also….. +.Not only is he good at E
but he also draws very well
+ Not only does he sing

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 well but he also plays
musical instruments perfectly
2 Trạng từ phủ định+ Never - Never in mid-summer does
auxiliary+S+Verb(inf) Never before it snow.
Never in one’s life - Rarely do they
Never again - Hardly ever does he speak
Hiếm như, hầu như không Rarely in the public
- Nor do I
Seldom
Little
Hardly ever
Scarely ever
Neither
Nor
3 Đảo ngữ với only - Only with Only once did I meet her
Only once
+Auxiliary+S+Verb(inf

only in this way

only then
only later
only in , on ,at + N Only in the library do I
concentrate on studing
Only on the day you came
did I recognize I really
missed you
Only at my house am I
comfortable
- only after/ only when /if +S +Only after he had graduated
+BE/V / Ving/N, , did he start looking for a
Auxiliary+S+Verb(inf) job
 Only after having
graduated, did he
start looking for a jon
+ Only after all gests had
Only by+ving, gone home , could we relax

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 Auxiliary+S+Verb(inf) + Only if I knew you were
( chỉ bằng cách nào) there, would I come to the
party

+ Only by practicing E every

day, can you speak it
fluently
+ Only by learning from
books, can he get his job
done well

4 Đảo ngữ với so +So+ adj/ adv + auxiliary + S+V+ +So dark is it that I can't
+ adj/adv….that ( quá đến that clause write
nỗi mà) + so little +So busy am I that I don't
So few have time to look after
She is so beautiful that So much myself
everyone likes her at first So many +So attractive is she that
sight So + Adj/adv many boys run after her
 So beautiful is she
that ,…..
He ran so fast that nobody
could catch him
 So fast did he run
that….

I have so much money that I

don’t know what to do with
them

So much money do I have that

….
5 Đảo ngữ với such SUCH + be+ N+ clause Such was the force of the
storm that all the trees were
uproofed
That day was so hot that

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  So hot was that day…
It was such a hot day that I didn’t
want to go out at all
 Such was a hot day that I
didn’t want to go out
6. Inversions after As, Than
- S + V/BE + ……, As + Auxiliary+S+Verb(inf)
Eg. I am very worried about bullying in the school, as are a lot of the parents.
- S + V/BE + the comparative than + Auxiliary+S+Verb(inf)
Eg. The police in this area make more arrests than do officers in other parts of the country .
7 .Inversions with : not untill, adverbs of time
Not until/ till+ clause/ adv of time,
Not since + auxiliary+ S+ V(inf)

I won't come home till 10 o'clock

=Not until/ till o'clock that I will come home
= It is not until 10 o'clock that I will come
Ididn't know that I had lost my key till I got home
= Not until/ till I got home did I know that I had lost my key
Ex: It wasn’t until I was 10 years old tha I could ride a bike
 Not until I was 10 years old could I ride a bike
I didn’t finish my homework till 10 pm yesterday
Till 10 pm yesterday did I finish my homework
It +be+not until….that,,,,:maxi cho den tan khi…thi moi

8 .Inversions with “here and there”

- Here + Be/ Main V +N
There
Eg. Here comes the bus .
Here are the answers ,
There goes the bus .
BUT
Here he comes
There they arrive
**There are some idiomatic expressions with here and there
Here you are = This is for you .

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There
Here are you .
Here we are .
There you are .
9. Inversions with Adverb,adverb phrases of place
- Adverb,adverb phrases of place + MainV+ N
Eg:
Near the end of September came several bad storms – here are you
In the door stood her father
In the cave were found skulls of prehistoric men
At the head of our village stands an old pagoda
10. Inversions with prepositions
Down
in
from .+ Verbs of motion + S
over
up
away … .
Eg. Away went the runner
Note
Away they went
11. Inversions with conditional sentences
a,Type 1 : If clause = should+S+V
Eg. Should she come late she wil miss the train
should he lend me some money I will buy that house,
b,Type 2 :If clause= Were S +to V
Were+S +……..
If I were you I would work harder
=Were I you........
If I knew her I would invite her to the party
= Were I to know her.......
C, Type 3 : If clause = Had+S+PII
If my parents hadn't encouraged me, I would have taken pass exam
= Had my parents not encouraged me....
12 . Inversions with Adjectives and past participle
Eg.

