引起倒装的情况多种多样，倒装的表现形式大体有下列几种：

    1．在疑问句中

    例1：How are you getting along with your work?

    例2：Is this report written in detail?

    注：如疑问词作主语或者作定语修饰主语时，不发生倒装。

    2．在there be 及其类似结构中

    例1：There are forty students in our class.

例2：There seem to be still some elements undiscovered yet.

    例3：There stands a bridge across the river.

    3．在表示祝愿的句子中

    例1：Long live the People’s Republic of China!

    例2：May you succeed!

    例3：Dog-tired though they were, they continued to march on.

    4．在省略if 的虚拟语气条件状语从句中

    这类句子中有were, had, should等词时，把were, had或should置于句首。

    例1：Were there no air or water, there would be no life in the world.

    例2：Had you been more careful, such spelling mistakes might have been avoided.

    5．在so, nor, neither或no more开头的句子中

    此类句子通常表示前面一句话中的谓语所说明的情况，也适用于另一句中的主语。例如：

    1）This problem is not difficult and neither is that one.

    2）Coal is under the ground in some places, and so is oil.

    6．在以具有否定意义的副词、连词及词组开头的句子中

    这些词和词组通常有：rarely, never, scarcely, no sooner, little, few, hardly, seldom, at no time, in no way,
on no account, nowhere, nobody, not only等。例如：

    1）Visit our stores. Nowhere else will you find such magnificent bargains.

    2）Hardly had he finished his work when the telephone rang.

    3）Not only did he complain about the food, he also refused to pay for it.

    4）Little did we think his speech had made so deep an impression on his audience.

    7．在强调表语时

    例1：Worst of all were the humiliations.

    例2：Such is the case.

    8．在强调宾语时

    例1：Still greater contributions should we make to our socialist construction.

    例2：Useful chemical fertilizer can we make from the waste liquid.

    注：当前置宾语由“not a +名词”或者“not a single +名词”构成时，也会引起倒装。例如：

    Alice had a terrible time touring that country. Not a day did she spend without having some unpleasantness
 with waiters in the hotel.

    9．在强调状语时

    （1）当句首状语为方位词或拟声词，谓语动词为go, come等表示位置转移的动词时句子须倒装。例如：

    1）Up went the plane.