If you want to know how to use these expressions-typically used for emphasis-you can have a look at the Google site below

  • Not only can you …but you can also
  • Never have I seen
  • Seldom do you meet…
  • Little did she know…
  • No sooner had I …than

https://sites.google.com/view/inversions-negatives/home

It contains:

  • a. a tutorial explaining when and how to use these structures
  • b. clips taken from TV shows/films/radio shows illustrating each of the possible inversions
  • c. exercises to practise these inversions, together with the key to answers (pdf and tutorial explaining the answers). 

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(First published 10.02.2019, updated 22.07.2021)

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If you want to practise these inversions you can play this game.