This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Adverbial Fronting With Inversion – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Adverbial Fronting With Inversion Quiz 6 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Hardly ..... English. A) Speaks she. B) She speaks. C) Does she speak. D) Doesn't she speak. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Does she speak. 2. Which of the following sentences demonstrates correct inversion after a negative adverbial? A) Seldom I have visited such a quiet place. B) Seldom have I visited such a quiet place. C) Seldom visited I such a quiet place. D) Seldom I visited have such a quiet place. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Seldom have I visited such a quiet place. 3. Normally, as you go up (increase in altitude), the air temperature gets ..... in the troposphere A) Cooler. B) Warmer. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cooler. 4. We all need to be on sensible alert, but ..... allow fear to dictate the course of our lives. A) Never we must. B) On no account should we. C) No way we should. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On no account should we. 5. Rarely ..... the Amur Leopard A) Can people photograph. B) People can photograph. C) People may photograph. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can people photograph. 6. Should she study law, A) I will pay for the tuition fees. B) Will you pay for the tuition fees?. C) Let's pay for her tuition fees. D) All are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All are correct. 7. Little ..... about what happened next! A) Does he know. B) He knew. C) Did he know. D) Knew him. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Did he know. 8. A normal convection current occurs when A) Warm air gets trapped under cold air. B) Warm air rises and cooler air sinks. C) Cool air rises and warmer air sinks. D) Cool air rises with the warmer air. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Warm air rises and cooler air sinks. 9. ..... a week go by without some road accidents A) Seldom do. B) Hardly does. C) Seldom do. D) Infrequently do. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hardly does. 10. Complete the sentence: "No sooner ..... the machine started than it broke down." A) Had. B) Was. C) Have. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had. 11. Task:Paraphrase the sentence using Inversion.If they were to escape, there would be an outcry. A) Were to escape they, there would be an outcry. B) Were they escape, there would be an outcry. C) Were they to escape, would there be an outcry. D) Were they to escape, there would be an outcry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were they to escape, there would be an outcry. 12. What is the basic structure of a negative inversion sentence? A) Negative adverbial + Main verb + Auxiliary verb + Subject. B) Negative adverbial + Auxiliary verb + Subject + Main verb. C) Main verb + Auxiliary verb + Negative adverbial + Subject. D) Negative adverbial + Subject + Auxiliary verb + Main verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Negative adverbial + Auxiliary verb + Subject + Main verb. 13. It wasn't clear who was going to win the match until the last few minutes. A) Not until the last few minutes was it clear who was going to win the match. B) Not until the last few minutes it wasn't clear was who going to win the match. C) Not until the last few minutes wasn't it clear who was going to win the match. D) Not until the last few minutes it was clear who was going to win the match. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not until the last few minutes was it clear who was going to win the match. 14. Only by working extra time ..... able to support his large family. A) He was. B) Was he. C) He's being. D) He is. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was he. 15. Tommy recognized in doing that thing truely. A) In no way Tommy recognize in doing that thing wrongly. B) In no way did Tommy recognize in doing that thing wrongly. C) In no way has Tommy recognize in doing that thing wrongly. D) In no way do Tommy recognize in doing that thing wrongly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In no way did Tommy recognize in doing that thing wrongly. 16. Hardly ..... at the red light when the police car drove past me. A) I had stopped. B) I had stoped. C) Had I stopped. D) Had I stoped. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had I stopped. 17. Had they arrived at the fair earlier, they ..... what they wanted A) Would have found. B) Have found. C) Had found. D) Found. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Would have found. 18. Rarely ..... she made mistake since she was a manager. A) Is. B) Have. C) Has. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Has. 19. ..... will Andrew get a higher salary in the future. A) With hard work. B) Despite his hard work. C) Only if he works hardly. D) Only by working hard. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Only by working hard. 20. Only by working harder ..... higher pay. A) Did you get. B) You got. C) Will you get. D) You will get. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Will you get. 21. Fear is the path to the dark side. A) Inverted. B) Natural. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inverted. 22. Task:Paraphrase the sentence using Inversion.The team has seldom given a worse performance. A) Seldom the team has given a worse performance. B) Has the team seldom given a worse performance. C) Seldom has the team given a worse performance. D) Has seldom the team given a worse performance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Seldom has the team given a worse performance. 23. Nowhere ..... the fresh and peaceful air like here. A) You enjoy. B) Can you enjoy. C) You do enjoy. D) You can enjoy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can you enjoy. 24. Why is it important to have daylight when driving, according to the experiment? A) To save energy. B) To keep the car warm. C) To ensure the gases move back and forth properly. D) To reduce the risk of accidents. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To ensure the gases move back and forth properly. 25. ..... 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 had I-than. D) No sooner hadn't I-than. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) No sooner had I-than. 26. 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. 27. The result can be achieved only with aggregated efforts. A) Only after we aggregate our efforts, the result can be achieved. B) Only by aggregating our efforts, can the result be achieved. C) Only when are the efforts aggregated, 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. 28. ..... 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. 29. Which of the following best describes the impact of temperature inversions on fog formation? A) They cause fog to dissipate quickly. B) They prevent fog from forming. C) They have no effect on fog. D) They can lead to the formation of dense fog. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They can lead to the formation of dense fog. 30. 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. 