What is inversion?
Inversion is the reversal of the normal word order in a sentence or phrase. There are two types of inversion:
- Subject-verb inversion, where the subject and the main verb switch positions and the word order becomes verb + subject:
- Subject-auxiliary inversion, where the subject and the auxiliary switch positions and the word order becomes auxiliary + subject (+ verb):
On the top of the hill stood an old oak tree.
Hardly had I arrived home when my phone rang.
When does the bus leave?
You're hungry, aren't you?
