This document discusses different types of inversion in English grammar. It explains that inversion involves changing the typical word order in sentences, especially in questions. Some examples of inversion provided are questions formed with auxiliary verbs and sentences using negative words like "not" or "never". The document also discusses inverted conditional sentences using "should", "were/were to", and "had".

1. Inversion
A Natural Process
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2. Inversion
A Natural Process
• where words change their places
• miraculously appear
• even change their forms
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3. Inversion
Mostly used in question structures:
• The children can swim.
• Can the children swim?
• Does she work very hard?
• She works very hard.
• He used to live in New York.
• Did he use to live in New York?
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4. Inversion
After words with negative meaning:
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• I have never taken the underground.
• Never have I ever taken the underground.
• Not until they printed the document out did they
notice the mistake.
• They didn’t notice the mistake until they printed the
document out.
• She is not only beautiful, (but) she is also very nice.
• Not only is she beautiful, (but) she is also very nice.
• Shortly after our series had started the electricity went
out.
• No sooner had our series started than the electricity
went out.

5. Inversed conditionals
• First conditional (should):
• Use the word “Should” instead of “If”
• If you need help, I will lend you a hand  Should you need help, I´ll lend you a hand.
• Second conditional (were / were to)
• If I were a politician, I would be honest.  Were I a politician, I would be honest.
• If he came to visit us, he would stay for days.  Were he to visit us, he would stay for days.
• Third conditional (had)
• If you had come earlier, you could have eaten pizza.  Had you come earlier, you could have
eaten pizza.
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