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 Gone were the memorable days
13. Inversions with Adverb of Order ( first, second)
Eg . First came the ambulance
* PHẦN II: BÀI TẬP VẬN DỤNG

I.Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences

1. Never ______ me again.
A. will she love B. she loves C. she won’t love D. she will love
2. Not only ______ but she is also intelligent.
A. she is beautiful B. beautiful she is C. is she beautiful D. beautiful is she
3. No sooner _______ out than it rained.
A. did I go B. I went C. had I gone D. I had gone
4. Seldom ______ the guitar.
A. he plays B. does he play C. he doesn’t play D. he does play
5. Hardly _____ a word when her son came back.
A. couldn’t she say B. she could say C. she couldn’t say D. could she say
6. Often ______ a meeting.
A. do we have B. we do have C. have we D. we have
7. Many a time ______ he wants to marry me.
A. said he B. he said C. has he said D. he has said
8. Only at weekend _____ my kids to Water Park.
A. I don’t take B. do I take C. I take D. I do take
9. So old _____ that she couldn’t dance.
A. she wasn’t B. she was C. wasn’t she D. was she
10. ______ here yesterday, you would have met me.
A. Were you B. You were C. Had you been D. You had been
11. On the battle field _____.
A. the tanks did lie B. the tanks lay C. did the tanks lie D. lay the tanks
12. Nowhere ______ such cooperative staff.
A. you can find B. you found C. you could find D. can you find
13. Never before ______ in an earnest attempt to resolve their differences.
A. have the leaders of these two countries met
B. the leaders of these two countries have meet
C. have the leaders of these two countries meet
D. met the leaders of these two countries
14. Only by studying hard ______ this exam.

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 A. can you pass B. you can pass C. pass you can D. can pass you
15. Seldom ______ a newspaper.
A. buy Anna B. does Anna buy C. bought Anna D. Anna does buy
16. Not only _____ at the post office, ______ at the grocery store.
A. does Mary work / but she also works
B. works Mary / but she also works
C. does Mary work / but does she also work
D. works Mary / but does she also work
17. No sooner _________ the house than the phone started to ring.
A. had she entered B. she had entered C. entered she D. had entered she
18. Beside the roadside__________.
A. a horse stood B. does a horse stand
C. did a horse stand D. stood a horse
19. Only after they send you an application ________.
A. can you apply B. you can apply C. do you apply D. did you apply
20. At no time ______ greater opportunities.
A. did women had B. has women had C. does women have D. have women had
21. Not once ______ into her eyes.
A. he looked B. does he looked C. did he look D. looked he
22. On no account ______in the office be used for personal materials.
A. the photocopy machines B. should the photocopy machines
C. the photocopy machines should D. does the photocopy machines
23. Rarely _______ permission to return to homes contaminated during a toxic waste accident.
A. is people given B. do people given C. people given D. are people given
24. In front of the gate ______ the guard.
A. did B. does C. did stand D. stood
25. Only on rare occasions _______ to the theatre.
A. do they go B. they went C. go they D. went they
26. Only once a day ______ home.
A. does Mary leave B. left Mary
C. Mary leaves D. will Mary left
27. On the island _______ the only presentation of the Indian’ handicraft.
A. remains B. does it remain C. did it remain D. remain it
28. _______ an emergency arise, call 911.
A. Can B. Does C. Should D. Will
29. _______ has the work been so easy.

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 A. Never B. Only by C. when D. For
30. Little ______ what is in store for him.
A. he knows B. does he know C. knows he D. knew he
31. _______ the reservoir, the ancient village couldn’t have been discovered.
A. Had the drought not lowered B. If had the drought not lowered
C. The drought had not lowered D. Not had the drought lowered
32. Up ______ when it saw its master.
A. jumped the dog B. did the dog jump
C. the dog jumped D. does the dog jump
33. ______ have playing cards been used for card games but also for fortune- telling.
A. Not as much B. Not only C. But also D. Never
34. ______ he driving too fast, but recklessly as well.
A. Not only was B. Neither was C. Was not only D. Was either
35. Only once ______ late to school.
A. he came B. did he came C. came he D. did he come
36. Such ______ that he would stop at nothing.
A. his ambition was B. did his ambition
C. does his ambition D. was his ambition
37. Scarcely _______ the expense of new equipment ______ problem.
A. should / considered B. did / be considered
C. should / be considered D. was / be considered
38. Down_____ for three days last week.
A. the rain poured B. did the rain pour
C. poured the rain D. do the rain pour
39. ______ had the restaurant opened ______ people were flocking to eat there.
A. hardly / than B. no sooner / that C. no sooner / than D. hardly / that
40. Under the tree ______ full of food.
A. a basket was B. was a basket C. are a basket D. were a basket
II. Rewrite the sentences without changing their meanings
1. Her grief was so great that she almost fainted.
→ So…great was her grief that….
……………………………………………………………………….
2. He got down to writing the letter as soon as he returned from his walk.
→ No sooner……………………………………..…………………………..
3. She had hardly begun to speak before people started interrupting her.
→ Hardly……………………………………………………………………..

