This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Inversions – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Inversions Quiz 7 (53 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The concert had just started. It began to rain heavily. A) No sooner the concert had started than it began to rain heavily. B) Scarcely had the concert started when it began to rain heavily. C) Only after had the concert started did it begin to rain heavily. D) Not until it had begun to rain did the concert start. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scarcely had the concert started when it began to rain heavily. 2. She had just begun to read the book. She fell asleep. A) Hardly had she begun to read the book when she fell asleep. B) Scarcely had she begun to read the book when did she feel asleep. C) Only after she had begun to read the book she fell asleep. D) Not until had she fallen asleep did she begin to read the book. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hardly had she begun to read the book when she fell asleep. 3. How can temperature inversions contribute to the phenomenon known as "winter smog" ? A) By increasing the temperature of the atmosphere. B) By allowing warm air to rise and disperse pollutants. C) By trapping cold air and pollutants near the surface. D) By causing sudden temperature drops. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By trapping cold air and pollutants near the surface. 4. If he were my son, I would encourage him to go to the gym. A) Were he my son, I would encourage him to go to the gym. B) Weren't he my son, I'll be happy. C) If he were my son, I will encourage him to go to the gym. D) I would encourage him to go to the gym if he were my son. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were he my son, I would encourage him to go to the gym. 5. Only after her parents sign the form ..... her leave school early. A) We will let. B) Will let. C) Do we let. D) Will we let. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Will we let. 6. CHOOSE THE CORRECT INVERSION:My dad is in the hotel. A) In the hotel my dad is. B) In the hotel is my dad. C) My dad in the hotel is. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the hotel is my dad. 7. What is the inversion of a Perfect 5th (P5)? A) Augmented 4th. B) Perfect 4th. C) Major 4th. D) Minor 4th. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Perfect 4th. 8. Which succession type is associated with a new volcanic island? A) Tertiary succession. B) Primary succession. C) Quaternary succession. D) Secondary succession. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Primary succession. 9. In a D-$^{7}$/A, what inversion is the chord? A) Third Inversion. B) Second Inversion. C) First Inversion. D) Root position. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Second Inversion. 10. Which option completes the sentence correctly? ' ..... had she arrived home than she realized that she had left her wallet at the office.' A) Scarcely. B) Hardly. C) Not only. D) No sooner. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) No sooner. 11. Is this sentence correct?:Barely couldn't I understand what he was saying. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 12. Not only she knew the answers, but she was the first to respond. A) RIGHT. B) WRONG. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) WRONG. 13. He didn't shed a tear as the play ended in tragedy. A) The tragedy play wasn't good for him to shed tear. B) Without his tear, the play didn't end tragically. C) So tragic was the play that he didn't shed a tear. D) Not a tear did he shed when the play ended in tragedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Not a tear did he shed when the play ended in tragedy. 14. Major sixth-M6 inverts to ..... A) Major sixth-M6. B) Minor sixth-m6. C) Major third-M3. D) Minor third-m3. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Minor third-m3. 15. I have never seen such rude people A) Never I have seen such rude people. B) Never have I seen such rude people. C) Never seen have I such rude people. D) I have seen never such rude people. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Never have I seen such rude people. 16. I would have bought a new house if I had had enough money. A) Had I have enough money, I would have bought a new house. B) Had I had enough money, I would had bought a new house. C) Had I had enough money, I would have bought a new house. D) If I had had enough money, I would have bought a new house. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had I had enough money, I would have bought a new house. 17. Not until you become a parent yourself ..... what it really means. A) You understand. B) Do you understand. C) You understood. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Do you understand. 18. Perfect intervals always invert to ..... A) Minor intervals. B) Perfect intervals. C) Augmented intervals. D) Major intervals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Perfect intervals. 19. Should minor chords be labeled with upper case or lower case Roman numerals? A) Upper case. B) Lower case. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lower case. 20. Hardly ..... the phone down when the boss rang back A) I had put. B) Have I put. C) Did I put. D) Had I put. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had I put. 21. Choose the correct option to complete the inversions: ..... everything, they would have been expelled from school. A) If they had confessed. B) Had they confessed. C) If only they had confessed. D) Were they confessed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had they confessed. 22. My students understood almost everything. A) My students did understand almost everything. B) My students did understood almost everything. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My students did understand almost everything. 23. ..... an accident at home, survival skills can actually help you. A) Should you have. B) You should have. C) Should you to have. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Should you have. 24. A student went on a field trip and observed some natural resources. She made a list of some of the resources in the chart shown. Which answer choice best classifies the natural resources in the chart? A) Renewable:coal, solar, tree. B) Renewable:coal, petroleum, wheat, natural gas. C) Renewable:tree, wheat, Nonrenewable:coal, air, petroleum, natural gas. D) Renewable:solar, tree, Nonrenewable:coal, petroleum, natural gas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Renewable:solar, tree, Nonrenewable:coal, petroleum, natural gas. 25. We only remembered her name after she had left. A) I remembered her name for two seconds. B) Her name was forgotten by us. C) We only remembered her name after she had left. D) Only after she had left did we remember her name. