lesson 1 inversion, in spite of/despite

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Speaking, pronunciation,

Unit 8: Use of English paragraph (I)

Don't speak Double Dutch: lesson F

     

     

     Gold Experience p. 111:

     1 Speaking: talk about the question in 1

    

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Inversion

Inversion is used to create special emphasis.

When we use a negative adverb or adverb phrase at the beginning of the sentence instead of in its normal place.

Normal:

I have seldom seen such beautiful work.

Special emphasis:

Seldom have I seen such beautiful work.

Hardly      

Never

Seldom 

Rarely 

Only then 

Not only ... but 

No sooner 

Scarcely 

Only later

Nowhere 

Little 

Only in this way 

In no way 

On no account

Negative adverbs / 

adverb phrases

I in no way want to be associated with this project.

They had no sooner eaten dinner than the ceiling crashed onto the dining table.

We would understand what had happened that night only later.

The children should on no account go on their own.

     

     

     Gold Experience p. 111:

     1 In pairs: Read the text aloud

       in beautiful English

      

     2 Do exercise 5

        

      

      Finished? Do Learnbeat Vocabulary  exercise F.

Homework

Finish exercises (p. 111)

Finish Learnbeat Vocabulary F

lesson 1 inversion, in spite of/despite