So great was the demand: inversie met so, such, as en plaats

Voorbeelden

1. So great was the demand that the tickets sold out in an hour.

   De vraag was zo groot dat de kaartjes binnen een uur uitverkocht waren.

2. Such was the noise that nobody heard the alarm.

   Het lawaai was zo hard dat niemand het alarm hoorde.

3. She speaks four languages, as does her brother.

   Ze spreekt vier talen, net als haar broer.

4. At the end of the garden stood an old stone cottage.

   Achter in de tuin stond een oud stenen huisje.

Veelgemaakte fouten

• ✗Fout: So great the demand was that tickets sold out.

  ✓Goed: So great was the demand that tickets sold out.

  Na vooropgeplaatst so + bijvoeglijk naamwoord komt het werkwoord vóór het onderwerp.

• ✗Fout: Such the noise was that nobody slept.

  ✓Goed: Such was the noise that nobody slept.

  Such was + onderwerp: het werkwoord staat op de tweede plaats.

• ✗Fout: Here the bus comes.

  ✓Goed: Here comes the bus.

  Na here volgt een zelfstandig naamwoord het werkwoord (maar Here it comes).

Oefenvragen

Probeer elke vraag eerst zelf en open dan „Toon antwoord” voor de oplossing en de reden.

1. 1Verander de zin.

   Herschrijf met so vooraan.

   The storm was so violent that trees were uprooted.

   1. ASo was violent the storm that trees were uprooted.
   2. BSo violent the storm was that trees were uprooted.
   3. CSo the storm violent was that trees were uprooted.
   4. DSo violent was the storm that trees were uprooted.
   Toon antwoord

   Antwoord: D So violent was the storm that trees were uprooted.

   So + bijvoeglijk naamwoord + was + the storm.

2. 2Kies de juiste zin.

   1. ASo was his anger that he could not speak.
   2. BSuch his anger was that he could not speak.
   3. CSuch was his anger that he could not speak.
   4. DSuch was angry he that he could not speak.
   Toon antwoord

   Antwoord: C Such was his anger that he could not speak.

   Such was + zelfstandig naamwoord + that.

3. 3Kies de juiste zin.

   Welke zin betekent hetzelfde?

   She has lived abroad, as have most of her friends.

   1. AHer friends have never lived abroad.
   2. BShe has lived abroad like a friend.
   3. CMost of her friends have also lived abroad.
   4. DMost of her friends want to live abroad.
   Toon antwoord

   Antwoord: C Most of her friends have also lived abroad.

   as have + onderwerp = en dat geldt ook voor …

4. 4Vul het gat in.

   So loud _____ the music that the neighbours called the police.

   1. Awas
   2. Bthe
   3. Cit
   4. Dwere
   Toon antwoord

   Antwoord: A So loud was the music that the neighbours called the police.

   So + bijvoeglijk naamwoord + was + enkelvoudig onderwerp.

5. 5Deze zin klopt niet. Kies de verbetering.

   So tired I was that I fell asleep on the bus.

   1. ASo I was tired that I fell asleep on the bus.
   2. BSuch tired was I that I fell asleep on the bus.
   3. CSo tired was I that I fell asleep on the bus.
   4. DSo tired was I, that I was fell asleep on the bus.
   Toon antwoord

   Antwoord: C So tired was I that I fell asleep on the bus.

   Inverteer na vooropgeplaatst so + bijvoeglijk naamwoord: was I.

6. 6Zet de woorden in de juiste volgorde.

   In the doorway stood a tall stranger

   Toon antwoord

   Antwoord: In the doorway stood a tall stranger.

   Na een vooropgeplaatste plaatsbepaling kan het werkwoord vóór het onderwerp staan.

7. 7Kies de juiste zin.

   Waar lees je dit het meest waarschijnlijk?

   Such was the scale of the damage that the town was evacuated.

   1. AA shopping list
   2. BA text message to a friend
   3. CA news report or a history book
   4. DA chat at a party
   Toon antwoord

   Antwoord: C A news report or a history book

   Deze inversie hoort bij formeel geschreven Engels.

8. 8Kies de juiste zin.

   1. AHere does the bus come at last!
   2. BHere comes the bus at last!
   3. CHere comes it at last!
   4. DHere the bus comes at last!
   Toon antwoord

   Antwoord: B Here comes the bus at last!

   Na here staat het werkwoord vóór een zelfstandig naamwoord.

9. 9Verander de zin.

   Herschrijf met such vooraan.

   The response was so strong that the company changed its policy.

   1. ASo such was the response that the company changed its policy.
   2. BSuch a response was that the company changed its policy.
   3. CSuch the response was that the company changed its policy.
   4. DSuch was the response that the company changed its policy.
   Toon antwoord

   Antwoord: D Such was the response that the company changed its policy.

   Such was + onderwerp + that: de kracht wordt geïmpliceerd.

10. 10Kies de juiste zin.

    Wat klopt?

    He earns more than do most of his colleagues.

    1. AHis colleagues earn more than he does.
    2. BThey all earn exactly the same.
    3. CHe does most of his colleagues’ work.
    4. DMost of his colleagues earn less than he does.
    Toon antwoord

    Antwoord: D Most of his colleagues earn less than he does.

    than do + onderwerp = dan de meeste collega’s verdienen.