Inversion with Negative Adverbials

Place auxiliary before subject after never, rarely, no sooner.

Examples

• Never have I seen such beauty.

Key rules

• After negative adverbials at the start, use auxiliary + subject + verb
• Examples: never, rarely, seldom, hardly, no sooner, not only, under no circumstances
• Hardly ... when and no sooner ... than
• No auxiliary needed if one already exists

Common mistakes

• Never I have seen it → Never have I seen it
• No sooner he arrived than it rained → No sooner had he arrived than it rained