一、THERE BE句型以及以here、there开头的句子。
如: There are a lot of children in the showroom.
(在展览室里有许多的小孩。)
Here comes the bus. (公交车来了。)
There goes the bell. (铃响了。)
The door opened and in came Mr Lee.
(门开了,李先生走了进来。)
二、用“So / Nor / Neither + 助动词 + 主语”倒装结构表示
第二个人物的情况与上文的人物情况相同。
如:Tom went to the beach last week, and, so did I.
(Tom上个星期去了海滩,我也是。)
Li Mei’s bought nothing from the shop. Neither has Jim.
(李梅没有在店里买什么,Jim也没有买。)
三、在疑问句中,通常使用在主语之前安放助动词的倒装方法,对主语提问除外。
如:How did he find the lost book?
(他是怎么样找到丢失的书的?)
Where are they going to spend the summer vacation?
(他们打算到哪儿过暑假?)
四、感叹句中通常将被感叹的部分前移,而将句子的主谓语整体后置。
如:What a beautiful flower (it is)!
(那是多漂亮的花!)
五、有引号引用某人的原话时,引号外面的主谓一般采用
倒装形式放在句尾,但是,若主语是代词则不倒装。
如:“What on earth are you doing up there?” said the father.
(父亲说:“你在上边到底干什么?”)
“What on earth are you doing up there?”he said.
(他说:“你在上边到底干什么?”)