31. A city is experiencing heavy smog formed by motor vehicle exhaust. Which of these weather conditions contributes MOST to the formation of smog? A) Dry line. B) Tropical cyclone. C) Temperature inversion. D) Cold front. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Temperature inversion. 32. 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. 33. 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. 34. 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. 35. Their ..... were refugees from war A) Ancestry. B) Ancestors. C) Ancestral. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ancestors. 36. 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. 37. 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. 38. Which statement is NOT correct about inversions? A) An inversion has a "question order" of words. B) Inversions are used in informal English. C) No sooner hadn't I-than. D) The negative adverbial is at the beginning of a sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inversions are used in informal English. 39. The audience didn't laugh at any point during the show. A) At any point during the show the audience laughed. B) At no point during the show the audience laughed. C) At no point during the show did the audience laugh. D) At any point during the show did the audience laugh. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) At no point during the show did the audience laugh. 40. ..... we take specific actions immediately ..... hope to stop climate change in some way. A) Only if / can we. B) If only / can we. C) Only / we can. D) Rarely when / can we. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Only if / can we. 41. Only if my brother ..... would I inform you about his plans. A) Agree. B) Does agree. C) Agreed. D) Did agree. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Agreed. 42. As soon as I came in, a bomb blew out. A) Barely had I come in, when a bomb blow out. B) Hardly I had come in, did a bomb blow out. C) Hardly had I come in, than a bomb blew out. D) Hardly had I come in when a bomb blew out. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hardly had I come in when a bomb blew out. 43. Hardly had I realised what was going on ..... the man attacked me again. A) Than. B) That. C) Since. D) When. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) When. 44. How do temperature inversions influence changes in ocean currents? A) They can disrupt normal ocean circulation patterns. B) Ocean currents remain unchanged despite temperature inversions. C) Temperature inversions have no impact on ocean currents. D) Temperature inversions enhance ocean currents, promoting stability. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They can disrupt normal ocean circulation patterns. 45. 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. 46. No longer ..... women bear a lot of children. A) Does. B) Do. C) Doing. D) Did. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Do. 47. Not until midnight ..... studying. He was determined to do his best for the test the next day. A) John will stop. B) John did stop. C) Did John stop. D) Will John stop. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Did John stop. 48. I only realised it was Vanessa when she removed her hat. A) Only when she removes her hat do I realise it is Vanessa. B) Only when did she remove her had I realised it was Vanessa. C) Only removing her hat did I realise it was Vanessa. D) Only when she removed her hat did I realise it was Vanessa. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Only when she removed her hat did I realise it was Vanessa. 49. Only when I have free time ..... television A) Does I watch. B) I watch. C) Does I watch. D) Do I watch. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Do I watch. 50. An increase in the volume of a substance when the temperature increases is called ..... A) Kinetic energy. B) Thermal expansion. C) Heat. D) Temperature. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thermal expansion. 51. Inversion in English grammar often involves changing the usual order of words. Which of the following sentences correctly uses inversion? A) I rarely have seen such a beautiful sunset. B) Rarely have I seen such a beautiful sunset. C) Never I have seen such a beautiful sunset. D) Rarely I have seen such a beautiful sunset. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rarely have I seen such a beautiful sunset. 52. What role do temperature inversions play in the formation of fog? A) They prevent the formation of fog by increasing air movement. B) They contribute to fog formation by trapping cool air near the surface. C) They have no significant effect on fog formation. D) They disperse fog by enhancing vertical air mixing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They contribute to fog formation by trapping cool air near the surface. 53. ..... 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. 54. He listened so attentively that not a word ..... A) He had missed. B) He didn't miss. C) Did he miss. D) He missed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Did he miss. 55. Which of the following is a correct example of inversion with "little" ? A) Little did know he how important his invention would become. B) Little did he know how important his invention would become. C) Little he did know how important his invention would become. D) Little did he knew how important his invention would become. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Little did he know how important his invention would become. 56. The telephone started ringing just after he had left the office. A) Barely he did leave the office when the telephone had started ringing. B) Barely he had left the office when the telephone started ringing. C) Barely did he leave the office when the telephone had started ringing. D) Barely had he left the office when the telephone started ringing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Barely had he left the office when the telephone started ringing. 57. Only by working hard ..... your final exam. A) You will pass. B) You will pass. C) Will you pass. D) You will pass. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Will you pass. 58. Identify the sentence that correctly uses inversion for emphasis. A) Only after the meeting ended did we discuss the results. B) Only after the meeting ended, we discussed the results. C) Only after the meeting ended did discussed we the results. D) Only after the meeting ended we discussed the results. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Only after the meeting ended did we discuss the results. 59. His teacher never accepted him to cheat in exams. A) Under no circumstances did his teacher accept him to cheat in exams. B) Under no circumstances is his teacher accept him to cheat in exams. C) Under no circumstances do his teacher accept him to cheat in exams. D) Under no circumstances does his teacher accept him to cheat in exams. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Under no circumstances did his teacher accept him to cheat in exams. 60. During ENSO, La Nina is A) The warming of the Atlantic Ocean. B) The cooling of the Atlantic Ocean. C) The cooling of the Pacific Ocean. D) The warming of the Pacific Ocean. 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