Introducere

Inversiunea implică schimbarea poziției subiectului și a verbului auxiliar sau modal.

Folosim inversiunea:

• Atunci când începem o propoziție cu o expresie adverbială negativă, o expresie adverbială de loc, sau un adverb
• În cazul în care "only after", "only if", "only when", etc. sunt plasate la începutul propoziției pentru a oferi un efect retoric
• În propozițiile condiționale fără "if"
• Pentru a accentua o idee, într-un ton formal de obicei.

Exemple

• "Under no circumstances should you open the box."
  (You should not open the box.)
   
• "On the table were three old books."
  (Three old books were on the table.)
   
• "Hardly had I entered the room when the orchestra began to play."
  (I had hardly entered the room when the orchestra began to play.)
   
• "Only when it started raining did he give me the umbrella."*
  (He gave me the umbrella only when it started raining.)
   

* Rețineți că inversiunea are loc în propoziția principală după expresii ca "only after", "only if" și "only when".

Exemple suplimentare

• "Had I gone to university, I might have been a doctor."
  (If I had gone to university, I might have been a doctor.)
   
• "Had I not gone to university, I wouldn’t have been a doctor."
  (If I hadn’t gone to university, I wouldn’t have been a doctor.)
   
• "Had you gone to university, would you have been a doctor?"
  (If you had gone to university, would you have been a doctor?)

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Câteva adverbe negative uzuale

• Never (before), Rarely, Seldom…
• Under no circumstances…
• Hardly, Scarcely …when…
• No sooner…than…
• Little…
• In no way…
• Not only…but…
• On no account…
• At no time…

Exemple

• As soon as I arrived, the music started.
  "No sooner did I arrive than the music started."
   
• You mustn’t have the music too loud.
  "On no account must you have the music too loud." *
   
• He’d never seen anything like it before.
  "Never before had he seen anything like it." *
   
• I’d never seen the film.
  "At no time had I (ever) seen the film." *

* Un verb la forma negativă se transformă în verb la forma afirmativă când urmează o expresie adverbială negativă.

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Exerciții

Transformați propozițiile următoare:

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1)

You mustn't let the dog off its lead.
Under no circumstances    the dog off its lead.

 

2)

She had never been there.
At no time    there.

 

3)

I am hardly ever late for work.
Rarely    late for work.

 

4)

This is not acceptable.
In no way    acceptable.

 

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Exerciții suplimentare

Alegeți varianta corectă dintre a, b, c sau d:
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1)

Seldom ____ on holiday as children.
 

we went

went we

did we go

we did go

 

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2)

Scarcely ____ the house when it started to rain.
 

they hadn't left

they had left

they left

had they left

 

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3)

____ more hard-working, she would have a job.
 

If were she

She was

She were

Were she

 

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4)

Out in the garden ____.
 

are birds

birds are

birds aren't

are there birds

 

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5)

On no account ____ the phone.
 

you should answer

you shouldn't answer

answer you

should you answer

 

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6)

Not only ____ but he was rude as well.
 

was he late

he was late

late was he

he wasn't late

 

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