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Sentences with Inverted Subjects and Verbs

Invert the Subject and Verb with Place Expressions

Normal Structure

The book that you lent me is here.

Inverted Structure

Here is the book that you lent me.

Normal Structure

The keys I thought I had lost are over there.

Normal Structure

Sam's house is around the corner.

Inverted Structure

Over there are the keys I thought I had lost.

Inverted Structure

Around the corner is Sam's house.

Examples

Normal Structure

The tension is nowhere higher than

in the north of Africa.

What are Place or Prepositional Expressions?

Important Ideas

Normal Structure

The town, where you live, lies beyond the mountains.

Inverted Structure

Nowhere is the tension higher than in the

north of Africa.

Inverted Structure

Beyond the mountains lies the town where you live.

Normal Structure

I have nowhere felt such beautiful and warm weather.

These are expressions or

phrases that indicate where an action is going to take place.

It is important to know that the subject and the verb will invert after place or prepositional expressions ONLY when the place expression is NECESSARY to complete the sentence.

Inverted Structure

Nowhere have I felt such beautiful and warm weather.

Examples

Here

In the kitchen

At home

At Harvard University

In Germany

On the table

On Samson Boulevard

There

TOEFL Examples

Example

On the second level of the parking lot ___.

a) is empty.

b) are empty.

c) some empty stalls are.

d) are some empty stalls.

If the Expression is necessary to complete the idea; then, the subject and verb are inverted. However, if the Expression is not needed to complete a specific idea; then the subject and verb are not inverted at all.

Example

On the second level of the parking lot ___.

a) is empty.

b) are empty.

c) some empty stalls are.

d) are some empty stalls.

Example

In the corner of Lincoln Avenue and Washington Boulevard ___ where Tara lives.

a) is the house

b) the house is

c) the house

d) is

Normal Structure

Many exotic birds are in the forest.

Normal Structure

I walked for many hours in the forest.

Normal Structure

The remote control is on the couch.

Normal Structure

She works in a restaurant.

After Place or Prepositional Expressions the Subject and Verb could be inverted.

Structure without the Place or Prepositional Expression

Many exotic birds are.

Sentence without the Place or Prepositional Expression

I walked for many hours.

Structure without the Place or Prepositional Expression

The remote control is.

Sentence without the Place and Prepositional Expression

She works.

Inverted Structure

On the couch is the remote control.

Inverted Structure

In the forest I walked for many hours.

Inverted Structure

In the forest are many exotic birds.

Inverted Structure

In a restaurant she works.

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