倒装可分为完全倒装、部分倒装和其他倒装。
一．完全倒装：将谓语动词直接提到主语前 。常见情况有：
1． 以here, there 或out , in, up, down, away等词开头的句子里以示强调。
There goes the bell.
Here comes the bus.
Out rushed the children.
Away went the boy.
注意：但主语是人称代词时，主语语序不变。
Here it is.
Away he went.
2．地点状语放句首
South of the river lies a small factory.
From the valley came a frightening sound.
3. such, the following 放句首时
Such are the facts. Such is life.
The following is the answer to the question.
e be/stand/live/exist +n.
There stands a big tree in front of the house.
二．部分倒装：将情动、助动、系动提到主语前。常见情况有：
1． Only修饰的副词，介词短语或状语从句放在句首时。
Only then did I realize that I was wrong.
Only in this way can you learn from your mistakes
Only when the war was over in 1918 was he able to get happily back to work.
注意：下面情况不倒装：
Only the teachers are allowed to use this room.
Only five men were hurt in the accident.
2.含有否定意义的副词或连词， 如：hardly, never, not, not only, little , neither…nor…, not until…,no sooner…than…, hardly/scarcely…when…, seldom (Often), by no means等放在句首时。
Never shall I forget it.
Never before have I seen such a film.
Not a single mistake did he make. (他一点错也没出 )
Hardly had I reached the bus stop when the bus started
Not only was everything he had taken away from him, but also his German citizenship.
Nowhere in the world can there be such a quiet and beautiful place.
Little does he care about what others think.
Often did we warn them not to do so.
By no means will this method be satisfactory.
3.把副词 so/neither/nor 放在句首，表示前面所说的情况，也适合于另一人或物。 肯定句用so,否定句用neither/nor, 句式如下：
So + be ( have, 助动词或情态动词) + 主语。
否定形式： neither (nor) + be ( have, 助动词或情态动词) + 主语。
He likes rice very well. So do I.
I have never been there, and neither has he.
4. 表祝愿。
May you succeed!
Long live our friendship!
5. 省略if 时，将had, should, were 提到主语前
Had I known it, I wouldn’t have done it.
Should it rain tomorrow, we would not go climbing.
Were I at school again, I would study harder.
三．其他倒装。
1． 表语置于句首时，倒装结构为 “表语 + 连系动词 + 主语”
Present at the party were Mr green and many other guests.
Seated on the ground are a group of young men.
Gone are the days when we used the “foreign oil”.
So frightened was he that he didn’t dear to move.
So loudly do the students read their lessons that people can hear them out in the street.
2. as: 尽管 句式：（1） 表语/状语+ as + 主语+ 系动/实动，主句。
（2）动原 +as + 主语+ will/may ， 主句。
Child as he is, he knows much English. (表语为名词时省冠词)
Much as he loves his son, he is strict with him.
Try as he might, he failed again.
3. No matter how/However + adj./adv.+主语+ 谓语， 主句。
However/No matter how late it is, she often waits for him.
四．巩固练习
1. ______ to rain tomorrow , they would put off the meeting.
A. If it should B. If were it C. Should it D. were it
2. ______ got into the room ______ the telephone rang.
A. No sooner had he, when B. He hardly had, then
C. Hardly had he, when D. He hardly had, then
3. ______ find out what had happened.
A. Until he woke up did he B. Until he woke up to
C. Not until did he wake up he D. Not until he woke up did he .
4. Little ______ about his own health though he was very ill.
A. he cared B. he cares C. does he care D. did he care
5. Early in the day ______ the news ______ the enemy were gone.
A. come, that B. came , that C. comes ,that D. came , what
6. Not only ______ strict with us, but also ______ for us.
A. was the teacher ; did he care B. was the teacher ; he cared
C. the teacher was ; did he care D. the teacher was ; did he care
7. ______, he knows a lot of English .
A. Child as he is B. As he is a Child
C. A child as he is D. Child though he was
8. ______ the cat , she has to give it to the neighbor.
A. As she likes much B. As she much likes
C. Much as she likes D. As much she likes
9. Be quick! ______.
A. Here comes the bus B. The bus here comes
C. The bus come here D. Here the bus comes
10. If you want to go there, ______.
A. so will I B. so I will C. I will so D. so do I
11. In front of the farmhouse ______.
A. does a small boy sit B. did a small boy sit
C. sit a small boy D. sat a small boy
12. Scarcely ______ down when ______ a knock at the door.
A. had he sat ; did he hear B. he had sat ; did he hear
C. he had sat ; he heard D. had he sat ; he heard
13. Here ______. A. does he come B. he comes C, comes he D. he come
14. Only ______ that.
A. can a doctor do B. a doctor can do C. can do a doctor D. can a doctor does
15. Not even once ______ a lie.
A. has Mike told B. Mike has told C. had Mike told D. Mike had told
16. Up ______ into the air.
A. went the arrow B. the arrow went C. did the arrow go D. does the arrow go
17. Not for a moment ______ what he said.
A. I believed B. did I believe C. I would believe D. I believe
18. Under the big tree ______ of seven years old.
A. sat a little girl B. did a little girl sat C. a little girl D. a little girl sat
19. In ______ and the students stood up.
A. the teacher comes B. the teacher coming
C. came the teacher D. did the teacher come
20. No sooner ______ begun to speak than I realized that something was wrong.
A. he has B. he had C. had he D. did he
21. Nowhere else in the world ______ a place so beautiful.
A. you can find B . find you C. can you find D. do you find
22. "Your ticket, Please?" " ______."
