This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Inversion After Negative Adverbials – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Inversion After Negative Adverbials Quiz 1 (8 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How would you paraphrase the sentence:'People don't realise how hard it is to be a chef'. A) Little people realise how hard it is to be a chef. B) People little realise how hard it is to be a chef. C) Little do people realise how hard it is to be a chef. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Little do people realise how hard it is to be a chef. 2. Which adverbials are often used with past perfect? A) Never, rarely, seldom. B) Hardly, barely, scarcely, no sooner. C) Only + time expression. D) Phrases with no and not. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hardly, barely, scarcely, no sooner. 3. What is the correct inversion for the sentence:'They not only arrived late but they talked throughout the film.'? A) Not only did they arrive late but they talked throughout the film. B) They not only arrived late but they talked throughout the film. C) They arrived late but they talked throughout the film not only. D) They arrived late not only but they talked throughout the film. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not only did they arrive late but they talked throughout the film. 4. What is the correct paraphrase of the sentence "She is clever. She is very young too." A) Not only she is clever, but is she very smart. B) Not only does she is clever, but very smart. C) Not only she is clever, but very smart. D) Not only is she clever, but very smart. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Not only is she clever, but very smart. 5. How would you paraphrase the sentence:'She has never been happier'. A) Never she has been happier. B) Never has she been happier. C) Never everuy she has been happier. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Never has she been happier. 6. What is the correct inversion for the sentence:'Only when they refilled my glass did I realise it was broken.'? A) They refilled my glass only when I did realise it was broken. B) They only refilled my glass when I did realise it was broken. C) Only when they refilled my glass did I realise it was broken. D) They refilled my glass when I did realise it was broken only. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Only when they refilled my glass did I realise it was broken. 7. Which adverbials are followed by 'when' in the contrasting clause? A) Hardly, scarcely, barely. B) No sooner. C) Only + time expression. D) Phrases with no and not. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hardly, scarcely, barely. 8. What is the correct inversion for the sentence:'We rarely find such talent.'? A) We rarely find such talent. B) We find such talent rarely. C) We find rarely such talent. D) Rarely do we find such talent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rarely do we find such talent. Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesAdverbial Fronting With Inversion QuizAgreement Rules QuizClause Complex QuizCleft Pseudo Cleft Transformation QuizCleft Transformation QuizComplements QuizComplete Sentences QuizConcord Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books