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Only after she had left did we remember her name. 26. Not only ..... all his money, but his wife left him as well. A) Did he lost. B) He did lose. C) Did he lose. D) He lost. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Did he lose. 27. She didn't play a lot of basketball. A) No sooner did she play basketball. B) Not until she play basketball. C) Under no circumstances did she play basketball. D) Little did she play basketball. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Little did she play basketball. 28. No sooner ..... than it began to snow heavily. A) Had the game started. B) Had started the game. C) The game had started. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had the game started. 29. What is the correct inversion of the sentence '"He spent all his money. He even borrowed money from me' A) As soon as he borrowed money from me, he spent it all. B) Hardly had he borrowed some money from me when he spent it all. C) Not only did he spent all his money but he also borrowed some from me. D) Not only did he spend all his money but borrowed money from me as well. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Not only did he spend all his money but borrowed money from me as well. 30. Nam doesn't like going out at night and ..... A) She doesn't, either. B) She doesn't, too. C) Neither is she. D) So does she. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She doesn't, either. 31. Hardly ..... when trouble started. A) Had he left. B) He had left. C) He did leave. D) He left. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had he left. 32. CHOOSE THE CORRECT INVERSION:YOUR MOTHER IS HERE THAT WANTS YOU TO MAKE YOUR BED A) Your mother is here and wants you to make your bed. B) Here your mother is that wants you to make your bed. C) Here is your mother that wants you to make your bed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Here is your mother that wants you to make your bed. 33. Inversions consist of placing the verb before the object. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 34. Which note would be in the bass for a C chord in second inversion? A) C. B) E. C) G. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) G. 35. A ..... goes between the verb and the subject pronoun. A) Period. B) Question mark. C) Slash. D) Hyphen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyphen. 36. CHOOSE THE CORRECT INVERSION:You had bought a new cellphone. It broke down. A) No sooner you had bought a new cellphone than It broke down. B) No sooner had you buy a new cellphone than It broke down. C) No sooner had you bought a new cellphone than It broke down. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) No sooner had you bought a new cellphone than It broke down. 37. INVERSIONS ..... would we understand what had happened that night. A) Little. B) Scarcely. C) Only later. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Only later. 38. Scarcely had we heard the thunder when we saw the lightning. A) RIGHT. B) WRONG. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) RIGHT. 39. INVERSIONS ..... had they eaten dinner than the ceiling crashed onto the dining A) Only later. B) On no account. C) No sooner. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) No sooner. 40. Translate the following:Is he kind? A) Est-il gentil?. B) Sont-ils gentils?. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Est-il gentil?. 41. Make an inversion out of this structure:Sam will approve that! A) Will approve Sam that!. B) Will Sam approve that!. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Will Sam approve that!. 42. The problem is so difficult that we need an expert to solve it. A) So difficult is the problem that we need an expert to solve it. B) So difficult the problem is that we need an expert to solve it. C) So is the problem difficult that we need an expert to solve it. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) So difficult is the problem that we need an expert to solve it. 43. Select the correct ending: "Only when it started raining ..... " A) Did we leave the house. B) Did she offer me her umbrella. C) Could they drive home. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did she offer me her umbrella. 44. ..... had he arrived home than it began to rain. A) Hardly. B) Rarely. C) No sooner. D) Scarcely. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) No sooner. 45. How do you change a Major Triad to a Minor Triad? A) Lower the top note 1/2 step. B) Lower the middle note a whole step. C) Lower the top and middle note a 1/2 step. D) Lower the middle note a 1/2 step. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lower the middle note a 1/2 step. 46. To create an inversion you switch the ..... and the ..... A) Verb and adjective. B) Subject Pronoun and verb. C) Subject Pronoun and Adverb. D) Verb and Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subject Pronoun and verb. 47. Only after he left her ..... she loved him. A) Did she understand. B) She understood. C) She understand. D) Did she understood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did she understand. 48. Negative adverbials cannot be used in inversions. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 49. I was once trapped on a desert island ..... so useful. A) Never have been my skills. B) Never have my skills been. C) Never my skills have been. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Never have my skills been. 50. It's high time you ..... some new trainers. A) Bought. B) Have bought. C) Did buy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bought. 51. Match the sentence beginning: "Little did I know ..... " with the correct ending. A) That I would be emigrating to Australia. B) Was she interrupted by the lights going off. C) Did she offer me her umbrella. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That I would be emigrating to Australia. 52. He can speak French but ..... it in public, and almost when on duty. A) Rarely he uses. B) Not once does he used. C) Seldom does he use. D) Always does he use. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Seldom does he use. 53. They scarcely talk to each other any more.Scarcely ..... any more. A) Talk they to each other. B) Did they talk to each other. C) Does they talk to each other. D) Do they talk to each other. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Do they talk to each other. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesInversions Quiz 1Inversions Quiz 2Inversions Quiz 3Inversions Quiz 4Inversions Quiz 5Inversions Quiz 6Adverbial Fronting With Inversion QuizAgreement Rules Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books