Complete the travel blogger's slightly traumatizing diary entry by choosing the correct phrase for each blank.
Right in the middle of our campsite stood a massive gorilla, staring judgingly at my bowl of instant noodles.
I immediately realized that under no circumstances should I make any sudden movements toward my breakfast.
Meanwhile, hidden beneath the ferns lay our only map, completely soaked in mud and now totally illegible.
Right in the middle of our campsite stood a massive gorilla, staring judgingly at my bowl of instant noodles.
When a prepositional phrase of place or direction is fronted, we use full inversion (the main verb moves before the subject) without adding an auxiliary verb like "did".
I immediately realized that under no circumstances should I make any sudden movements toward my breakfast.
"Under no circumstances" is a negative adverbial phrase. When it begins a clause, it requires subject-auxiliary inversion ("should I make" instead of "I should make").
Meanwhile, hidden beneath the ferns lay our only map, completely soaked in mud and now totally illegible.
When a participle phrase ("hidden beneath the ferns") is fronted for descriptive emphasis, it is followed by full subject-verb inversion. The main verb "lay" comes before the subject "our only map".