This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Adverbial Fronting With Inversion – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Adverbial Fronting With Inversion Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Tell whether the sentence below is in natural or inverted order. They had met such rude people nowhere before. A) Inverted. B) Natural. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Natural. 2. Little ..... at the time how soon I'd need your help. A) Realize I. B) Did I realize. C) I realized. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did I realize. 3. Hardly had the class started when the fire alarm ..... off. A) GONE. B) GO. C) WENT. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) WENT. 4. ..... had the money been raised than it was sent to the flood victims. A) Not only. B) No sooner. C) Never. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No sooner. 5. The prisoner was put in jail. Not once ..... to escape from his cell. A) Does he try. B) Was he trying. C) Is he trying. D) Did he try. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Did he try. 6. Inversion:Nous achetons des chaussures. A) Est-ce que nous achetons des chaussures?. B) Achetons nous des chaussures?. C) Nous achetons des chaussures?. D) Achetons-nous des chaussures?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Achetons-nous des chaussures?. 7. If I'm translating the following question into french which one would I use:Do you like fried pickles? A) Est-ce que. B) Qu'est-ce que. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Est-ce que. 8. ..... had he entered the office than he realized that he had left his wallet at home. A) Scarcely. B) No sooner. C) Hardly. D) Not only. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No sooner. 9. What happens to particles as they heat up? A) They speed up. B) They don't move. C) Nothing. D) They slow down. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They speed up. 10. ..... should you open the box." A) Under no circumstances. B) On no account. C) No sooner. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Under no circumstances. 11. Apply the inversion here:You don't often read any good news in the newspaper A) Rarely do you read any good news in the newspaper. B) You rarely do read any good news in the newspaper. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rarely do you read any good news in the newspaper. 12. Which of the following sentences uses inversion correctly? A) Rarely does she go to the gym. B) Rarely she goes to the gym. C) Rarely she does go to the gym. D) Rarely goes she to the gym. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rarely does she go to the gym. 13. No sooner ..... out that it rained. A) Did I go. B) I went. C) I had gone. D) Had I gone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had I gone. 14. ..... ever said anything to damage his reputation. A) Little have I. B) In no way have I. C) Never I have. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In no way have I. 15. Choose the correct option to complete the it cleft sentence: ..... was a small red convertible ..... he bought A) It/it. B) It/that. C) It/what. D) It/what. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It/that. 16. Fronting adverbials expressions of place and directionoften involves subject-verb inversion. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 17. At no point did anyone guess who ..... behind the vampire mask. A) WERE. B) WAS. C) BEEN. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) WAS. 18. The economic background of labor legislation will not be mentioned in this course, ..... be treated. A) Nor trade unionism will. B) Neither trade unionism will. C) Nor will trade unionism. D) Trade unionism will not. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nor will trade unionism. 19. What does the experiment demonstrate about temperature and air movement? A) Cold air always stays on top. B) Temperature has no effect on air movement. C) Warm air can't move. D) Warm air rises and cold air sinks. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Warm air rises and cold air sinks. 20. ..... the world gets rid of all nuclear weapons ..... truly safe. A) Under no circumstances / can us feel. B) Hardly / we can feel. C) Not until /can we feel. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Not until /can we feel. 21. The African killer bees could not be handled safely, nor ..... A) Could their honey be harvested. B) Harvested could their honey be. C) Their honey could be harvested. D) Could not their honey be harvested. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Could their honey be harvested. 22. It was not until she had arrived home ..... her appointment with the doctor. A) When she remembered. B) That she remembered. C) And she remembered. D) Did she remember. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That she remembered. 23. Bellicose intentions are a rare thing on this land. A) Such a rare thing is to see bellicose intentions on this land. B) Seldom can one see bellicose intentions on this land. C) Rarely bellicose intentions are seen on this land. D) Hardly ever are bellicose intentions seen on this land. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Seldom can one see bellicose intentions on this land. 24. Which of the following is not an example of a volatile organic compound? (VOC) A) Air freshener. B) Carbon monoxide. C) Paint thinner. D) Gasoline. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carbon monoxide. 25. By the river ..... A) Did a beautiful young girl sit. B) A beautiful young girl sat. C) A beautiful young girl did sit. D) Sat a beautiful young girl. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sat a beautiful young girl. 26. ..... more vulnerable ..... when we are beginning to fall in love. A) Nowhere are we / than. B) Nowhere we are / as. C) Nowhere are we / that. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nowhere are we / than. 27. Est-ce que:Tu aimes le baseball. A) Est-ce que tu aimes le baseball?. B) Aimes tu le baseball?. C) Tu aimes est-ce que le baseball?. D) Est-ce qu'tu aimes le baseball. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Est-ce que tu aimes le baseball?. 28. Put emphasis."I love the photos on that website" . A) What I love about that website is the photos. B) Which I love about that website is photos. C) What I love about that website are the photos. D) That I love about that website is the photos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What I love about that website is the photos. 29. ..... do I feel as comfortable as I do at home. A) No longer. B) No where. C) For no reasons. D) In no circumstances. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No where. 30. Not until much later ..... that she had made a huge mistake. A) Did he realize. B) Did he realized. C) He realized. D) He didn't realize. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did he realize. 31. She thought about what had happened only later. A) Only after had she thought about what happened. B) Only after she thought about what happened. C) Only later did she think about what had happened. D) Only later had she thought about what happened. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Only later did she think about what had happened. 