3 Normal and Inverted Word Order

Reverse the
Phrase
Action Camera
Lights!
• Look for a partner.
• Rehearse the dialogue the
teacher will give you.
• Make sure to reverse the
dialogue given to you.
• Perform the dialogue with
feelings.
Using Normal
and Inverted
Word orders
In Writing
Down the dark path sits the
haunted house.
Never will I see her again.
Tomorrow will come the
decision.
Natural/ Normal Word Order
•When the subject of a sentence
comes before the verb.
•Follow the SVO pattern
Subject + Verb + Object
t
Example: jec er b c t
b j e
u b v o
s
I eat bread.
c t
b je
More Example:
ec t er bo
b j v
su
She bought a new computer.

More Example:
c t b c t
je r je
su b ve ob
The dog eats popcorn.

Inverted Word Order
•Occurs when the subject comes after
verb, in between verb parts, or not
included at all.
r b
Example: ve
c t
je
Through the su bair fly
the eagles.
More Example:
r b
ve
c t
e
Into the roomsu ran
b j
a large cat.
More Example:
Never will I see her again.
Never again will I do that.

Why use inverted words?
1.For emphasis.
2.Adds variety to the writing.
3.Create an effect.
4.To create rhyme or uphold a
meter that would not work with
the normal word order.
Sometime too hot to the eye of heaven
shines.
And often is his gold complexion
dimmed,
And every fair from fair sometimes
declines,
By chance, or nature’s changing course
untrimmed:
“Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare

Sometime too hot to the eye
of heaven shines.
Sometimes the eye of the

Heaven shines too hot.
Will not work for
rhyming pattern of the
poem.
Exercise:
Answer orally
Tell whether the
following sentence
are in normal or
inverted word order.
1. The dog was lying
next to the bed.
Normal word order

2. Seldom have I seen
such a beautiful view.
Inverted word order

3. The food was so
delicious that we ate
very last bite.
Normal word order

4.
On the doorstep was a
bunch of flower.
Inverted word order

5.
The girl was beautiful
that nobody could think
of anything else but her.
Normal word order

6.
The postman came
round the corner.
Normal word order

7.
I have never received
such a beautiful rose.
Normal word order

8.
Up the hill sits a white
castle.
Inverted word order

9.
Untouched was the
tranquil garden.
Inverted word order

10.
Mourn them do not.
Inverted word order

Below are some literary excerpts
with underlined parts that use
either normal or inverted word
order. Identify the word used in
each sentence and explain why
this word is used by the writer in
that specific part of the
paragraph.
Oral
Recitation
1. “Stopping by Woods on a Snow
Evening” by Robert Frost
Whose woods these are I think I know,
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow
Word Order:__________________________
Explanation:__________________________
2. “Kublai Khan” by Samuel Taylor
Coleridge
And there were gardens bright with
sinuous rills,
Where blossomed many an incense-
bearing tree;
And here were forests ancient as the hills,
Enfolding sunny spots of greenery.”
Word Order:__________________________
Explanation:__________________________
3. “Ode: Intimations of Immorality from
Recollections of Early Childhood” by William
Wordsworth
To me alone there came a thought of grief:

A timely utterance gave that thought relief,
Word Order:__________________________
Explanation:__________________________
Seat Work ½ (5 points)
Re-write the sentences in

to normal or inverted
word order.
1. On the front porch
were two large potted
plants.
2. Down the street
ran the dog.
3. Around that
corner is my
favourite store.
4. I have never seen
so many pairs of
shoes.
5.
The student sat in
the first row, smiling.
1. On the front porch
were two large potted
plants.
Two potted plants were on
the front porch.
2. Down the street
ran the dog.
The dog ran down the street.

3. Around that
corner is my favorite
store.
My favorite store is around
that corner.
4. I have never seen
so many pairs of
shoes.
Never have I seen so many
pairs of shoes.
5.
The student sat in
the first row, smiling.
In the first row, the girl sat
smiling.

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Reverse the

She bought a new computer.

The dog eats popcorn.

Never will I see her again.

Never again will I do that.

“Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare

Sometimes the eye of the

Normal word order

Inverted word order

Normal word order

Inverted word order

Normal word order

Normal word order

Normal word order

Inverted word order

Inverted word order

Inverted word order

To me alone there came a thought of grief:

Re-write the sentences in

The dog ran down the street.

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