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 4. I only realized what I had missed when they told me about it later.
→ Only when they told me about it later , did I realized what I had
missed…………………………………………………………………
5. You won’t find a more dedicated worker anywhere than Mrs. John.
→ Nowhere………………………………………………………….………..
6. The outcome of the election was never in doubt.
→ At no time………………………………………………………………….
7. He forgot about the gun until he got home.
→ Not until…he got home, did he remember the
gun…………………………………………………………………
8. The only way you can become a good athlete is by training hard everyday.
→ Only by training hard everyday, can you become………………………………….
……………………………………
9. John didn’t celebrate until he received the offer of promotion in writing.
→ Not until John received the offer of promotion in writing, did john /he
celebrate…………………………………………………………..………
10. It was only when I left home that I realized how much my father meant to me.
→ Only when I left home , did
I realise………………………………………………….……………..
11. Alice and Charles did not decide to move to a bigger house until after the birth of their second
child.
→ Only when Ving/S+V Alice and Charles gave birth of their second child, did they decide
to move ……………………………………………………………..….
12. Just as she put the phone down, it rang again.
→ Scarcely ………………………………..…………………………….........
13. It isn’t worth considering his suggestion for a moment.
→ Not for a moment ……………………………………………………..…..
14. She was so disgusted at her behaviour that he severed all contract with her.
→ Sunb ch ……………………………………………………………..………..
15. If you had given it on time, you would have got a high mark.
→ Had ……………………………………………………………………..…
16. We stepped outside the front door, and it began to rain
→ No sooner ………………………………………...………………………..
17. The film had never before laid on such a sumptuous celebration.
→ Never ………………………………………………………………………
18. He is my friend as well as yours.

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 → Not only ……………………………………………………………………
19. As soon as they arrived on the beach, it started to rain.
→ Hardly …………………………………………………………..…………
20. He seldom gave his wife a present.
→ Seldom ……………………………………………………………..……...
KEY

III. Choose the best answer

1. Only when he started working with her, ____that she was intelligent.
A he had realized B did he realize C he did realized D he realized
2. ____worked outside the home as nowadays.
A Never so many women have B Never have so many women
C The women are not never D The women who have never
3. No longer____any pleasure to do this job.
A I do have B do I have C do have I D I have
4. John stops smoking.
A John does not smoke no longer B John smokes any longer
C No longer does John smoke D Any longer John smokes
5. Only when you grow up____the truth.
A you will know B will you know C you know D do you know
6. No sooner had he arrived home____he was called out again.
A when B and C than D but
7. ____had the restaurant opened____people were flocking to eat there .
A Hardly… than B No sooner..that C No sooner..than D hardly.. that
8. Down____for three days.
A the rain poured B did the rain pour C poured the rain D do the rain pour
9. Out ____the children when the bell rang.
A did the children run B ran the children C run the children D do the children run
10. Such____that he would stop at nothing.
A his ambition was B did his ambition C does his ambition D was his ambition
11. Only once____late to school.
A he came B did he came C came he D did he come
12. He no longer collects stamps as he used to. No longer____
A he collects stamps as he used to B does he collects stamps as he used to
C does he collect stamps as he used to D doesn’t he collect stamps as he used to it.
13. ____, all the matter is formed of molecules.

