C1sentence structure180 questions
C1 Advanced word order
La règle
C1 word order uses elegant fronting, clefting, and subject-auxiliary inversion to manipulate topic focus and prose rhythm.
À retenir
- Front restrictive adverbs such as only by or in vain to trigger main clause inversion.
- Use it-clefts (It was X that...) to isolate and stress specific clause components.
- Place heavy nominalized clauses at the end of the sentence to preserve clear weight balance.
Piège courant à éviter
Fronting an adverbial phrase does not force inversion unless the phrase is negative or restrictive.
Teste-toi
Analyze formal literary or analytical prose to identify fronted structures, then practise.
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