inversion | conditionals | adverbials | advanced English grammar In today's lesson I am going to teach you how to invert your sentences. Inversion is used to make what we say and write more formal and emphatic. But! Be careful. Overusing inversion will sound too dramatic and out of place. Many times this grammar is only seen in literary contexts. ➡️Go to my BLOG POST to review this lesson: Other helpful videos: ➡️All Conditionals ➡️The Passive Voice ⌚️TIME STAMPS: 00:00 intro 00:45 What does “inversion” mean? 01:42 standard sentences and questions 02:48 adverbials 04:08 Rarely | Seldom 05:15 Why do we use “inversion”? Part 1 06:59 At not time | Not once 08:08 No sooner…than | Hardly…when | Scarcely…when | Barely…when 09:19 On no account | Under no circumstances 10:13 Not only…but 10:44 Only then |Only later | On in place / season 12:00 Not all adverbials can begin an inverted sentence 12:43 TEST 14:09 Exceptions! 15:57 Why do we use “inversion”? Part 2 16:18 Inversion in Lord of the Rings (*The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)) 17:50 Inversion with the conditionals 18:21 First Conditional 19:31 Second Conditional 20:36 Third Conditional ________________________________________________________________________ 🔥COMMON QUESTIONS: Arnel, how do you edit your videos? What software do you use? I use a combination of these two tools: For video editing / screen recording ✅ For images / graphics / stock videos / thumbnails: ✅ (These are both affiliate links. I'll earn a small commission if you make a purchase at no additional cost to you 💜.) ✉️Let me know in the comments or send me a direct Instagram message (arnelseverydayenglish) if you want me to make a video lesson on how I create, edit and design my lessons. If enough people are interested, I'll definitely make one for you guys! ________________________________________________________________________ 🚀If you SUBSCRIBE to my channel and turn on those NOTIFICATIONS, you'll never miss a lesson. Would you like to SUPPORT my channel? ☕️ INSTAGRAM: FACEBOOK: I hope this lesson is helpful! Thank you very much for watching 😊 Arnel
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