主語和謂語是句子的核心，它們之間有兩種語序：壹是主語在謂語之前稱為自然語序（Natural Order）；二是主語在謂語之後則稱為倒裝語序（Inverted Order）。而倒裝語序中又有全部倒裝（Full Inversion）和部分倒裝（Partial Inversion）兩種情況。
首先，在全部倒裝的句子中，要把整個謂語放在主語的前面去而構成倒裝語序。
例如：
There are large numbers of students in the lecture hall.
（在There be…的句式中，There只是個引導詞而不是主語，真正的主語是後面作表語的名詞或者名詞短語。因此，There be…的句式都是全部倒裝的句子。）演講廳裏有大量的學生。
When he ran to the door, there stood a mid-aged man with a lantern in his hand .
（此句是為了"描述情節的需要"，把倒裝當著修辭的手段而寫成了全部倒裝句。句子的主語是a mid-aged man，謂語是stood 。）當他向房門跑去時，那兒正立著壹位手裏拿著壹盞燈籠的中年男人。
另外，在部分倒裝的句子中，只把謂語的壹部分（如情態動詞、助動詞、或是系動詞be）放到主語的前面去，構成倒裝語序。例如：
Are you going to take part in the football match against Accounting Department on Friday afternoon? （句子的謂語是are going to take part，are是句子的謂語的壹部分；句子的主語是you 。所以，此句是部分倒裝的句子。疑問句都是部分倒裝句。）妳打算去參加星期五與會計系進行的足球賽嗎？
Hardly could he finish his test paper when the school bell rang .（由於語法要求的原因，本句寫成了部分倒裝的句子。它的自然語序應該是：When the bell rang, he could hardly finish his test paper.）他還未做完試卷，下課鈴就響了。
了解了倒裝語序的構成情況後，我們再來看看倒裝語序在各種不同類句子中的使用情況：
A. 在疑問句中
各種疑問句壹般地說都是倒裝語序。例如：
Will they come to see us this weekend ? 這個周末他們將來看我們嗎？
Are you talking about the film you saw last Monday ?
妳們是在談論妳們上周壹看的那部電影嗎？
Can you speak another foreign language except English?
除開英語，妳還能說另壹種外語嗎？
Where did you buy the dictionary, in the book store nearby or in Xinhua bookstore?
妳在哪兒買的這本詞典，是在附近的書店還是在新華書店？
She is not a student, isn't she ? 她不是個學生，對嗎？
B. 在感嘆句中
某些感嘆句也用倒裝語序。例如：
Isn't it a beautiful garden ! 多麽美麗的花園啊！
What a beautiful garden it is ! 多麽美麗的花園啊！（在這種句式中，主語在謂語之前，屬於自然語序。對於主語和謂語而言，語序沒有倒裝。）
Have you ever seen such a naughty kid like him !
妳見過那個孩子像他這麽調皮！
C. 在陳述句中
陳述句在壹般情況下用自然語序；但由於英語語法的某些原因，陳述句也要使用倒裝語序。這些原因大致可以歸納如下：
1) 為了避免句子部分內容不必要的重復，常用"so + be動詞（助動詞、情態動詞）+主語"或"neither / nor + be動詞（助動詞、情態動詞）+主語"的倒裝句式。其中第壹個句式表示"與前面所述的肯定情況相同"， 第二個句式表示"與前面所述的否定情況相同"。例如：
His brother is a college student; so is mine.
他弟弟是大學生，我弟弟也是。
His brother is not a college student; nor is mine .
他弟弟不是大學生，我弟弟也不是。
He used to have his further study abroad; so did I.
他曾去國外深造過，我也去過。
He didn't use to have his further study abroad; neither did I.
他沒去國外深造過，我也沒有。
One of my friends can speak three foreign languages; so can his wife.
我的壹個朋友會說三門外國語，他的妻子也會。
One of my friends cannot speak three foreign languages; neither can his wife .我的壹個朋友不會說三門外國語，他的妻子也不會。
They are now preparing for their final examinations; so are we .
他們正在為期末考試作準備，我們也壹樣。
They are not now preparing for their final examinations; nor are we .
他們沒在為期末考試作準備，我們也沒有。
2）具有否定意義的詞或短語置於句首時（除否定詞修飾主語外），句子壹般要寫成部分倒裝句。這類詞或短語常見的有：not, never, seldom, hardly, rarely, scarcely, by no means, under no circumstances, in no way, at no time, no sooner … (than), hardly … (when), not only … (but also), not until… ,等。例如：
Hardly had she sat down when she heard someone knocking at the door .
