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Inversion Explained with Inverted Sentence Examples

I had a request for a video about everyone's favourite grammar topic - inversion. I didn't have time to prepare something myself but luckily I found a cool presentation made by a fellow teacher called Tim Warre, and used that as the basis for a video.

This video:

Here's the presentation if you want to go through it yourself:

Inversion presentation on Prezi

And 

Tim's Website

And if you want to find an online teacher to help you with grammar like this, I highly recommend italki.


Inverted Sentence Examples

Hardly (when)

Hardly had the cat come in when he decided he wanted to go out again.

Barely (when)

Barely had we fixed one wheel when another one fell off!

No sooner (than)

No sooner had I come to Switzerland than the financial crisis started.

Not until

Not until 2015 did I realise I was terrible at my job.