Inversions

ACT IVITY READING

Turn to your activity book to complete the tasks on contractions (see pages 119–120).

Inversions

Sometimes Shakespeare changed the order of words in his lines to fit a particular rhythm or to make a rhyme. Normal order I went to Dublin Inverted order To Dublin went I

Inverted order

‘Of honourable reckoning are you both’ ‘Never was seen so black a day as this’

Normal order

You are both of honourable reckoning A day as black as this was never seen

READING

ACT IVITY Turn to your activity book to complete the (see page 121). word inversion task

PERFORMING

In pairs, create a performance where one person speaks in inversions and the other person speaks normally. The person speaking normally should get increasingly more and more frustrated with the person speaking in inversions. Pick from the list of scenarios in the box below. Ordering a pizza on the phone A talk-show host interviewing a guest An awkward first date A lawyer convincing a judge to dismiss a case Two people fighting about a seat on the bus

Trying to return a faulty item of clothing to a shop©The Educational Company of Ireland