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A It doesn’t matter if the complex B It’s not a complex matter
C No matter how complex it is D How complex is not a matter
14. No more ____to worry about the future sources of energy.
A don’t we have B we don’t have C do we have D we do have
15. Hardly____asleep when the phone woke him up again.
A had the doctor fallen B did the doctor fall C the doctor fell D the doctor has fallen
16. Not until darkness fell____he hadn’t done half of his work.
A that he realized B did he realize C that he didn’t realize D didn’t he realize
17. Seldom____of Nancy Johnson as coloured.
A her classmates thought B thought her classmates
C her classmates did think D did her school classmates think
18. On the hill ____ a big pine tree.
A stands B stand C. does D. standing
19. Not once ____ into her eyes.
A he looked B does he looks C. did he look D. he was looking
20. Not until next year____ take place.
A the new tax change will B will the new tax change
C. the new tax changes D. they change the new tax
21.Not until a monkey is several years old …..…to exhibit signs of independence from its mother.
A. it begins B. does it begin C. and begin D. is it begin
22.………….. did Jerome accept the job.
A.Only because it was interesting work. B. Because it was an interesting work.
B.Only because it was interested work. D. The work was interesting.
23………..great was the destruction that the south took decades to recovered.
A. Very B. too C. Such D. So
24………….….when the Charges found themselves 7-0 down.
A. Hardly had the games begun B. Hardly the games had begun
C. The games had hardly begun D. Hardly had begun the games
25.Not until the fist land plants developed………………..
A. land animals appeared B. did land animals appear
C. would land animals appear D. the land animals appeared
26.Not until it was too late ………………. I call Susan.
A. I remembered B. did I remember C. did I remembered D. I did remember
27 .Never before …………………. Such a wonderful child.
A. I have seen B. I had seen C. I saw D. have I seen
28. Hardly had we settle down in our seats …………….. the lights went out.

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A. than B. when C. then D. after
29. Only after checking three times …………certain of the answer. Jim promised that never would he tell
anyone else.
A. I was B. was I C. were I D. I were
30. Only when he is here, ……………..
A. he speaks English B. does he speak English
C. he can speak English D. he does speak English
31. Never ______ me again.
A. will she love B. she loves
C. she won’t love D. she will love
32. Not only ______ but she is also intelligent.
A. she is beautiful B. beautiful she is
C. is she beautiful D. beautiful is she
33. No sooner _______ out than it rained.
A. did I go B. I went
C. had I gone D. I had gone
34. Seldom ______ the guitar.
A. he plays B. does he play
C. he doesn’t play D. he does play
35. Hardly _____ a word when her son came back.
A. couldn’t she say B. she could say
C. she couldn’t say D. could she say
36. Often ______ a meeting.
A. do we have B. we do have
C. have we D. we have
37. Many a time ______ he wants to marry me.
A. said he B. he said
C. has he said D. he has said
38. Only at weekend _____ my kids to Water Park.
A. I don’t take B. do I take
C. I take D. I do take
39. So old _____ that she couldn’t dance.
A. she wasn’t B. she was
C. wasn’t she D. was she
40. ______ here yesterday, you would have met me.
A. Were you B. You were

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C. Had you been D. You had been
41. On the battle field _____.
A. the tanks did lie B. the tanks lay
C. did the tanks lie D. lay the tanks
42. Nowhere ______ such cooperative staff.
A. you can find B. you found
C. you could find D. can you find
43. Never before ______ in an earnest attempt to resolve their differences.
A. have the leaders of these two countries met
B. the leaders of these two countries have meet
C. have the leaders of these two countries meet
D. met the leaders of these two countries
44. Only by studying hard ______ this exam.
A. can you pass B. you can pass
C. pass you can D. can pass you
45. Seldom ______ a newspaper.
A. buy Anna B. does Anna buy
C. bought Anna D. Anna does buy
46.Out _______ from its tiny cage.
A. does the bird fly B. fly the bird
C. did the bird fly D. flew the bird
47. It was …….a victory that even Smith’s fans couldn’t believe it .
A.such surprising B.too surprising
C.so surprising D. surprising enough
48. Such _______ that we all felt numb.
A. a cold weather was B. was a cold weather
C. cold the weather D. was cold weather
49. that he felt he didn’t need to revise any more.
A. So confident was that arrogant student of passing
B. Such was the confidence of that arrogant student on passing.
C. So confident in passing was that arrogant student.
D. Such confidence in passing did that arrogant student have.
50. .Not until …….himself seriously ill.
A.he had completed the task did he find.B.had he completed the task did he find.
C.had he completed the task he found. D. did he completed the task he had found.

