高二牛津版下Module8 Unit3 Grammar and

1、高二牛津（下） Module 8 Appreciating literature and art Unit 3 The world of colours and light,Unit 3 The world of colours and light,Grammar and usage(1),Inversion,What is the difference between the following pairs of sentences ?,I like the beautiful girl. Do you like the beautiful girl?,I am doing my homew

2、ork. What are you doing?,In the above sentences, the second sentence of each pair is a question. The order of the words in the sentences has been changed. This is called inversion. When we use inversion, we put the predicate or part of it before the subject, so the predicate is emphasized instead of

3、 the subject. Inversion can be used in many cases besides in a question.,When the sentence begins with a negative word or a negative phrase such as neither, nor, never, not, at no time, seldom, hardly,I cant swim; neither can he.,Never shall I forget the day when I met Mr Wang in the countryside.,At

4、 no time is smoking permitted in the meeting room.,Hardly had he got into the room when the telephone rang.,When the sentence begins with only and so/such,Only by practicing a few hours every day, will you be able to master the language.,So beautiful is she that we all like her.,Such a beautiful gir

5、l is she that we all like her.,Note: Inversion should not be used when only modifies the subject.,When the sentence begins with direct speech or part of it,“Ill come back in three days,” said Tom.,When the subject is too long,Present at the meeting were many important persons.,When the sentence begi

6、ns with here, there, in, out, up, down, on, etc.,Here is an apple for you.,There goes the bell.,There are many students in our school.,Note: If the subject is a pronoun, we can not use inversion.,Inversion can also be used in formal language to talk about unreal conditionals.,Had I time (= If I had

7、time), I would go and help you.,Were I you (= If I were you), I would go abroad.,Should he come (=If he should come), tell him to ring me up.,In the sentences containing the conjunctions like though/as,Clever as he is, he doesnt study well.,Child as he is , he knows a lot.,Much as I like it, I wont buy it .,Try as she might , she failed.,When a prepositional phrase which indicates a position is used as an adverbial of a place, we can put the prepositional phrase at the beginning of the sentence, and put the predicate verb before the subject.,In front of our classroom a