L'inversion
1. Transformation des phrases.
1. Hardly had they reached the camp when the storm broke out.
2. No sooner had they reached the camp than the storm broke out.
3. Only when he produced his evidence did I believe his version.
4. Not only is he a filthy liar, but he is a despicable thief too.
5. Never have I read such an interesting essay.
6. She never drives on holiday weekends and neither do I.
7. Should I by any chance win the jack-pot, I would stop busting my back at the factory and look for another job.
8. Call me Ishmael. Thus begins the novel Moby Dick.
9. I left Germany as early as 1933, and so did the rest of my family the next year.
2. Traduisez
1. Aussi rapide puissiez-vous être, vous n’arriverez pas au niveau olympique si vous ne vous entraînez pas plusieurs heures par jour.
2. Peut-être a-t-il raison après tout.
3. Il a acheté plus de 60 % des députés et c’est ainsi qu’il s’est fait élire président du comité / de la commission / ainsi s’est-il fait élire … (possible mais plus rare).
4. Désolé, mais je ne peux pas vous dire où est caché le trésor / où le trésor est caché.
5. Je n’ai vu un aussi beau spectacle nulle part ailleurs.
6. Le sketch a fait rire tout le monde aux larmes.
3. Traduire en anglais.
1. Hardly was I out of the shower when someone rang the doorbell.
2. On no account (whatsoever) must you / should you mention my name.
3. Little did she suspect that they were about to offer that she become a partner.
4. Thus, he thought, I will be able to change houses.
5. Round and round went the ideas in his head.
6. Seldom do I read political essays.
7. Never shall we forget what he did for us.
8. Should you succeed, I promise you a substantial bonus.
9. And thus went my money.
10. Incredible, was everyone's reaction.
11. "Er… I think you are all forgetting something important", he remarked / observed.
12. Not once did she talk to me.
Dans cette fiche, vous trouverez les différents cas d'inversion sujet/verbe en anglais. Le cours sur le préterit modal est du même niveau (B2\C2). À savoir que des cours particuliers d'anglais en ligne sont rendus disponibles par la société Educastream.