This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Inverted Sentences – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Inverted Sentences Quiz 2 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. We arrived at the cinema. Then we realized our tickets were still at home.A. No sooner had we realized that our tickets were still at home than we arrived at the cinema.B. Not until we arrived at the cinema that we realized that our tickets were still at home. C. Only after we had arrived at the cinema did we realize that our tickets were at home.D. Hardly had we arrived at the cinema than we realized that our tickets were still at home. A) B. B) A. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. 2. Here ..... my brother and his friends. A) Comes. B) Coming. C) Has come. D) Come. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Come. 3. Out of the bird bath ..... one goggle-eyed frog. A) Jumps. B) Jump. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jumps. 4. Was he running to the car? Predicate A) Car. B) Was. C) Was running. D) Running. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was running. 5. Which of the following sentences is an example of correct subject-verb agreement in an inverted sentence?A) Here comes the bus.B) Here come the bus. A) Here come the buses. B) Here comes the bus. C) Here comes the buses. D) Here come the bus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Here comes the bus. 6. Choose the sentence that correctly uses inversion. A) Had barely he finished his meal when the doorbell rang. B) Barely he had finished his meal when the doorbell rang. C) Barely had he finished his meal when the doorbell rang. D) He barely had finished his meal when the doorbell rang. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Barely had he finished his meal when the doorbell rang. 7. If you plant seeds on the ground, you will have a beautiful garden of flowers A) Had you plant seeds on the ground, you will . B) Should you plant seeds on the ground, you will have . C) Were you plant seeds on the ground, you will . D) Had you to plant seeds on the ground, you will . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Should you plant seeds on the ground, you will have . 8. Tell whether the sentence below is in natural or inverted order.Down the street ran the dog. A) Regular Order. B) Inverted Order. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inverted Order. 9. Identify the type of inversion in the sentence:'Suddenly, the lights went out.' A) Prepositional inversion. B) Subject-verb inversion. C) Adverbial inversion. D) Object inversion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adverbial inversion. 10. Have you taken your medicine? A) Natural. B) Inverted. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inverted. 11. As soon as James started working, he realized that his decision had not been a good one.A. Just before James took up his new post, he realized that he was not suited for it.B. No sooner had James begun his new job than he knew his decision was wrong.C. Had James not begun his new job, he would have gone looking for a better one. D. Since James did not like his new job, he began looking for a better one. A) B. B) C. C) D. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) B. 12. Identify the verb in the following inverted sentence:'At the entrance of the cave lurked a mysterious creature.' A) Entrance. B) Cave. C) Mysterious. D) Lurked. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lurked. 13. Here are supplies for class. Predicate A) Supplies. B) Class. C) Are. D) Here. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Are. 14. Only after the teacher explained it twice ..... the concept. A) The students understood. B) Did the students understand. C) The students did understand. D) Understood the students. E) Have the students understood. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did the students understand. 15. The people cheer at the passing of the band. A) NATURAL ORDER. B) INVERTED ORDER. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NATURAL ORDER. 16. Which definition is for a periodic sentence? A) A standard sentence pattern that adds multiple details after the standard sentence. B) A sentence with multiple details coming before the standard sentence structure. C) A standard sentence with the verb coming before the subject. D) Ms. Bullen's favorite-only definition needed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A sentence with multiple details coming before the standard sentence structure. 17. Over here (is, are) the papers for the students. A) Is. B) Are. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are. 18. Choose the correct subject-verb agreement for the inverted sentence:'Under the bed were two pairs of shoes.'A) wasB) were A) Were. B) Is. C) Was. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 19. Down the hall rolled the ball. Subject A) Rolled. B) Down. C) Ball. D) Hall. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ball. 20. The boy dropped the ball. A) Normal. B) Inverted. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Normal. 21. Identify the subject in the following inverted sentence:'At the entrance of the cave lurked a mysterious creature.' A) A delicious meal. B) A friendly dog. C) A mysterious creature. D) The sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A mysterious creature. 22. The student was very bright. He could solve all the math problems. A. He was such bright student that he could solve all the math problems. B. The student was very bright that he could solve all the math problems. C. He was such bright a student that he could solve all the math problems. D. So bright was the student that he could solve all the math problems. A) B. B) A. C) D. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) D. 23. After all the baking ..... the best part. A) Come. B) Comes. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comes. 24. Select the correct form of the verb that agrees with the subject of each sentence A) There is three excellent and unusual restaurants in my neighborhood. B) There are three excellent and unusual restaurants in my neighborhood. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) There are three excellent and unusual restaurants in my neighborhood. 25. Across the front windows (stretches, stretch) a yellow ribbon. A) Stretches. B) Stretch. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stretches. 26. To each of you ..... the speaker's thanks. A) Goes. B) Go. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Goes. 27. Invert this sentence: "They were so happy about the news that they screamed with joy." A) Happy they were so about the news that they screamed with joy. B) So happy were they about the news that they screamed with joy. C) So happy about the news were they that they screamed with joy. D) They were so happy they screamed with joy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) So happy were they about the news that they screamed with joy. 28. Why (does, do) those two dead plants still sit on your porch? A) Does. B) Do. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Do. 29. Invert this sentence: "She was so tired that she couldn't keep her eyes open." A) So tired she was that she couldn't keep her eyes open. B) She was so tired she couldn't keep her eyes open. C) So tired was she that she couldn't keep her eyes open. D) Tired she was so that she couldn't keep her eyes open. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) So tired was she that she couldn't keep her eyes open. 30. There (stands, stand) the president of the United States. A) Stands. B) Stand. C) All the above. D) None of the above. 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