INVERSIONES:

Las inversiones son alteraciones en el orden normal de una frase, generalmente con un
adverbio de tiempo o cantidad que se pone al principio de la oración.

Cuando nos encontramos con este orden, alteramos el verbo y lo ponemos con la
estructura de una interrogativa (que se conoce como invertida).

Adverbios que podemos encontrar en frases con inversiones:

Hardly, scarcely, barely, No sooner, Little, only when, only after, only if, only then, on
no… in no way, never, etc.

ejemplos

Inversión: Hardly had I got home when my mum called.

Orden normal: I had hardly got home when my mum called.

Inversión: Scarcely had she finished her examen when she realized she didn’t asnswer
to the last question.
Orden normal: She had scarcely finished her examen when she realized she didn’t
asnswer to the last question.

Inversión: Barely had they parked when one of the car’s tyre blew out.
Orden normal: They had barely parked when one of the car’s tyre blew out.

Inversión: No sooner had I been fired than the company went bankrupt.
Orden normal: I had no sooner been fired than the company went bankrupt.

Only after you have finished the housework can you go out.
Orden normal: You can go out only after you have finished your homework.

Only by working out can you get fit.

Orden normal: You can get fit only by working out.

Only if everybody reached an agreement would I accept this position.

Orden normal: I would accept this position only if everybody reached an agreement.

Only in this way do kids pay attention to you.

Orden normal: Kids pay attention to you only in this way.

Only then did they realize it was a trap.

Orden normal: They realized it was a trap only then.

Only when she begged did he help her.

Orden normal: He helped her only when she begged.
nversión: Never (before) had she faced such a troblesome situation.
Orden normal: She had never faced such a troblesome situation (before).

Inversión: Rarely have there been so many worries about the millenials’ generation
lifestyle.
Orden normal: There have rarely been so many worries about the millenials’ generation
lifestyle.

Inversión: Little did I know that I would later be affected by that bad decision.
Orden normal: I knew little that I would later be affected by that bad decision.

Inversión: Under no circumstances are you allowed to smoke on a plane.

Orden normal: You are not allowed to smoke on a plane under any circumstances.

Inversión: In no way am I to be blamed for your irresponsabilities.

Orden normal: I am in no way to be blamed for your irresponsabilities.

Inversión: Not only wasn’t he on time, but he didn’t even apologize for his delay.
Orden normal: He was not only late, but he didn’t apologize for his delay either.

Inversión: Not only did he succeed to set up a big company, but he had also made a
killing in just a few months.
Orden normal: He not only succeeded to set up a big company but he had also made a
killing in just a few months.