32. So old ..... that she couldn't dance. A) She wasn't. B) She was. C) Was she. D) Wasn't she. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was she. 33. During El Nino, what kind of winter would be expected in the Southern United States? A) Warmer and drier than usual. B) Warmer and wetter than usual. C) Cooler and wetter than usual. D) Cooler and drier than usual. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cooler and wetter than usual. 34. I cannot be interrupted during the meeting. A) Shouldn't I be interrupted during the meeting. B) On no account am I to be interrupted during the meeting. C) Can't I be interrupted during the meeting. D) Under no circumstances I can be interrupted during the meeting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On no account am I to be interrupted during the meeting. 35. Can we start a sentence using word NOT? A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 36. ..... it was going to rain, I would have brought an umbrella with me. A) I had known. B) Had I known. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had I known. 37. When using "Est-ce que" and the next word starts with a vowel, use ..... A) Est ce que. B) C'est. C) Que ce que. D) Est-ce qu'. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Est-ce qu'. 38. Task:Paraphrase the sentence using Inversion.When I reached the door I realised that it was locked. A) No sooner had I realised the door was locked when I reached it. B) No sooner I had reached the door than I realised it was locked. C) No sooner had I reached the door when I realised it was locked. D) No sooner had I reached the door than I realised it was locked. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) No sooner had I reached the door than I realised it was locked. 39. Not only ..... in English, we must also not utter a word in our mother tongue during Mr Tan's lessons. A) Are we conversing. B) Were we conversing. C) Must we converse. D) We must converse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Must we converse. 40. Choose the right negative inversion:What she didn't know was that her life was about to change forever. A) Little do she knows that her life was about to change forever. B) Little did she know that her life was about to change forever. C) Little do she know that was her life about to change forever. D) Little did she knew that her life was about to change forever. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Little did she know that her life was about to change forever. 41. Choose the sentence with the same meaning:No sooner had he sat down for dinner than the doorbell rang. A) He had already finished eating when the doorbell rang. B) He had just sat down, when the doorbell rang. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He had just sat down, when the doorbell rang. 42. If I'm translating the following question into french which one would I use:What is that thing stuck in the ceiling? A) Est-ce que. B) Qu'est-ce que. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Qu'est-ce que. 43. ..... did we realize there was a major error in the contract. A) Only later. B) Once. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Only later. 44. Only for a short period of time ..... run at top speed. A) That a cheetah can. B) Can. C) Cheetahs. D) Do cheetahs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Do cheetahs. 45. Not only ..... , but also in Italian, too. A) Are she fluent in Russian. B) Is she fluent in Russian. C) She is fluent in Russian. D) Is Fluent in Russian. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is she fluent in Russian. 46. Complete the sentence: "Never before ..... such a groundbreaking invention." A) I have seen. B) Have I seen. C) I had seen. D) I saw. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have I seen. 47. He was publicly condemned, and his wife flayed him repeatedly. A) Such was his wife who flayed him after his public condemn. B) Not only was he publicly condemned, but also his wife flayed him repeatedly. C) By flaying him repeatedly could his wife be satisfied. D) Not only he was publicly condemned, but also his wife flayed him repeatedly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not only was he publicly condemned, but also his wife flayed him repeatedly. 48. People headed west to make their fortunes ..... inthe world could one acquire wealth so rapidly onlyin America were millions made-and lost-overnight. A) Nowhere else. B) Never before. C) Not only. D) Not until. E) At no time. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nowhere else. 49. Through the window ..... A) The burglar enters. B) The spy doesn't come. C) Came the spy. D) The spy came. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Came the spy. 50. ..... refuse an offer like that! A) Seldom am I. B) Under no circumstances I'll. C) No way am I going to. D) Never again I'm going to. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) No way am I going to. 51. Seldom ..... his hometown. A) Does he visit. B) He does visit. C) He visits. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Does he visit. 52. Sea creatures eat the plastic. HAPPENS What ..... the plastic. A) Happen is that sea creatures eats. B) Happen is that sea creatures eat:. C) Happens is that sea creatures eat. D) Happens is that sea creatures eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Happens is that sea creatures eat. 53. Nobody has won so many matches for his team since 1994. (Not since) A) Not since 1984 has anyone won so many matches. B) Not since 1984 has nobody won so many matches. C) Not since 1984 did anyone won so many matches. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not since 1984 has anyone won so many matches. 54. Complete the sentence: "Little ..... about the discovery when it was first announced." A) Was known. B) Known. C) Known was. D) Is known. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was known. 55. Never ..... any doubt about the matter. A) Hasn't there been. B) There hasn't been. C) Has there been. D) There has been. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Has there been. 56. Tell whether the sentence below is in natural or inverted order. Who is responsible for creating that computer virus? A) Inverted. B) Natural. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Natural. 57. Were the negotiations to fall through, A) It I'll bring unforseen problems. B) It brings unforsee problems. C) It would have brought unforeseen problems. D) It would bring unforeseen problems. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It would bring unforeseen problems. 58. ..... such dedicated and honest leaders. A) Nowhere I had encountered. B) Nowhere had I encountered. C) Nowhere had I encounter. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nowhere had I encountered. 59. Nowhere ..... such cooperative staff. A) You found. B) You can find. C) Can you find. D) You could find. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Can you find. 60. What's the correct inversion for this sentence?She really thought about the situation later. A) Only later did she really think about the situation. B) Only later she really thought about the situation. C) All the above. D) None of the above. 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