將謂語的部分(如be,助動詞：do,does,did,have,has,had,情態動詞:can,could, will,would,must,may,should等)放於主語之前的倒裝句語序叫部分倒裝。
某些否定詞位於句首時會引起部分倒裝：
否定詞有：never(從不) ,nowhere(任何地方都不、無處),
little(幾乎沒有),few(幾乎沒有),
hardly(幾乎不),seldom(很少),scarcely(幾乎不),barely(幾乎不) ...
含否定詞的短語：in no time(馬上),by no means(決不),not until(直到),
in no way(決不),at no time(任何時候都不，決不),
not only(不但) ...but also(而且)... ，
no sooner(壹)...than(就)... , hardly(壹) ... when(就) ...,
scarcely(壹)…when(就)…
1) We seldom get up at four in the morning. 我們很少在早上四點起床。
= Seldom do we get up at four in the morning.
2)I will never forget you. 我從不會忘記妳。
=Never will I forget you.
3)I have hardly heard of such a silly thing.我幾乎沒有聽說過這麽愚蠢的事。
=Hardly have I heard of such a silly thing.
4) He said little at the meeting. 在會議上他沒說什麽。
=Little did he say at the meeting.
5)You can in no way give away the secret. 妳絕不能把這個秘密泄露出去。
=In no way can you give away the secret.
6)The man was at no time aware of what was happening.
這個男人從沒有意識到正在發生什麽。
= At no time