将谓语的一部分(即情态动词、系动词或助动词)提到主语前的称为部分倒装。如句中没有情态动词、助动词或系动词，谓语只是一个实义动词，要在主语前加助动词do，does或did，主语后的实义动词用原形。常见的有：
(1) 含有否定意义的词never，seldom，little.hardly，not，scarcely，nowhere，by no means(决不)等置于句首时。
①Never have I seen such a man.我从来没有见过这样的人。
②Not until yesterday did we know that he had died of cancer.
直到昨天我们才知道他死于癌症。
(2)以only修饰的副词、介词短语或从句放在句首时。
①Only then did I realize that I was wrong.只是到那时我才意识到我错了。
②Only in this way can you improve your English. 只有这样你才能提高英语水平。
③Only when he is free does he come to see me. 只有当他空闲时才来看我。
注意：only 修饰状语从句放在句首时，只能倒装主句部分。
(3)当so置于句首意为“也如此”，neither，nor置于句首意为“也不”时。
①They all finished the work.So did I.他们都完成了工作，我也完成了。
②We have never been abroad，neither has she.我们从来未去过国外，她也没去过。
当so表示对前句内容的肯定和附和，译作“确实，正是”时，用自然语序。
一The students work very hard.学生们学习努力。
一So they do.他们确实是这样。
(4)当not only…but also, so／such…that, not… until, no sooner… than, hardly… when等连词置于句首时。
①Not only did we lose all our money，but also we came close to losing our lives.
我们不但把钱全丢了，还几乎丢了命。
②So hard does he study that he often forgets food and sleep.
他学习如此努力，常常是废寝忘食。
③No sooner had I gone out than a friend of mine came to see me.
我刚出去，就有一位朋友来看我；
(5)在as引导的让步状语从句中(名词／形容词/副词／动词 as 主谓结构)。
①Child as he is，he knows more than you.虽然他是孩子，但他懂的比你多。
②Tired as he was，he continued the work.虽然他累了，但他继续工作。
③Much as I like it, I will not buy it. 虽然我很喜欢这东西，但我不想买它。
④Try as they may,they will not succeed. 尽管他们很努力，但不会成功。
(6)虚拟语气的条件状语从句省去 if时，须将were，had，should提到句首构成倒装句。
①Were I in school again, I would work harder. 如果我重新回到学校，我会加倍努力学习。
②Had you not helped me, I wouldn’t have succeeded. 若不是你帮我，我不会成功。
③Should it rain tomorrow, the crops would be saved. 如果明天下雨，庄稼会得救的。 .
(7)频度副词often, always, once, now and then, every other day, many a time等放在句首时。
①Often did we go for walks together after supper at that time.
那时，我们晚饭后常一块儿散步。
②Every other day did he go to the hospital to see his father.
每隔一天他就去医院看望他父亲。
(8)为了使句子保持平衡，为了强调表语或为了使上下文紧密衔接时，常使用倒装语序。
①Gone forever are the days when the Chinese people were looked down upon.
中国人被瞧不起的日子一去不复返了。
②Also present will be a person who thinks up an idea for an advertisement.
出席会议的还有广告的策划者。
