倒装句使用情况:
1. 在以here,there,up,in,out,away,off等表示方位的副词开头的句子里, 主语是名词时,句子要用倒装,以示强调;但主语是代词时,主谓不倒装。如:
Away flew the birds.
Out rushed the children.
There goes the bell.
2. 以only修饰的副词、介词短语或状语从句(自身不倒装)位于句首时,常用倒装句。如:
Only when the war was over in 1949 was he able to go to school.
Only in a big city was it possible for him to buy a wheelchair.
Only after I read the text over again did I know its main idea..
3. 在so(肯定句),neither和nor(否定句)引起的句子中, 表示上文所讲的某种情况“也”适合于下文的另一人物时, 用倒装。如:
Lucy likes China. So does Lily.
Tom doesn’t like bananas. Neither/Nor do I.
【注意】如果so不是表示“也”的意思,而是表示“的确”、“果真如此”时,即使它位于句子开头也不用倒装的形式;
另外,如果在讲前面的某种情况时既含有动作动词又含有be动词,(或者前面所讲的情况既有肯定又有否定或者两个主语既有人又有物),再讲后面的另一人物“也”是这样时,要用so的特殊句型, 但还是用正常语序。如:
John won first prize in the contest. So he did.
She is a good girl and she likes English very much. So it is with Han Mei.
Lucy is an American, she doesn’t like Chinese tea. So it is with Lily.
4. 在so…that(如此…以至于)句型中,如果so连同状语一起位于句首时,也用倒装形式。如:
So tired was he after a long journey that he couldn’t stay up.
5. 在as以引导的让步状语从句中,谓语动词以后的部分倒装(提到as之前)。如:
Young(Child)as he is,he knows a lot about computer.
【注意】在as引导的这种倒装的让步状语从句中,被倒装的部分一般分为三种:
表语、状语和动词原形。如果表语是不带定语的单数可数名词,前边的a(an)要省去;
被倒装的动词原形常与may、might、will、would等词连用,而这些词都要保留在原来的位置上。
此外,这个倒装在句首的动词原形不能是连系动词(若是连系动词,倒装的部分是表语),一般多为不及物动词。再看另外的两个例句:
Much as I hate him, I will not kill him.
Try as he might, Tom could not find a job.
6. 表示否定意义的副词或连词位于句首时,要用倒装。常见的这类词语有:
not、never、seldom、rarely、hardly、by no means、in no time、little等。如:
Never shall I forget the day.
Little did I know when I took the trip where it would lead me.
By no means shall we understand you.
7. 省略if的倒装
在if引导的虚拟语气中,谓语动词有were、had或should等时,可以将if省掉,把这些词语移到主语之前。如:
Were I you(=If I were you), I would do thework better.
Had they time (=If they had time) ,they should certainly come and help us.
Should there be a flood (=If there should be a flood), what should we do?
8. such表示“这样的人/事”时, (系动词往往是be动词),当such位于句首时,就要用倒装。如:Such would be our home in the future.
Such was Albert Einstein, a simple man and the 20th century’s greatest scientist.
9. 几个否定关联词组连接的两并列分句
①. not only…but(also)…连接的分句前倒后正。如:Not only was the city polluted but (also) the streets were crowed.
②. no sooner... than;hardly…when…; scarcely…when (before)…等连接的分句前倒后正。如:
No sooner had he finished the talk than a man stood up and put forward a question.
Hardly had we got to the bus stop when the bus arrived.
③. not until…连接的分句前正后倒。如:
Not until Mr. Smith came to China did he know what kind of a country she is.
Not until all the fish died in the river did the villagers realize how serious the pollution was.
④. neither…nor…连接的分句前后都倒,并且每个分句一般都是部分倒装。
用于部分倒装的情况:
1.表示否定意义或半否定意义的词置于句首时。常见的有seldom,never,hardly,no not,little 等。
2.由 only,not until 引导的状语置于句首时。
3.no sooner…than, hardly…when等结构中,no sooner 和hardly 置于句首时主语用部分倒装。
4.在so/such…that 引导的结果状语从句中,so/such引导的部分置于句首时主句用倒装。
5. “so/neither/nor+be/助动词/情态动词+主语”so与前面的肯定句呼应,nor, neither 与后面的否定句呼应。其中的动词形式取决于前一句的动词。表示前者的情况也适用于后者或一者具备两种情况。
6.省略if的虚拟条件句以had/were/should 开头引起的倒装。