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12c4

Review Lesson 16
Inversion of
subject and verb

Lesson 16 – Inversion
Stage I – Warm-up
Match one word or phrase in column A with its meaning
in Vietnamese in B.
A B
1- No longer
2- Never
3- Seldom / Rarely
4- Hardly
5- Only when / after / by
6- No sooner…..than…..

Hardly………when…….
7- Not until…………….
a) Ýt khi / hiÔm khi / ho¹ ho»n
b) th«i / kh«ng cßn n÷a
c) gÇn nh­ kh«ng/ hÇu nh­ kh«ng
d) võa míi .th×……… ………
e) m·i cho ®Õn khi…………
f) ch­a bao giê / kh«ng bao giê
g) chØ khi / sau khi / b»ng c¸ch

Lesson 16 – Inversion
Stage II – Consolidation
Examples of inversion of subject and verb
1- Women no longer bear many children.
No longer do women bear many children.
2- They have never been to Sapa.
Never have they been to Sapa.
3- i had no sooner got into the house than it started to rain
last night.
No sooner had i got into the house than it started to rain
last night.
4- He is seldom at a night – club.
Seldom is he at a night – club.

Lesson 16 – Inversion
Stage II – Consolidation
Forms of inversion of subject and verb
Adverb
am/ is / are
was / were
have / has
had
do / does
did
modal verb
( can / should )
s
PII…………
……………
verb……

verb……