[例1]Not until the early years of the 19th century______what heat is.
A.man did know B.man knew
C.didn’t man know D.did man know
【解析】答案D。否定詞Not在句首，要求用部分倒裝的句子結構。
[例2]Be quick！______.
A.The bus comes here B.The bus here comes
C.Here the bus comes D.Here comes the bus
【解析】答案D。用一般現在時表示正在發生的動作出現在倒裝句中，所以此題答案為D。
[例3]On the wall______two large portraits.
A.hangs B.hang C.hanged D.hanging
【解析】答案B。由於介詞短語On the wall位於句首，全句要采用完全倒裝式，因為主語是複數，所以正確答案為B。
[例4]Do you know Tom bought a new car？
I don’t know，______.
A.nor don’t I care B.nor do I care
C.I don’t care neither D.I don’t care also
【解析】答案B。句中的nor引出部分倒裝結構，表示“也不”。由 so，neither，nor引導的倒裝句，表示前一情況的重複出現。其中，so用於肯定句，而 neither，nor 用在否定句中。
[例5]Little______about his own safety，though he was in great danger himself.
A.does he care B.did he care C.he care D.he cared
【解析】答案B。否定意義的Little在句首，該句要倒裝，故答案在A、B之中選擇一個，A的時態不對，故答案為B。
[例6]Only in this way______progress in your English.
A.you make B.can you make
C.you be able to make D.will you able to come
【解析】答案B。Only 修飾in this way置於句首，句子要部分倒裝，故答案為B。
[例7]Not until all the fish died in the river______how serious the pollution was.
A.did the villagers realize B.the villagers realized
C.the villagers did realize D.didn’t the villagers realize
【解析】答案A。由於Not until在句首，主句要采用部分倒裝，這樣先可排除B、C，又由於D不應該用didn’t，故A為正確答案。