當主語在謂語前出現(xiàn)時叫順序(the natural order)。在某些情況下，我們可以把謂語成分放在主語前面，這種詞序叫做倒裝( the inverted order)。

　　倒裝分兩種：配合語法條例的倒裝，叫“grammatical inversion”;配合強調語勢的叫“emphatic inversion”。

　　語法上的倒裝句是強制性的，包括下列 7 種：

　�、币蓡柧洌�如：

　　● Can you do it?

　　● How old are you?

　　● When did you know him?

　　● Why did you elect him as captain?

　　● Which of these apples do you prefer?

　　但疑問代詞做主語時，不必倒置，如：

　　● Who is your English teacher?

　　● What happened last night?

　　⒉表示“愿望”的句子，如：

　　● May God bless you.

　　● Long live the king!

　　⒊“There”引導的句子，如：

　　● There are many cars on the road.

　　● There stand some big trees near the river.

　　● There is a security guard outside the bank.

　　⒋感嘆句，如：

　　● How beautiful the flower is!

　　● What a smart boy you are!

　　⒌有連接詞“so, neither, nor”的句子，如：

　　● Tom can ride a bicycle; so can I.

　　● She can't sing; neither can he.

　　● John has never been late; nor have I.

　�、妒÷赃B詞“if”的條件副詞分句，如：

　　● Were I you, I would not do such a thing.

　　● Should the machine break down again, send it back to us.

　　● Had you worked harder, you would have passed.

　　⒎“as, however”連接的讓步副詞分句，如：

　　● Small as the pen is, it is a powerful weapon.

　　● However busy you are, you should spend some time reading Zaobao weekly.

　　談過了語法上的倒裝句，現(xiàn)在談強調的倒裝句。例如：��-��里把表示否定的副詞或副詞短語提到句前;是把副詞虛助詞提前：

　　● Never have I seen such a wicked man.

　　● On no account must this employee be removed.

　　● Not until he told me had I heard anything of it.

　　● No sooner had I left than the rain came.

　　● Up jumped the puppy.

　　● In came John.

　　● Down fell the rotten branches from the tree.

　　● Out came a woman and her maid.