Inversion & fronting
Grammar · C2 · 10 printable sheets, each with an answer key.
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- Sheet 1 · 50 minInversion and fronting for stylistic effect in literary reviewsNegative, conditional and concessive inversion plus locative fronting in writing about literature and music.Free
- Sheet 2 · 45 minInversion and fronting in editorials and speechesRhetorical inversion for persuasive editorials and speeches on civic issues, with accuracy checks and writing.Premium
- Sheet 3 · 30 minGrammar explained: inversion & frontingFronting for contrast and full inversion after place phrases, so / such, as / than and nor.Premium
- Sheet 4 · 30 minGrammar explained: inversion & fronting – fronted complementsAttached is ..., Gone are the days ..., More worrying still is ...: fronting a complement to put a long subject at the end.Premium
- Sheet 5 · 20 minInversion & fronting: noticing marked word orderFind inversion and fronting in a travel essay about Valparaíso and identify what each structure does.Premium
- Sheet 6 · 20 minInversion & fronting: negative and restrictive adverbialsRewrite sentences with inversion after little, not until, only and at no point, and choose correct inverted forms.Premium
- Sheet 7 · 20 minInversion & fronting: so, such and degreeUse so + adjective and such + be at the start of a sentence to emphasize degree and result.Premium
- Sheet 8 · 20 minInversion & fronting: place phrases and full-verb inversionPut the main verb before the subject after place and direction phrases, and learn when this is not possible.Premium
- Sheet 9 · 20 minInversion & fronting: fronting for emphasis and contrastFront objects, complements and concessive clauses (much as, try as, though) to add emphasis and contrast.Premium
- Sheet 10 · 20 minInversion & fronting: review challengeSpot errors, complete an open cloze and rewrite a flat paragraph with inversion and fronting for dramatic effect.Premium