Natural Order and inverted Order Sentences
When the subject of a sentence comes before the verb,
the sentence is in natural order.
EXAMPLES: The dog ran down the street.
When the verb or part of the verb comes before the subject,
the sentence is in inverted order. Most questions are in inverted order.
So are sentences that begin with here is, here are, there is, or there are.
Writers sometimes use iverted order to create an effect or to change the emphasis in a sentence.
EXAMPLES: Down the street ran the dog.
Rewrite each sentence in natural order.
Around that corner is my favourite store.
Never have I seen so many pairs of shoes.
Here is my backpack.
Rewrite each sentence in inverted order. Underline the subject and circle the verb in each new sentence.
My dog is here.
The student sat in the first row, smiling.
The floundering ship sank beneath the waves.
the sentence is in natural order.
EXAMPLES: The dog ran down the street.
When the verb or part of the verb comes before the subject,
the sentence is in inverted order. Most questions are in inverted order.
So are sentences that begin with here is, here are, there is, or there are.
Writers sometimes use iverted order to create an effect or to change the emphasis in a sentence.
EXAMPLES: Down the street ran the dog.
Rewrite each sentence in natural order.
Around that corner is my favourite store.
Never have I seen so many pairs of shoes.
Here is my backpack.
Rewrite each sentence in inverted order. Underline the subject and circle the verb in each new sentence.
My dog is here.
The student sat in the first row, smiling.
The floundering ship sank beneath the waves.