So/such inversion + free indirect thought — Living the Theory
Grammar: Inversion
Free ESL grammar exercise on so/such inversion + free indirect thought themed around living the theory. Printable worksheet from EnglishPlans.com.
What's on this worksheet
A Level 6 (proficiency) ESL grammar exercise on art, practising inversion. The worksheet has a short reading excerpt, a grammar reference and graded practice items.
From the reading
So complete was her commitment to this idea that she spent the next four decades testing it against her own life. Such was her suspicion of bad faith that she turned it on herself with equal ruthlessness. So honestly did she record her failures that her diaries read less like philosophical argument and less like confession than something uncomfortably close to both.
Grammar: Inversion
- so + adj/adv inversion
- So complete was her commitment that she tested it daily. — fronted so triggers subject-auxiliary inversion
- such…that inversion
- Such was her suspicion of bad faith that she turned it on herself. — such fronted for literary emphasis
Sample items
- ______ was her commitment to authenticity that she refused to retract a single published admission.
- So ______ was the ethical ambiguity that no single framework could contain it.
- Such ______ the pressure of reciprocity that she rewrote the letter four times.
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