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Monday, April 1, 2013

Problems With Inverted Subjects and Verbs

Subjects and verbs are inverted in a variety of situations in English. The most common time to invert the subject and verb is when forming a question. To form a question with a helping verb (be, have, can, would, will, etc.), the subject and helping verb are inverted.

He can go to the movies.
Can he go to the movies?

You would tell me the truth.
Would you tell me the truth?

She was sick yesterday.
Was she sick yesterday?

To form a question when there is no helping verb in the sentence, the helping verb do is used.
He goes to the movies.
Does she go to the movies?

You told me the truth.
Did you tell me the truth?

There are many other situations in English when subjects and verbs are inverted , but if you just remember this method of inverting subjects and verbs, you will be able to handle the other situations. The most common problems with inverted subjects and verbs on the TOEFL occur in the following situations: (1) with question words such as, when, where, and how (2) after place expressions, and (3) after negatives.


Subjects and verbs are inverted in a variety of situations in English. The most common time to invert the subject and verb is when forming a question. To form a question with a helping verb (be, have, can, would, will, etc.), the subject and helping verb are inverted.
He can go to the movies.
Can he go to the movies?
You would tell me the truth.
Would you tell me the truth?
She was sick yesterday.
Was she sick yesterday?
To form a question when there is no helping verb in the sentence, the helping verb do is used.
He goes to the movies.
Does she go to the movies?
You told me the truth.
Did you tell me the truth?
There are many other situations in English when subjects and verbs are inverted , but if you just remember this method of inverting subjects and verbs, you will be able to handle the other situations. The most common problems with inverted subjects and verbs on the TOEFL occur in the following situations: (1) with question words such as, when, where, and how (2) after place expressions, and (3) after negatives.
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Subjects and verbs are inverted in a variety of situations in English. The most common time to invert the subject and verb is when forming a question. To form a question with a helping verb (be, have, can, would, will, etc.), the subject and helping verb are inverted.
He can go to the movies.
Can he go to the movies?
You would tell me the truth.
Would you tell me the truth?
She was sick yesterday.
Was she sick yesterday?
To form a question when there is no helping verb in the sentence, the helping verb do is used.
He goes to the movies.
Does she go to the movies?
You told me the truth.
Did you tell me the truth?
There are many other situations in English when subjects and verbs are inverted , but if you just remember this method of inverting subjects and verbs, you will be able to handle the other situations. The most common problems with inverted subjects and verbs on the TOEFL occur in the following situations: (1) with question words such as, when, where, and how (2) after place expressions, and (3) after negatives.
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