This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Inversion In English – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Inversion In English Quiz 4 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is inversion in English grammar? A) Inversion refers to the use of passive voice in sentences. B) Inversion is the addition of adjectives before nouns in a sentence. C) Inversion is a type of punctuation in English grammar. D) Inversion is the reversal of the normal subject-verb order in a sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inversion is the reversal of the normal subject-verb order in a sentence. 2. Create a question using negative inversion from the statement 'He has finished his homework.' A) Has he not finished his homework?. B) He has not finished his homework?. C) Has he finished his homework not?. D) Did he not finish his homework?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has he not finished his homework?. 3. Complete the sentence with correct inversion: " ..... you left, the whole situation would have been different." A) Would have. B) Had have. C) Had. D) Had been. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had. 4. InversionsWhich sentence is NOT an Inversion: A) Seldom have I worked so hard in all my life. B) Never have I experienced such cold weather. C) Rarely do we start working before 9 in the morning. D) It was me who did everything. E) At no point we were asked our opinion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It was me who did everything. 5. Complete the sentence with correct inversion: " ..... the new policy was introduced, we noticed a big change." A) Had. B) By the time. C) No sooner had. D) As soon as. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) No sooner had. 6. ..... 500, 000 million dollar, I would travel around the world. A) Should I have. B) Were I have. C) If I have. D) Were I to have. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were I to have. 7. Rewrite this sentence using inversion with WERE:If I were rich, I could afford to buy an expensive car. Were ..... A) Were I have rich, I could afford to buy an expensive car. B) Were I was rich, I could afford to buy an expensive car. C) Were I to be rich, I could afford to buy an expensive car. D) Were I rich, I could afford to buy an expensive car. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were I rich, I could afford to buy an expensive car. 8. Seldom ..... such a stunning performance on this stage. A) Did we see. B) Do we see. C) Had we seen. D) We saw. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did we see. 9. I didn't realize who he was until later. => Only later A) Did I realise who he was. B) Had I realised who he was. C) I realised who he was. D) Did I realised who he was. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did I realise who he was. 10. ..... Kalimantan is not as crowded as Java, it has the same modern architectures. A) In order to. B) After. C) Although. D) Because. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Although. 11. Which modal verb example shows inversion? A) He should go. B) I should go. C) Should I go?. D) You should go. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Should I go?. 12. She not only sings beautifully but also learns well. A) Not only does she sings beautifully but also she learns well. B) Not only she sings beautifully but also does she learns well. C) Not only does she sing beautifully but also she learns well. D) Did my bus come.Not only she sings beautifully but also does she learn well. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Not only does she sing beautifully but also she learns well. 13. Select the sentence that correctly uses inversion to show Harry broke his leg and also injured his shoulder. A) Not only did Harry break his leg, but he also injured his shoulder. B) Harry not only broke his leg and also injured his shoulder. C) Harry injured his shoulder and broke his leg. D) Not only Harry broke his leg, but also injured his shoulder. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not only did Harry break his leg, but he also injured his shoulder. 14. Identify the negative inversion in the following sentence:'Never have I seen such beauty.' A) I have never seen such beauty. B) Such beauty I have never seen. C) Never have I. D) Never have I seen beauty such. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Never have I. 15. Transform the positive statement 'We will travel tomorrow' into a negative sentence using inversion. A) We will not be traveling tomorrow?. B) We will not travel tomorrow?. C) Will we not travel tomorrow?. D) Will we travel not tomorrow?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Will we not travel tomorrow?. 16. Never have I seen such a beautiful sunset. A) The speaker has always admired sunsets like this one. B) The speaker finds this sunset to be quite ordinary. C) The speaker has seen many sunsets, but none as stunning. D) The speaker has never seen a sunset as beautiful as this one. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The speaker has never seen a sunset as beautiful as this one. 17. As soon as i went to bed, the telephone rang. A) Hardly had I gone to bed when the telephone rang. B) Hardly did I go to bed when the telephone rang. C) Hardly had I went to bed when the telephone rang. D) Hardly I had gone to bed when did the telephone ring. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hardly had I gone to bed when the telephone rang. 18. ..... , he would have been killed in the crash. A) Had not he missed the plane. B) He had not missed the plane. C) Had he not missed the plane. D) Hadn't he missed the plane. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had he not missed the plane. 19. Not until a monkey is several years old ..... to exhibit signs of independence from its mother. A) It begins. B) Does it begin. C) And begin. D) Is it begin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Does it begin. 20. Your friend says, 'I didn't like the movie.' How can you agree with them using inversion? A) So did I. B) I also didn't. C) Neither did I. D) Me too. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neither did I. 21. ..... , they would have had what they wanted. A) Supposing they were arriving at the fair early. B) Unless they arrived at the fair early enough. C) If they arrived at the fair early. D) Had they arrived at the fair early. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had they arrived at the fair early. 22. Change the positive sentence 'They will win the game' to a negative sentence using inversion. A) They cannot win the game. B) They will never win the game. C) They will not win the game. D) They might not win the game. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They will not win the game. 23. Recognize the inversion in this sentence:'In the distance appeared a ship' A) The inversion is 'appeared a ship'. B) The inversion is 'in the distance appeared'. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The inversion is 'appeared a ship'. 24. Rewrite these sentences, using inversion with NOT. 1. He is my friend as well as yours. A) Not only my friend is he, but also yours. B) He is not only my friend, but also yours is he. C) Not only is he my friend, but he is also yours. D) Not is he only my friend, but also yours. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Not only is he my friend, but he is also yours. 25. Complete the sentence with correct inversion: " ..... he had not taken the job, he would have regretted it." A) Had only. B) Would. C) If only. D) Had. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had. 26. Canada does not require that U.S citizens obtain passports to enter the country, and ..... A) Neither is Mexico. B) So does Mexico. C) Mexico doesn't, either. D) Mexico doesn't, too. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mexico doesn't, either. 27. Not only ..... but she is also intelligent. A) Is she beautiful. B) Beautiful she is. C) She is beautiful. D) Beautiful is she. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is she beautiful. 28. Scarcely ..... the expense of new equipment problem. A) Was /be considered. B) Did / be considered. C) Should / be considered. D) Should / considered. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Should / be considered. 29. The phone stopped ringing the moment I got downstairs. A) After the phone had stopped ringing, I got downstairs. B) Hardly had the phone stopped ringing when I got downstairs. C) No sooner had I got downstairs than the phone stopped ringing. D) No sooner had the phone stopped ringing than I got downstairs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) No sooner had I got downstairs than the phone stopped ringing. 30. The lightning made ..... that we covered our ears. A) So a terrifying noise. B) So terrifying noise. C) Such terrifying noise. D) Such a terrifying noise. 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