倒裝句
一.概念:
英語句子通常有兩種語序:一種主語在前,謂語在后,稱為自然語序,另一種謂語在前,主語在后,稱為倒裝語序。
二.相關知識點精講
按“主語+ 謂語” 這種順序排列的句子是陳述語序。如果排列順序變為“謂語( 或謂語一部分)+主語”,就是倒裝。倒裝句分為:
完全倒裝: 整個謂語移至主語前面叫完全倒裝。
部分倒裝: 只把助動詞、系動詞或情態動詞放在主語之前叫部分倒裝。
1. 當以there, here, out , in , up , down, away 等副詞開頭的句子,為了起到強調的作用,可構成倒裝句,只把副詞放在句首,主語和謂語位置調換,不加助動詞。
Our teacher came in.
In came our teacher.
這種倒裝要求:主語必須是名詞。主語是人稱代詞時,主語和謂語語序不變。
Here it is.
Away he went.
這類倒裝句式一般只用一般現在時和一般過去時。
Here comes the bus.
Out rushed the boys.
2. how, then, just, often 表示時間的副詞放在句首,可構成倒裝句,只把副詞放在句首,主語和謂語位置調換,不加助動詞。
Then came 8 years of the Anti Japanese War.
3. 表地點狀語的介詞短語放在句首,要用倒裝句式,以示強調。
這種倒裝句也是主謂直接調換位置,不加助動詞did, does或do.
Under a big tree ________, half asleep.
A. did sat a fat man B. a fat man sat
C. did a fat man sat D. sat a fat man
4. there放在句首時,要用倒裝句式。
在“there + be”結構中的謂語動詞有時不用be , 而用表示類似“存在”觀念的其他不及物動詞。如:live, stand, come, lie, flow, enter, rise 和appear等。
There came shouts for help from the river.
There lies a large wheat field in front of the house.
Many years ago there lived an old man in the wooden house.
In front of the tower flews a stream.
5. so + 動詞+主語
neither/ nor + 動詞+主語
表示兩人的同樣一個情況時,只能表示一件事,即上、下句所使用的動詞、時態要一致。
否則要用so it is with…
You can ride a bike. So can I .
He has been to Beijing. So have I .
The first one isn’t good, neither is the second.
His uncle is a worker and has been working in the factory for more than ten years. So it is with his aunt.
6. so+ 形容詞/副詞that 的結構狀語從句可以用正常語序表示,也可以把so+形容詞/副詞放于句首構成倒裝。句型如下: so +形容詞/副詞+be/助動詞/情態動詞that +從句。
Light travels so fast that it is difficult for us to imagine its speed.
= So fast does light travel that it is difficult for us to imagine its speed.
So easy was the work that they finished it in a few days.
7. done做形容詞在句中做表語時,常把表語放在句首,要用倒裝句式。
Gone forever are the days when the Chinese people had to use foreign oil.
8. 否定副詞not , never, seldom, nowhere, little , rarely 放于句首時要用倒裝句式。
We seldom get up at four in the morning.
= Seldom do we get up at four in the morning.
Not a single word from him could the enemy drag.
Rarely have I heard of such a silly thing.
9. hardly…when; scarcely…when…; no sooner…than… 可以用正常語序 had hardly done when… did 或用倒裝句式Hardly had + 主語+ done when… did 句式。hardly所在的句子用過去完成時。
The bell hardly had rung when the class began.= Hardly had the bell rung when the class began.
No sooner had he arrived in Beijing than he began to work.
10. not only… but also 如連接兩個成分時,不用倒裝;連接句子時, 前面的句子要用倒裝。
Not only was everything that he had taken away from him, but also his German citizenship.
Not only is he busy, but also I have a lot of work to do.
Not only does he speak English very well, but also he speaks French well.
11. only 及所修飾的副詞、介詞短語或狀語從句放在句首時,要用:
only+ 狀語+ be /助動詞/情態動詞+主語及其他
Only when he told me the news did I know what had happened.
Only in this way can you make progress in your English.
12. 虛擬語氣中的倒裝句
If I were you, I would take the job. = Were I you, I would take the job.