This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Inversion Grammar – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Inversion Grammar Quiz 1 (40 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which word is used together with 'than' in an inversion? A) Not only. B) Not until. C) Never. D) No sooner. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) No sooner. 2. Can you use inversions in conditionals? A) Yes. B) No. C) Maybe?. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 3. Hardly ..... we escaped through the back door when the ceiling came down. A) HAVE. B) HAD. C) HAS. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) HAD. 4. What's the correct structure for an inversion? A) Verb-auxiliary verb-subject. B) Subject-auxiliary verb-verb. C) Subject-verb-auxiliary verb. D) Auxiliary verb-subject-verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Auxiliary verb-subject-verb. 5. ..... that I was speaking to someone as important as Professor Sims. A) I knew little. B) Little I knew. C) Little did I know. D) Little have I known. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Little did I know. 6. Rarely ..... attention to the teacher. A) Did the students pay. B) The students paid. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did the students pay. 7. Never ..... seen such a beautiful place? A) I have. B) Have I. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have I. 8. Only after years of education ..... become a doctor. A) Can you. B) You can. C) Litter. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can you. 9. Which are considered negative? A) No sooner. B) Both. C) Only when. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Both. 10. Which is an inversion: A) I hardly ever come here. B) He never really contributes. C) Never I have been so excited. D) Never had I seen so many fish before. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Never had I seen so many fish before. 11. If Alex had asked, I would have been able to help. A) Alex had asked, I would have been able to help. B) Had Alex asked, I would have been able to help. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had Alex asked, I would have been able to help. 12. Under no circumstances can you wear my favourite jeans. A) Incorrect. B) Correct. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Correct. 13. Never ..... go there alone. A) You can. B) Can you. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can you. 14. Many a time ..... to escape, but he never did. A) He tried. B) Did he try. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did he try. 15. Which is the correct conditional inversion? A) Had I known, I would have helped. B) If I had known, would I have helped. C) Had I known, would I have helped. D) If had I known, I would have helped. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had I known, I would have helped. 16. The local police have shown no signs of panicat all. A) At no time have the local police shown signs of panic. B) At no time have the local police shown no signs of panic. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) At no time have the local police shown signs of panic. 17. Little ..... they know that this would be the biggest storm they'd ever seen. A) DID. B) DO. C) DON'T. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) DID. 18. In no way ..... be successful in this field. A) He can. B) Can he. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can he. 19. Make an inversion:I not only finished, but I did so with style. A) Not only did I finish, but I did so with style. B) Not only do I finish, but did I so with style. C) Not only did I do so with style, but I also finished. D) Finished I did, but also with style. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not only did I finish, but I did so with style. 20. Make the inversion:He was only relaxed when he was safe inside the hut. A) Only when was he safe inside the hut he was relaxed. B) Only when he was safe inside the hut was he relaxed. C) Only was he relaxed when he was safe inside the hut. D) Only and when he was relaxed safely in the hut. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Only when he was safe inside the hut was he relaxed. 21. Not only ..... it rain heavily, it is also very windy, making rescues even more challenging. A) DID. B) DO. C) DOES. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) DOES. 22. Floods damage roads and buildings. A) Not only floods do damage roads and buildings. B) Not only do floods damage roads and buildings. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not only do floods damage roads and buildings. 23. Little did we suspected how much trouble he would cause us. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 24. Make an inversion:I rarely go to the beach these days. A) Rarely I go to the beach these days. B) I go rarely to the beach these days. C) Rarely do I go to the beach these days. D) Do I go to the beach rarely these days. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rarely do I go to the beach these days. 25. Seldom ..... out for dinner. A) Does Sandra go. B) She goes. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Does Sandra go. 26. Never I have seem such a rude and noise customer. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 27. Not since the 1960s ..... attended an anti-war demonstration in London A) So many people have. B) Did so many people have. C) Have so many people. D) Had so many people had. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Have so many people. 28. Complete the blanks with the correct option:1 ..... Have I seen such enthusiasm and excitement A) Never before. B) Not only. C) No sooner. D) Always before. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Never before. 29. Choose the correct option.We can use certain words and expressions at the begining of a sentence for emphasis. When do we this, the word order changes. A) Inversion. B) Conditional. C) Had better. D) Causative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inversion. 30. At no time before I accepted the job ..... that I would have to do so much travelling around the country. A) I was told. B) Was I told. C) I had been told. D) Did they told. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was I told. 31. I didn't realise that one day Michael would become famous. A) Little didn't I realise that one day Michael would become famous. B) Little did I realised that one day Michael would become famous. C) Little did I realise that one day Michael would become famous. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Little did I realise that one day Michael would become famous. 32. Choose the best inversion structure to complete each sentence ..... should children be allowed to drive. A) No sooner. B) Under no circumstances. C) Rarely. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Under no circumstances. 33. Under no circumstance ..... get into that room. A) You can. B) Can you. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can you. 34. Which is correct for an inversion? A) Never have I. B) Have never I. C) I have never. D) I never have. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Never have I. 35. Which word or phrase doesn't typically trigger an inversion? A) Only when. B) Never. C) Not until. D) But. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) But. 36. Hardly ..... opened the door when I saw the thief. A) I had. B) Had I. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had I. 37. Only by climbing onto our roof ..... we able to get away. A) DID. B) HAVE. C) WERE. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) WERE. 38. Inversions involve: A) Making everything a question. B) Swapping the subject and verb. C) Making the object the focus of the sentence. D) A change of intonation only. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Swapping the subject and verb. 39. .... to me, we wouldn't be here now. A) Had you listened. B) You had listened. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had you listened. 40. .... Did we regret the decision to go there A) At no time. B) Not until the end. C) At time. D) Never before. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) At no time. 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