她還沒來得及坐下來，就聽見有人敲門。
Not until twelve o'clock did he go to bed last night .
他昨晚直到十二點鐘才睡覺。
Never have my sisters been to Hong Kong before .
我的妹妹們以前從未去過香港。
No sooner had I returned home from New Zealand than I bought a house and went to live there.我從新西蘭壹回國，就買了壹棟房子並在那兒住下了。
So far as I know, seldom does Mary come back to see her mother.
就我所知，瑪利幾乎很難回來看她媽媽。
Scarcely a drop of rain fell here last fall . （否定詞修飾主語時，句子不用倒裝。） 去年秋天，這兒幾乎沒下壹滴雨。
3）當so, often, only等表示程度、頻率的副詞放在句首時，句子壹般要倒裝。例如：
Only in this way can you come up with a solution to the problem.
只有這樣，妳才有可能想出解決這個問題的辦法。
So serious was the situation that everybody faced a test.
形勢如此地嚴峻，每個人都面臨著壹場考驗。
So hard did he overwork that he fell ill at last. 他太操勞過度以致最後病倒了。
4）當there, here, then, now等副詞在句首，且謂語是come, go, be等動詞時，句子壹般要全部倒裝。其意義在於引起他人的註意。如果這類句子的主語是代詞，則不用寫成倒裝句。例如：
Now, here goes the story.這個故事是這樣的。
Look, there comes the taxi.瞧，出租車過來了。
Then came another question.然後又壹個問題提出來了。
Then followed the four-year War of Liberation.接下來是四年的解放戰爭。
5) 當out, in, away, up, bang等表示方位或擬聲詞放在句首時，句子壹般要全部倒裝。這類子比自然語序的句子更為生動、形象。但如果這類句子的主語是代詞，則不用寫成倒裝句。例如：
Bang goes my ace.我砰地壹下打出了"A"。(撲克牌中的點數)
Away flew the bird.那鳥飛走了。
Suddenly, in came a man with a mask on his face.
突然進來壹個蒙著面具的人。
6) 其他情況還有：省略了if的虛擬條件句、某些表示祝願的句子、以及某些讓步狀語從句，等等也要用倒裝句式。例如：（省略了if的虛擬條件句）
Had they not helped us, we could not have done it so successfully.
如果沒有他們的幫助，我們不可能把那件事辦的如此成功。
Should he come, say "Nobody in" to him.
萬壹他來了,對他說："公司沒人。"（某些表示祝願的句子）
May our friendship last forever.願我們的友誼常存！
May your company become prosperous.祝貴公司生意興隆！（某些讓步狀語從句）
Try as I might, I couldn't lift the stone.無論我使多大的勁，我也無法搬起那塊石頭。
They said they would follow the Party's lead come what might.
他們說無論發生什麽情況，他們都會跟黨走的。
7) 由於修辭或是平衡句子的原因也可以用倒裝句；也可以不用。這不是壹條必須的規定。
Next to this one is another grand hotel which is beautifully decorated .
這家飯店隔壁還有壹家裝修華麗的大飯店。
On either side of the great avenue stood many block buildings.
這條大街的兩側都聳立著許多綜合樓。（這類句子也可以不用倒裝句。）
"I'm leaving for Beijing tomorrow," said Tom to his mother (OR: Tom said to his mother) .湯姆對他媽媽說："我明天動身去北京。"
Many block buildings stood on either side of the great avenue.
許多綜合樓聳立在這條大街的兩側。
Another grand hotel, which is beautifully decorated, is next to this one .
這家飯店隔壁還有壹家大飯店，那家飯店裝修十分華麗。
“倒裝句”在漢英詞典中的解釋(來源:百度詞典)：
1.[Grammar] an inverted sentence; a sentence in inverted order
倒裝句之全部倒裝
全部倒裝是只將句子中的謂語動詞全部置於主語之前。此結構通常只用與壹般現在時和 壹般過去時。常見的結構有：
1) here, there, now, then, thus等副詞置於句首, 謂語動詞常用be, come, go, lie, run。
There goes the bell.
Then came the chairman.
Here is your letter.
2) 表示運動方向的副詞或地點狀語置於句首，謂語表示運動的動詞。
Out rushed a missile from under the bomber.
