This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Inversion In English – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Inversion In English Quiz 9 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. You can understand this matter only when you grow up. A) Only when you grow up you can understand this matter. B) Only when you grow up can you understand this matter. C) Only when do you grow up can you understand this matter. D) Only whendo you grow upyou can understand this matter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Only when you grow up can you understand this matter. 2. Which of the following sentences uses inversion for emphasis? A) Such opportunities do we seldom get. B) Seldom do we get such opportunities. C) We seldom get such opportunities. D) Opportunities like these are seldom received. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Seldom do we get such opportunities. 3. Which sentence correctly uses inversion for emphasis after "Only by working hard" ? A) We can achieve success only by working hard. B) Only by working hard can we achieve success. C) Can we achieve success only by working hard. D) Only by working hard we can achieve success. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Only by working hard can we achieve success. 4. Instructions:Choose the correct answer.So ..... said, so little done. A) Was much. B) Much was. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Much was. 5. Not until the fist land plants developed ..... A) Land animals appeared. B) Did land animals appear. C) Would land animals appear. D) The land animals appeared. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did land animals appear. 6. ..... have playing cards been used for card games but also for fortune-telling. A) Not only. B) Never. C) But also. D) Not as much. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not only. 7. Tim arrived two hours late: A) What happened was that bicycle chain broken. B) What has happened was that bicycle chain has broken. C) What had happened is that bicycle chain had broken. D) What had happened was that bicycle chain had broken. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) What had happened was that bicycle chain had broken. 8. If you had enough money to afford the trip, I would also go. ABLE A) Were you to able to pay for the trip, I would also go. B) Were able to pay for the trip, I would also go. C) Were you able to pay for the trip, I would also go. D) Were you able pay for the trip, I would also go. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were you able to pay for the trip, I would also go. 9. Complete the sentence with correct inversion: " ..... for the bad weather, the event would have been successful." A) Had it not been. B) Not had it been. C) Had not it been. D) It had not been. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had it not been. 10. Which adverbial group requires the use of past perfect and past simple tense in inversion? A) No sooner than. B) On no account. C) At no time. D) Rarely. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No sooner than. 11. Not once ..... into her eyes. A) He looked. B) Does he looked. C) Did he look. D) Looked he. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Did he look. 12. I only recognized him when he came into the light. A) Not until he came into the light I did recognize him. B) Only when I recognized him, he came into the light. C) It wasn't until he came into the light that I recognized him. D) I did not recognize him even when he came into the light. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It wasn't until he came into the light that I recognized him. 13. I. Use NEVER to rewrite the sentence using inversion.1. She had never been so happy before.Never before ..... A) Never before had she been so happy. B) Never before has she been so happy. C) Never before been she so happy. D) Never before she had been so happy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Never before had she been so happy. 14. Which sentence correctly uses inversion? A) Rarely she has seen such a beautiful sunset. B) Rarely has she seen such a beautiful sunset. C) Rarely has seen she such a beautiful sunset. D) Rarely she seen has such a beautiful sunset. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rarely has she seen such a beautiful sunset. 15. Never have I felt so inspired. (What is the effect of inversion here?) A) The inversion suggests a lack of inspiration. B) The inversion makes the statement less impactful. C) The effect of inversion here is to emphasize the speaker's strong feelings of inspiration. D) The inversion creates a sense of confusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The effect of inversion here is to emphasize the speaker's strong feelings of inspiration. 16. No sooner had she left than the phone rang. A) The phone rang long after she left. B) The phone rang immediately after she left. C) The phone rang before she left. D) The phone rang while she was leaving. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The phone rang immediately after she left. 17. Use inversion for emphasis in the sentence 'I have never seen such a beautiful sunset.' A) Such a beautiful sunset I have never seen. B) Never have I seen such a beautiful sunset. C) I have seen such a beautiful sunset never. D) Never I have seen such a beautiful sunset. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Never have I seen such a beautiful sunset. 18. Which of the following is NOT a situation where inversion is used? A) In questions. B) In conditional sentences. C) With negative adverbs. D) In affirmative statements. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In affirmative statements. 19. Which structure uses inversion after 'so + adjective ..... that'? A) So beautiful the girl was that nobody could talk of anything else. B) So beautiful was the girl that nobody could talk of anything else. C) The girl was so beautiful that nobody could talk of anything else. D) So beautiful is the girl that nobody could talk of anything else. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) So beautiful was the girl that nobody could talk of anything else. 20. Identify the emphasis in the sentence:'Not only did she win the race, but she also broke the record.' A) The emphasis is on the difficulty of the race. B) The emphasis is solely on her breaking the record. C) The emphasis is on the spectators' reactions. D) The emphasis is on her winning the race and breaking the record. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The emphasis is on her winning the race and breaking the record. 21. Inversion can be used for emphasis. True or False? A) Inversion has no effect on emphasis. B) Inversion is a grammatical error. C) True. D) Inversion is only used in poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) True. 22. Instructions:Choose the correct answer.Just as ..... leaving, the phone rang. A) I was. B) Was I. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I was. 23. Instructions:Choose the correct answer.Only by calling them every hour of the day ..... to get what I wanted. A) Did I manage. B) I managed. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did I manage. 24. What is the significance of word order in English sentences? A) It determines the grammatical correctness of a sentence. B) Word order in English is crucial for meaning; inversion alters this order to convey different nuances. C) It has no impact on the meaning of a sentence. D) It is only important in poetry and not in everyday language. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Word order in English is crucial for meaning; inversion alters this order to convey different nuances. 25. Rewrite these sentences, using inversion with NOT. 8. She is not only beautiful but also attractive. A) Not only is beautiful she, but also is attractive she. B) Not only is she beautiful, but she is also attractive. C) Not only she is beautiful, but also she is attractive. D) Not only beautiful she is, but also attractive she is. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not only is she beautiful, but she is also attractive. 26. Transform the positive sentence 'They are going to the concert' into a negative sentence using inversion. A) Are they not going to the concert?. B) Isn't they going to the concert?. C) They are not going to the concert?. D) They are going to not the concert?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are they not going to the concert?. 27. Use inversion for emphasis in a sentence about your favorite book. A) Reading 'The Great Gatsby' was a great experience. B) Never have I read a book as captivating as 'The Great Gatsby.'. C) I have read 'The Great Gatsby' many times. D) 'The Great Gatsby' is a book I enjoy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Never have I read a book as captivating as 'The Great Gatsby.'. 28. If Abdu were here, we would be happy. Inversion: ..... , we would be happy. A) If were Abdu here. B) If Abdu were here. C) Abdu were here. D) Were Abdu here. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were Abdu here. 29. If you should hear anything, let me know. A) Should you anything hear, let me know. B) Should anything you hear, let me know. C) Should you hear anything, let me know. D) Should hear you anything, let me know. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Should you hear anything, let me know. 30. Complete the sentence with correct inversion: " ..... so many details, it took hours to finish the report." A) Given were that. B) Given were. C) Given that were. D) Given. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Given. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesInversion In English Quiz 1Inversion In English Quiz 2Inversion In English Quiz 3Inversion In English Quiz 4Inversion In English Quiz 5Inversion In English Quiz 6Inversion In English Quiz 7Inversion In English Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books