1.only +状语或状语从句置于句首,句子用【部分】倒装.
例子：
Only in this way can you solve this problem. 只有用这种方法,你才可以解决这个问题. Only after he had spoken out the word did he realize he had made a big mistake. 只有当他已经说出那个字后才意识到自己犯了个大错误.
2.hardly,in no way,little,scarcely,seldom,never,no more,no longer,not,not only,no sooner,not only … (but also),not until… 等具有否定意义的词或词组位于句首,句子用【部分】倒装.
例子：
No sooner had I got home than it began to rain. 我刚到家就下起了雨.
Seldom do I go to work by bus. 我很少乘公共汽车上班.
Not until twelve o'clock did she go to bed last night . 她昨晚十二点才上床睡觉.
3.so / such...that结构中的so或such位于句首可以构成部分倒装句,表示强调so /such和that之间的部分.
例子：
So unreasonable was his price that everybody startled. 他的要价太离谱,令每个人都瞠目结舌.
To such length did she go in rehearsal that the two actors walked out. 她的彩排进行得那么长,以致于那两个演员都走出去了.
以上各例都用倒装语序突出了句首成分,其语气较自然语序强烈,因而具有极佳的修辞效果.
4.某些副词开头的句子构成的【完全】倒装here、there、now、then、thus等副词开头的句子可构成完全倒装.条件是谓语动词是不及物动词,如arise、be、come、exist、go、follow等.需要注意的是,当主语是代词时,不能构成倒装.
例子：
Here comes our headmaster.我们的校长来了.
Here it is.在这里.
Here is your key.这是你的钥匙.