Lesson for Grade 9 Quarter 1 Day 1; Normal and Inverted Word Order The "Pretty Ugly" Poem Exercises included

1. Normal and Inverted Word
Orders

2. I’m very ugly
So don’t try to convince me that
I am a very beautiful person
Because at the end of the day
I hate myself in every single way
And I’m not going to lie to myself by saying
There is beauty inside of me that matters
So rest assured I will remind myself
That I am a worthless, terrible person
And nothing you say will make me believe
I still deserve love
Because no matter what
I am not good enough to be loved
And I am in no position to believe that
Beauty does exist within me
Because whenever I look in the mirror I always think
Am I as ugly as people say?

3. Normal and Inverted Word Order
• When the subject of a sentence comes before
the verb, the sentence is in natural(normal)
order.
Example:
• The dog ran down the street.
Subj. Verb

4. Normal and Inverted Word Order
• When the verb or part of the verb comes
before the subject, the sentence is in inverted
order.
Example:
• Down the street ran the dog.
Subj.Verb

5. Rewrite each sentence in natural
order.
1. Around that corner is my favourite store.
2. Never have I seen so many pairs of shoes.
3. Here is my backpack.

6. Rewrite each sentence in inverted order.
Underline the subject and circle the verb in each
new sentence.
1. My dog is here.
2. The student sat in the first row, smiling.
3. The floundering ship sank beneath the
waves.

7. A Pair Game!
• Arrange the shuffled words on the board and
create a sentence.
1 natural(normal) word order;
And 1 inverted word order.

8. Change the normal sentence into one with inversion. For
example: "We had hardly arrived when Julie burst into the
house" becomes "Hardly had we arrived when Julie burst into
the house".
1. John had never been to such a fantastic
restaurant.
2. I in no way want to be associated with this
project.
3. They had no sooner eaten dinner than the
ceiling crashed onto the dining table.
4. I had scarcely finished writing my essay when
the examiner announced the end of the exam.
5. I seldom leave my house so early.

9. Change the normal sentence into one with inversion. For
example: "We had hardly arrived when Julie burst into the
house" becomes "Hardly had we arrived when Julie burst into
the house".
6. People rarely appreciate this musician's
talent.
7. We would understand what had happened
that night only later.
8. They had met such rude people nowhere
before.
9. He understood little about the situation.
10.The children should on no account go on
their own.

10. References:
• GoodThingsGuy.Com
(https://www.goodthingsguy.com/opinion/pretty
-ugly-poem/)
• T3: Daily Grammar Tool Sharpening
(http://t3dailygrammar.weebly.com/natural-
order-and-inverted-order-sentences.html)
• SlideShare
(https://www.slideshare.net/MaryjoyElynethDug
uran/natural-and-inverted-order-of-sentences)