This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Adverbial Fronting With Inversion – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Adverbial Fronting With Inversion Quiz 12 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. ..... shut the door ..... I realized I had left my keys inside. A) No sooner had I-that. B) No sooner I had-than. C) No sooner hadn't I-than. D) No sooner had I-than. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) No sooner had I-than. 2. No sooner ..... than I realised what was going on. A) Had I heard. B) I had heard. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had I heard. 3. The result can be achieved only with aggregated efforts. A) Only when are the efforts aggregated, the result can be achieved. B) Only by aggregating our efforts, can the result be achieved. C) Only after we aggregate our efforts, the result can be achieved. D) Only since the efforts are aggregated, the could the result have been achieved. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Only by aggregating our efforts, can the result be achieved. 4. ..... had they left the area to find safety when the hurricane hit. A) Only. B) Hardly. C) Never. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hardly. 5. Which of the following best describes the impact of temperature inversions on fog formation? A) They prevent fog from forming. B) They can lead to the formation of dense fog. C) They cause fog to dissipate quickly. D) They have no effect on fog. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They can lead to the formation of dense fog. 6. Task:Paraphrase the sentence using Inversion.There was an exposion when the train left the station. A) Hardly had the train left the station, than there was an explosion. B) Hardly had the train left the station, when there was an explosion. C) No sooner had the train left the station, when there was an explosion. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hardly had the train left the station, when there was an explosion. 7. A city is experiencing heavy smog formed by motor vehicle exhaust. Which of these weather conditions contributes MOST to the formation of smog? A) Cold front. B) Temperature inversion. C) Tropical cyclone. D) Dry line. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Temperature inversion. 8. Tell whether the sentence below is in natural or inverted order. Along the rocks lay hundreds of mussels and clams. A) Natural. B) Inverted. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inverted. 9. I got to know Peter only after meeting him several times. A) Only after meeting Peter several times did I get to know him. B) Only after meeting Peter several times I got to know him. C) Only after meeting Peter several times got I to know him. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Only after meeting Peter several times I got to know him. 10. When do we often use inversion? A) In speech. B) In written forms. C) Mostly in formal speech and in formal writing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mostly in formal speech and in formal writing. 11. Their ..... were refugees from war A) Ancestry. B) Ancestors. C) Ancestral. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ancestors. 12. Not until the 1980s ..... for the average person to own a computer. A) It was possible. B) Was it possible. C) Was possible. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was it possible. 13. Rarely have I ..... a place as creepy as this abandoned cemetery. A) SEEN. B) SAW. C) SEE. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) SEEN. 14. Which statement is NOT correct about inversions? A) Inversions are used in informal English. B) An inversion has a "question order" of words. C) No sooner hadn't I-than. D) The negative adverbial is at the beginning of a sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inversions are used in informal English. 15. The audience didn't laugh at any point during the show. A) At any point during the show did the audience laugh. B) At no point during the show the audience laughed. C) At any point during the show the audience laughed. D) At no point during the show did the audience laugh. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) At no point during the show did the audience laugh. 16. ..... we take specific actions immediately ..... hope to stop climate change in some way. A) Rarely when / can we. B) If only / can we. C) Only if / can we. D) Only / we can. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Only if / can we. 17. Only if my brother ..... would I inform you about his plans. A) Agree. B) Agreed. C) Does agree. D) Did agree. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Agreed. 18. As soon as I came in, a bomb blew out. A) Barely had I come in, when a bomb blow out. B) Hardly had I come in when a bomb blew out. C) Hardly I had come in, did a bomb blow out. D) Hardly had I come in, than a bomb blew out. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hardly had I come in when a bomb blew out. 19. Hardly had I realised what was going on ..... the man attacked me again. A) When. B) Than. C) Since. D) That. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When. 20. How do temperature inversions influence changes in ocean currents? A) Ocean currents remain unchanged despite temperature inversions. B) They can disrupt normal ocean circulation patterns. C) Temperature inversions enhance ocean currents, promoting stability. D) Temperature inversions have no impact on ocean currents. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They can disrupt normal ocean circulation patterns. 21. How do temperature Inversions affect air currents? A) A layer of cold, polluted air mixes with the warm air from the surface and creates a smog-like layer. B) A layer of slightly warmer air prevents the warm, polluted air from rising, causing a build up of pollution near the surface. C) A layer of smoke causes temperatures to lower near the surface of the earth, causing more pollution in the air. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A layer of slightly warmer air prevents the warm, polluted air from rising, causing a build up of pollution near the surface. 22. No longer ..... women bear a lot of children. A) Does. B) Did. C) Doing. D) Do. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Do. 23. Not until midnight ..... studying. He was determined to do his best for the test the next day. A) John did stop. B) Did John stop. C) Will John stop. D) John will stop. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did John stop. 24. I only realised it was Vanessa when she removed her hat. A) Only removing her hat did I realise it was Vanessa. B) Only when did she remove her had I realised it was Vanessa. C) Only when she removed her hat did I realise it was Vanessa. D) Only when she removes her hat do I realise it is Vanessa. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Only when she removed her hat did I realise it was Vanessa. 25. Only when I have free time ..... television A) Does I watch. B) I watch. C) Do I watch. D) Does I watch. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Do I watch. 26. An increase in the volume of a substance when the temperature increases is called ..... A) Heat. B) Thermal expansion. C) Temperature. D) Kinetic energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thermal expansion. 27. Inversion in English grammar often involves changing the usual order of words. Which of the following sentences correctly uses inversion? A) Never I have seen such a beautiful sunset. B) Rarely I have seen such a beautiful sunset. C) I rarely have seen such a beautiful sunset. D) Rarely have I seen such a beautiful sunset. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rarely have I seen such a beautiful sunset. 28. What role do temperature inversions play in the formation of fog? A) They disperse fog by enhancing vertical air mixing. B) They contribute to fog formation by trapping cool air near the surface. C) They have no significant effect on fog formation. D) They prevent the formation of fog by increasing air movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They contribute to fog formation by trapping cool air near the surface. 29. ..... she could not say anything. A. B. A) However upset was she that. B) So upset was she that. C) So upset was she upset was she that. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) So upset was she that. 30. He listened so attentively that not a word ..... A) He missed. B) Did he miss. C) He didn't miss. D) He had missed. 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