Worksheet: Inversion for Emphasis Practice
Answer key included — check your work after each section.
Notice
- Section A: negative adverbial inversion. Section B: conditional inversion. Section C: so/such inversion.
Rule
This worksheet mixes all three inversion patterns from this module.
Practice
- A1. Rewrite: ‘I have rarely felt so relieved.’
Answer: Rarely have I felt so relieved. - B1. Rewrite formally: ‘If we had left earlier, we would have avoided the traffic.’
Answer: Had we left earlier, we would have avoided the traffic. - C1. Rewrite: ‘The noise was so loud that we couldn’t hear each other.’
Answer: So loud was the noise that we couldn’t hear each other. - A2. Rewrite: ‘She not only apologised, but she also offered a refund.’
Answer: Not only did she apologise, but she also offered a refund.
Connect
Finish with a full inversion practice set.
CEFR: Writing — completing structured practice exercises accurately.
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