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51. No longer ……… to do all her housework with her husband because our family now owns some
new labour-saving devices.
A. my mother has B. has my mother C. does my mother has D. does my mother have
52. ………the story he read last night .
A. interesting is . B. is interesting .
C. were interesting . D. interesting were .
53. Rarely ……... out after 9.00.
A. does my sister go B. did my sister go C. my sister goes D. my sister does go
54. She had only just put the telephone down when the boss rang.
A. She put the telephone down and the boss rang.
B. Hardly had she put the telephone down when the boss rang.
C. The boss rang back, but she put the telephone down.
D. She had put the telephone down, so she let it ring when the boss rang.
55. No sooner ………than the boss came in.
A. he had left B. had he left C. he was leaving D. was he leaving
56. Not only ……… to take the medicine, but he also hit the nurse.
A. he refused B. does he refuse C. he was refused D. did he refuse
57. As soon as he waved his hand, she turned away.
A. He saw her turn away and he waved his hand. B.He waved his hand and at once she turned away.
C.She turned away because he waved his hand. D.No sooner had he waved his hand than she turned
away.
58. Here ….
A. he come B. does he come C. comes the bus D.the bus comes
59. No longer ……… them to go to the music club.
A. their parents allow B. does their parents allow C. do their parents allow D. has their parents
allow
60. Second ………..
A. came the bus B.did the bus come C. come the bus D.does the bus come
61. So surprised at the news ……… that he couldn’t say anything.
A. did he become B. he became C. does he become D. did he became
62. Not only ……… shade and beauty, but they also reduce carbon dioxide.
A. trees provide B. provide trees C. do trees provide D. trees do
provide
63. Under no circumstances ………………….in his story
A.do we believe B. we do believe C. we believe D. we believed
64. For no reason ……a lie to her.

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 A. had I tell B. that I told C. did I tell D. I did tell
65. Only by booking in advance ……… stay ion the room you like.
A. can you B. you can C. you will D. you
66. In no time ……… know the result of the recognition.
A. the public will B. will the public C. the public D. does the public
67. ……… in medicine relieve distress but they also prevent and cure illness.
A. Do computers B. computers C. Computers not only D. Not only do computers
68. ……… reptiles hunt at temperatures of 120C or below.
A. Seldom do B. Do seldom C. Do D. Seldom
69. ……… continental crust older than 200 million years.
A. It is nowhere the B. Nowhere is the C. Is nowhere the D. Is the nowhere
70. Not only ……… in the field of psychology but animal behavior is examined as well.
A. human behavior is studied B. is human behavior studied
C. is studied human behavior D. human behavior
71. We didn't have them repaired. ……… .
A. Nor we know who did it B. Nor we had idea who did it
C. Nor did we know who did it D. We do not know who did it, either
72. Everyone started complaining the moment the announcement was made.
A. No sooner did everyone start complaining than the announcement was made.
B. As soon as the announcement made, everyone started complaining.
C. No sooner had the announcement been made, everyone started complaining.
D. Everyone started complaining that the announcement was made.
73. The worker only called off the strike after a new pay offer.
A. Not until a new pay was offered, the workers called off the strike.
B. The worker called off the strike only when a new pay offer.
C. A new pay was offered, which made the strike call off.
D. Not until a new pay was offered did the workers call off the strike.
74. My uncle didn't recognize me until I spoke.
A. My uncle recognized me not until I spoke B. Not until I spoke did my uncle not recognize me.
C. Not until I spoke did my uncle recognize me. D. Only when my uncle recognized me did I speak.
75. As soon as he arrived at the airport, he called home.
A. He arrived at the airport sooner than he had expected.
B. No sooner had he arrived at the airport than he called home.
C. Calling home, he said that he had arrived at the airport.
D. He arrived at the airport and called me to take him home.
76. Helen wrote a novel and made a cowboy film.

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 A. Helen wrote not only a novel but also made a cowboy film.
B. Helen both wrote a novel as well as made a cowboy film.
C. Helen either wrote a novel or made a cowboy film.
D. Not only did Helen write a novel but she also made a cowboy film.
77. Not until I met Jack did I get some news about you.
A. I didn't get any news about you until I met Jack. B. Jack shouldn't have told me news about you.
C. Until I met Jack I got some news about you. D. As soon as I got news about you, I met Jack.
78. It is rare that my sister goes to the cinema.
A. My sister is rare of going to the cinema. B. Rarely does my sister go to the cinema.
C. That my sister goes to the cinema rarely. D. Going to the cinema is rare to my sister.
79. Soon after they sold their house, they were offered a better price for it.
A. No sooner they sold their house were they offered a better price for it.
B. They were offered a better price for their house, and they sold it.
C. They had no sooner sold their house than they were offered a better price for it.
D. No sooner had they sold their house and they were offered a better price for it.
80. It was only when I left home that I realized the meaning of "family".
A. I realized the meaning of "family" before I left home.
B. Only when I left home I realized the meaning of "family".
C. Not until I left home did I realize the meaning of "family".
D. I didn't leave home until I realized the meaning of "family".

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