C1Englishen.c1.016

Inversion: Little did / Never before had

Structure:

Little did + subject + verb / Never before had + subject + past participle

Negative or restrictive adverbs at the front trigger subject-auxiliary inversion.

Example:

Little did they know that the company was about to go bankrupt.

Examples

Little did they know that the company was about to go bankrupt.

Question 1 of 20 correct

Which grammar pattern does this sentence use? "Little did they know that the company was about to go bankrupt."

Absolute construction (nominative absolute)

Absolute construction: All things considered

Absolute construction: The matter having been settled

Advanced affixation: noun and adjective suffixes

Advanced affixation: productive prefixes