Ahead sat an old woman.
註意：上述全部倒裝的句型結構的主語必須是名詞，如果主語是人稱代詞則不能完全倒裝。
Here he comes. Away they went.
倒裝句
壹.概念:
英語句子通常有兩種語序:壹種主語在前,謂語在後,稱為自然語序,另壹種謂誤在前,主語在後,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（ 或謂語壹部分）+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 。
三、作用
通常是希望強調句中的某壹部分
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.
這類倒裝句式壹般只用壹般現在時和壹般過去時。
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
表示兩人的同樣壹個情況時，只能表示壹件事，即上、下句所使用的動詞、時態要壹致。
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/副詞放於句首構成倒裝。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 放於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.
三.鞏固練習
1._______ and caught the mouse.
A. Up the cat jumped B. The cat up jumped
C. Up jumped the cat D. Jumped up the cat
2.______ and the lesson began.
A. In came Mr Brown B. Mr Brown in came
C. In came he D. came in Mr Brown
3.Over _______ , dead.
A. rolling the goat B. rolled the goat
C. did the goat roll D. the goat rolled
4.—Where is my shirt, mum? —_________.
A. There is it B. There it is
C. There is D. Here is it
5. —Where is your father? —Oh, ________.
A. here he comes B. he here comes
C. here does he come D. here comes he
6.The door opened and there ________ .
A. enters an old man
B. entered an old man
C. did an old man enter
D. an old man entered
7. Now ______ your turn to recite the text.
A. will come B. comes C. has come D. there is
8.Often _____ them not to smoke here.
A. we advised B. advised me
C. did we advise D. had we advised
9.________ playing soldiers.
A. Inside the room were two boys
B. Inside the room two boys
C. Were two boys inside the room
D. Inside the room was two boys
10. On the wall _______ two large portraits.
A. are hanging B. hanged C. hang D. hangs
11._______ who was wounded in the stomach.
A. Among them were a soldier B. Among them was a soldier
C. Among them a soldier was D. Among they was a soldier
12. Next door to ours ________ , who is no less than eighty.
A. that lives an old man B. does an old man live
C. lives an old man D. where lives an old man
13.She plays the piano very well, ______.
A. so every one of us does B. every one of us does
C. so does every one of us D. so do every one of us
14.You say he works hard, ______, and _____.
A. so he does; so you do B. so he does; so do you
C. so does he; so do you D. so does he; so you do
15. —I thought you women were present at the meeting. —__________.
A. So we were B. So we did C. So were we D. So did we
16.I don’t think Jack will come today, _____.
A. nor will Mary B. and Mary doesn’t
C. Mary will either D. or Mary does
17. She is fond of cooking, _____I .
A. so am B. nor am C. neither do D. nor do
18.Marx was born in Germany and German was his native language .
A. So it was with Engles B. So was it with Engles
C. So was Engles D. So did Engles
19.A fish needs water and without water it will die._______.
A. So does a man B. So will a man
C. So it is with a man D. So is it with a man
20. So absorbed _______ the work that she often forgot to _____ her meals.
A. had she been in; do B. she was in; make
C. was she in; take D. she had been in ; have
21.So loudly ______ that every one of the class could hear him.
A. did he speak B. did he spoke C. spoke he D. he spoke
22. __________ his apperance that no one could recognize him.
A. Strange so was B. So strange was
C. Was so strange D. So was strange
23.Not once ______ their plan.
A. did they change B. they changed
C. changed they D. they did change
24. Never ______ such a wonderful place as Hangzhou.
A. are seeing B. had I seen
C. I have seen D. have I seen
25.Seldom ______ TV during the day.
A. they watch B. are they watching
C. have they watched D. do they watch
26.Nowhere ______ as in my garden.
A. the flowers were so beautiful
B. were the flowers so beautiful
C. so beautiful were the flowers
D. so beautiful the flowers were
27. Hardly ________ his homework when he went out.
A. finished he B. he had finished
C. did he finish D. had he finished
28.Scarcely _____ finished their homework ______ I came into the classroom.
A. had they; than B. they had; when
C. had they; when D. did they; when
29. Not only _______ a promise, but also he kept it.
A. has he made B. does he make
C. he made D. did he make
30. Not until his comrades criticized him _______ to admit his mistake.
A. had he begun B. began he
C. did he begin D. does he begin
四.答案
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