A. Here you are B. Here are you C. You are here D. I give you it
23. Hardly ______ the house, when he was caught.
A. the thief had entered B. entered the thief
C. had the thief entered D. was the thief entering
24. Seldom ______ late ______ the meeting room.
A. does he come; to B. comes he; for C. does he; for D. comes he; to
25. Never before ______ such a good film ______ "007."
A. have I seen ; as B. I have seen; like C. had I seen; like D. I have seen; as
26. The girl likes singing and dancing. ______.
A. So she does B. So is she C. So am I D. So she can
27. Never ______ early in the morning.
A. he gets up . B. gets up he C. does he get up D. up he gets
28. So loudly ______ that every people in the next room could hear him.
A. did he speak B. he spoke C. did speak he D. he speaks
29. On the river bank, ______ where he once lived.
A. stand a house B. a house stand C. does a house stand D. stands a house
30. I won't go, ______.
A. any of my classmates will go nor . B. nor will not any of my classmates
C. nor will any of my classmates D. nor do any of my classmates
31. Only in a socialist country ______ the people's interests.
A. science can serve B. does science can serve
C. can science serve D. can serve science for
32. Rarely ______ a bike like that nowadays.
A. we see B. see we C. do see we D. do we see
33. No longer ______ to be a member of this club.
A. is he fit B. he is fit C. he fit D. fit he
34. Little ______ that the police are about to arrest him.
A. do he know B. does he know C. he knows D. he know
35. ___from the hill.
A. Down ran the child B. Ran down the child C. Down ran he. D. The child down ran.
36. So funny did he look ____everyone stared at him.
A. and B. at that C. that D. so that
37. ____ I like it, I'll not buy it A. As much B. As C. Much as D. As much as
38. Try as they would, ___ find nothing.
A. could they B. they C. they could D. can they
39. Brave ___ he is, he trembled at the sight of a snake.
A. man as B. man though C. a man though D. a man as
40. Out ____, gun in hand A. he rushed B. rushed he C. did he rush D. did rush he
's not been to London. .
A. Ben isn't either B. Neither is Ben C. Nor Ben has D. Neither has Ben
doctor asked Charlie to breathe deeply. .
A. Charlie does so B. Charlie did so C. So does Charlie D. So did Charlie
43. ,he does not know the answer.
A. As Mr. Smith is a teacher B. As Mr. Smith is teacher
C.A teacher as Mr. Smith is D. Teacher as Mr. Smith is
44. so busy, I should go with you.
A. Were I not B. Was I not C. If I am not D.I were not
45. happy.
A. You may be B. May you be C. Be you may D. May be you
students have learned a lot from the workers and .
A. so the teachers have B. have the teachers so
C. so have the teachers D. have so the teachers
五、选择翻译正确的句子
47.直到天黑了那些孩子们才意识到太晚回不了家了。
A. Not until dark did the boys realize it was too late to return home.
B. Not until dark the boys realized it was too late to return home.
C. Until dark the boys realized it was too late to return home.
48.直到她摘下了墨镜,我才看出来她是著名影星。
A. It was not until did she take off her dark glasses that did I realize she was a famous film star.
B. It was not until she took off her dark glasses that did I realize she was a famous film star.
C. Not until she took off her dark glasses did I realize she was a famous film star.
49.我刚合上眼,电话铃就响了。
A. Hardly had I closed my eyes than the phone rang.
B. No sooner I had closed my eyes than the phone rang.
C. No sooner had I closed my eyes than the phone rang.
50.虽然她是一个妇女,但她能做那件事。
A.A woman as she is, she is able to do that.
B. Woman as she is, she is able to do that.
C. As she is a woman, she is able to do that.
A. As he tried hard, he did not pass the examination.
B. Hard although he tried, he did not pass the examination.
C. Hard as he tried, he did not pass the examination.
52.我不但去过杭州市,而且我在那儿度过了我的童年。
A. Not only have I been to the city of Hangzhou, but(also) I spent my childhood there.
B. Not only I have been to the city of HangZhou, but(also) did I spend my childhood there.
C. Not only I have been to the city of HangZhou, but(also) I spent my childhood there.
53.只有下课了,他才能和他的朋友们一起踢足球。
A. Only when the class was over was he able to play football with his friends.
B. Only when the class was over he was able to play football with his friends.
C. Only when was the class over he was able to play football with his friends.
54.他是一个美国人,不会说汉语.他的妻子也是美国人,她也不会说汉语。
A. He is American and he can't speak Chinese. So is his wife.
B. He is American and he can't speak Chinese. So it is with his wife.
C. He is American and he can't speak Chinese Neither can his wife.
55.“你喜欢唱歌。” “我确实喜欢。”
A.“You like singing.” “So I do.”
B.“You like singing.” “So do I.”
C.“You like singing.” “I do so.”
56.只有他会说日语。
A. Only he can speak Japanese.
B. Only can he speak Japanese.
C. Only can speak he Japanese.
六．参考答案：
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