Easy Inversions
Complete: Such _____ the confusion that nobody knew what to do.
was
Rewrite using Inversions: You will find a more spectacular view nowhere else.
Nowhere else will you find a more spectacular view.
Complete: Only after I had spoken to her _____ I understand what had happened.
did I understand
Rewrite using Inversions: If I had known, I would have acted differently.
Had I known, I would have acted differently.
Complete: Such _____ the confusion that nobody knew what to do.
was
You must never reveal this information.
Never must you reveal this information.
Complete: Little _____ (she / realise) how serious the situation was.
did she realise
Complete: Only once the results had been published _____ the truth become apparent.
did the truth become apparent
Rewrite using Inversions: If you need any help, call me.
Should you need any help, call me.
Rewrite using Inversions: The consequences were so severe that the government was forced to resign.
So severe were the consequences that the government was forced to resign.
He did not realise how difficult the journey would be.
Little did he realise how difficult the journey would be.
Rewrite using Inversions: This decision does not mean that we have given up (In no way).
In no way does this decision mean that we have given up.
Rewrite: You can appreciate the difficulty only in retrospect.
Only in retrospect can you appreciate the difficulty.
Rewrite using Inversions: If I were you, I wouldn't do it.
Were I you, I wouldn't do it.
True / False: The sentence "Hardly anyone passed the exam" is an inversion on the first part of the sentence.
False
I have never seen anything like this before.
Never have I seen anything like this before.
Complete: At no point _____ (he / admit) that he was wrong.
did he admit
Complete: Not until midnight _____ they finally finish the project.
did they finally finish
Complete: _____ it not been for your help, we would have failed.
Had
Rewrite using Inversions: If you need more information, ask me
should you need more information, ask me
So beautiful was the baby ____ nobody could talk of anything else.
That
Rewrite using Inversions: I have neve experienced anything like this (Nothing).
Nothing have I ever experienced like this.
Rewrite using Inversions: "We left after he arrived" (Only After).
Only after he arrived did we leave.
Rewrite using Inversions: If he were to discover the truth, everything would change.
Were he to discover the truth, everything would change.
Rewrite using Inversions: She not only refused to apologise, but she also denied having done anything wrong.
Not only did she refuse to apologise, but she also denied having done anything wrong.