一、用于疑问句。例如：
　　1．Did you see the film yesterday?
　　2. Can you speak English?

　　二、用于以there或here开头的以名词为主语的句子。例如：
　　1．There seemed to be no broblem.
　　2. Here is a letter for you.
　　3. There goes the bell.
　　注：以代词为主语时，不用倒装。如Here she comes.

　　三、用于强调句首否定词语的句子。这些词语有：never, hardly, seldom, barely, scarcely, little, not only, neither, nor, never before, not until等。如：
　　1. little does she know what may happen.
　　2. Seldom have I met her recently.
　　3. Not until after the war did he return home.

　　四、用于以副词only开头的句子（only后多为状语）。如：
　　1.Only after a long time argument did he agree with us.
　　2.Only in this way can you hearn English well.

　　五、用于以副词so, neither, nor开头的句子。
　　1．so用于肯定句，指前面所说的肯定情况也适用于其他人或物：so+be(do, have,其他助词或情态动词)＋主词。例如：
　 1.I can speak English. So can he.
　 2. You say he works sard; So he does, and so do you.
　　注：在so…that…结构中，若so在句首，通常也要倒装。 如：So easy is it that a boy can learn it.

　　Ⅱ. neither, nor用于否定句，指前面所说的情况也适用其他人或物，其结构与so的结构相似。例如：
　　1．I don't know where he lives. Neither does she.
　　2. The students were not in the classroom. Nor was the teacher.

　　六、用于以were, had, should等词开头的虚拟条件句。例如：
　　1．Had you asked me, I would have told you eveything.
　　2. Should you change your mind, let me know.

　　七、用于以表示处所，声音等义的副词开头的句子。用表示运动的不及物动词作谓语时，为了表达生动，可将某副词放在句首，谓语动词放在主语之前，形成倒状结构。例如：
　　1．Away flew the birds.
　　2. Out went the children.
　　3. The door burst open and in rushed a stranger.

　　八、用于某些以地点状语开头的句子。例如：
　　1. Outside the classroom stood a boy.
　　2. At the foot of the hill lies a beautiful lake.

　　九、在直接引语后注明说话人的句子里，主语为句词时，常用倒装，主语为代词时，往往不用倒装。如：
　　1．"Let go."suggested Mary.
　　2. "How is your mother?"asked her friend.
　　3. "Whom are you looking for?"She asked.

　　十、若主语过长或强调表语或状语时，也可以用倒装结构。如：
　　1. On the bleckboard were the words written in English:"Welcome to our class!"
　　2. Inside the pyramids are the burial rooms for the kings and queens and long passages to these rooms.