詞序是高考試題中常考的內容，同時也是中學教材的重點和難點。為便于同學們復習，下面我們把高考中 所出現(xiàn)的各種詞序題歸類簡析如下：
一、短語動詞中賓語的位置
（79MET）. If you don't know the word, why don't you ______in the dictionary.
（A）look at it （B）look after it （C）look up it （D）look it up
析：答案為D。其意指"查（字典等）"，A意為"看"，B 意為"照顧"均不符題意，故排除。由動詞加 副詞構成的短語，其賓語是名詞時，賓語可放在整個短語后面，也可插在動詞與副詞之間，但賓語是代詞時， 代詞賓語只能插在動詞與副詞之間。
試題選練：（畫線項為答案，下同）
（83MET）.If you are at home this evening, I'll________.
（A）ring you on （B）ring upon you （C）ring to you （D）ring you up
（78MET）.I need a day or two________
（A）to think it over B）to think over it C）of thinking
二、虛擬語氣省略if時的詞序
（95上海）.______ for the free tickets, I would not have gone to the films so often.
（A）If it is not （B）Were it not （C）Had it not been （D）If they were not
析：答案為C。這是一個與過去相反的虛擬條件從句的省略形式，當從句中的if省略時，從句要用倒裝句。 這類倒裝句只需將助動詞、情態(tài)動詞或系動詞提至主語前即可。常見句式更換如下：
a.與現(xiàn)在相反：If I were you (=Were I you) , I would go with him.
b.與過去相反：If I had had time then (=Had I had time then), I would have gone with you.
c.與將來相反：If I were to visit/should visit/visited the Great Wall tomorrow, (=Were I to /Should I visit the Great Wall tomorrow), I would take my son with me.
注意：在否定句中not不可提至主語前，如：
（誤）Weren't I here now, I would be in the bus.
（正）Were I not here now, I would be in the bus.
試題選練：（94上海）.______ it rain tomorrow, we would have to put off the visit to the Yangpu Bridge.
（A）Were （B）Should （C）Would （D）Will
_______ your letter, I would have written back two days ago.
（A）If I received （B）Should I receive （C）Had I received （D）If I could have received
三、否定詞放在句首時的詞序
（91MET）"Do you know Jim quarrelled with his brother?" "I don't know,_____
（A）nor don't I care （B）nor do I care （C）I don't care neither （D）I don't care also
析：答案為B。A項多了not，C項、D項分別要改neither、 also 為either。否定詞作狀語放在句首時要用 倒裝句，倒裝句只需將情態(tài)動詞、助動詞、系動詞be提至主語首即可（見例2）。 實意動詞的倒裝要在主語前 面加助動詞 do，does，did等，此時謂語動詞要用動詞原形（見例1）。常見的否定詞或結構有：neither/nor /never/hardly/ little/seldom/ scarcely/ barely/ not until/no sooner than/hardly when/not only…b ut also/at no time/not once/by no means
例：1.Little did Einstein care for money.
2.By no means( Never/At no time) will China be superpowers.
試題選練：（85MET）. "Did you enjoy that trip? " "I'm afraid not. And_______."
（A）my classmates don't either （B）my classmates don't too
（C）neither do my classmates （D）neither did my classmates
（90MET）.Not until I began to work _______how much time I had wasted.
（A）didn't I realize （B）did I realize （C）I didn't realize （D）I realize
（95NMET）.Not until all the fish died in the river ____how serious the pollution was.
（A）did the villagers realize （B）the villagers realize
（C）the villagers did realize （D）didn't the villagers realize
（91上海）.Not only____ polluted but ____ crowded.
（A）was the city, were the streets （B）the city was, were the streets
（C）was the city, the streets were （D）the city was, the streets were
（94上海）.Little ____ about his own safety, though he was in great danger himself.
（A）does he care （B）did he care （C）he cares （D）he cared
四、So…that放在句首時的詞序
（92上海）. So ______ that no fish can live in it.
（A）the lake is shallow （B）shallow the lake is （C）shallow is the lake （D）is the lake shallow
析：答案為C。在so…that句型中，當so 后的部分提到句首時要用部分倒裝。如：
So hard does he study that he is sure to succeed.
試題選練：So excited _____ that he couldn't speak a word.
（A）he gets （B）he got （C）does he get （D）did he get