部分倒装
（部分倒装是把be动词、情态动词、助动词放到主语之前.如果句子中没有这些词,要在主语之前加助动词do/does /did等,而把原来的谓语动词变成原形放在主语之后.）
1.句首状语为否定词或半否定词的句子.
这类词或短语主要有
never,neither,nor,little,seldom,rarely,hardly,scarcely,no sooner,not only,in no way,at no time,few,not,no等
Not a word did I say to him.
Never have I found him so happy.
Little does he care about what I said.
I can’t swim.Neither can he.
No sooner had he gone to bed than he fell asleep.
Hardly/Scarcely had he gone to bed when he fell asleep.
2.only+状语放在句首,要部分倒装
Only when the war was over in 1918 was he able to get happily back to work.
3.so或so引导的短语放在句首,要部分倒装
4.“Not only+分句,but also+分句”句型中的前一分句要部分倒装“Not only + 分句,but also + 分句”句型中的前一分句要部分倒装
Not only does John love Chinese,he is also good at speaking it.
5.Not until放在句首,从句不倒装,主句倒装：
Not until my son had entered the university did he realize the importance of time.
6.as/though引导的让步状语从句
Proud as these nobles are,he’s afraid to see me.
Tired as he was,he kept on running.
Tired though he was,he kept on running.
=Though he was tired,he kept on running
Child as he is,he knows a lot.(注意：child前没有冠词a)
7.在以often,well,many a time,now and again等方式或频度副词(短语)开头的句子中,要用部分倒装结构
8.在虚拟结构中,条件从句的谓语含有were,had 和should这三个词是,可省去if,将这些词移至主语之前
9.用于某些表示祝愿的句子里:May you succeed!
完全倒装
1.There be结构.另外,在此结构中可以用来代替be动词的动词有:exist,seem,happen,appear,live,rise,stand等
There stood a dog before him.
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2.“Here,There,Now,Then + come (或be等) + 主语” 结构说明:本句型中there是副词,应重读,强调地点.而前一句型中的there是引导词,本身没意义
Here comes the old lady!
Then came the hour we had been looking forward to.
3.表示方向的副词out,in,up,down等置于句首,要用全部倒装.
In came Mr White.
Up went the arrow into the air.
Away went the boy.
4.表示地点的介词短语 (如on the wall,under the tree,in front of the house,in the middle of the room等)放在句首时,要全部倒装
On the top of the hill stands a pine tree.
In front of the classroom is a playground.
They arrived at a house,in front of which sat an old man.
5.其它形式的完全倒装
Present at the meeting was Mr.Green,a headmaster.（形容词短语）
Such was the story he told me.（代词）
East of the city lies a new railway.(副词短语)
First to be completed was the seven-storey teaching building.(不定式短语)
Gone are the days when my heart was young and gay.(过去分词)
Lying on the floor was a boy aged 15.(现在分词短语)
6.用于某些表示祝愿的句子里:Long live the People’s Republic of China!