INVERSION Inversion we sometimes put a verb or verb phrase in front of the subject after adverbs of place, time We put

t an auxiliary (do, have should, can etc.) before the subject in statements; the rest of the verb phrase follows the subject: Never Hardly Barely Only [Only no inversion] [Only + time expression] Never have I seen such a nervous person. Hardly had I arrived when Suzi collared me. (dorwa) Barely had we crept any closer to our target. (podkra si) Only later did he managed to get permission. Only with a great effort was he able to escape. Only in this way could the Prime Minister win the elections.

After only +, we use inversion in the main clause: Only after Only by Only if Only when Not since Not till/untill No soonerthan (in) No way Under no circumstances At no time On no account Not only [not + time expression] Neither, nor After fronted comparisons (so, such, also) Only after they had finished painting did they move into. Only by shouting did they manage to draw our attention. Only if you come will you see the changes. Only when you see him will you realise how much he has suffered. Not since the sixties has a pop group won such acclaim. Not till we come back will he finish his work. No sooner had he been promoted than he started behaving arrogantly. No way am I going to wear that! (informal) Under no circumstances will Edna leave the house. At no time is he available this week. On no account will she tell lies. (w adnym wypadku, pod adnym pozorem, w adnym razie) Not only was he cheeky but also arrogant. I don`t feel like going to work today. Neither do I. We couldn`t face the customers and nor could the boss. The captain is refusing to play under these conditions and so is the rest of the team. So intense was the heat (that) the firefighters were unable to put it down. Such is the fate of all children in this town.

After only + noun and expressions such as no doubt there is no inversion: Only members can park here. No doubt he will give us a key. After adverbs of place There goes the bus (but there it goes) Here is your pen (but here it is) Negative questions Haven`t you called your boss? Why don`t you tell me about your new boyfriend? Wasn`t she present at the meeting? Whatever have you done to your hair? It looks terrible. However did they manage to get that ship in the bottle? What else did she say? Should you go out, leave the key under the mat (if you should go out type 1) Were I you, I would apologise. (if I were type 2) Had he been invited, he would have come (if he had been invited type 3)

Expressing emotions with questions Conditional sentences