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 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In the back of the room a crash was heard. A) Normal. B) Inverted. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inverted. 2. Which of the following is an example of an inverted sentence? A) Only after the storm did we see the damage. B) We saw the damage only after the storm. C) Did we see the damage only after the storm. D) The damage we saw only after the storm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Only after the storm did we see the damage. 3. Not once ..... to apologize for his mistake. A) He has offered. B) He did offer. C) Offered he. D) Did he offer. E) He offered. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Did he offer. 4. Cooking ..... what my brother is best at. A) Is. B) Are. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is. 5. Not one mistake ..... in his final essay. A) She found. B) Did she find. C) Found she. D) She has found. E) She did find. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did she find. 6. I had an early night in my bedroom. I didn't feel tired only then.A. Hardly had I had an early night in my bedroom than I felt tired again.B. Only after I had an early night in my bedroom did I feel healthy again.C. No sooner had I had an early night in my bedroom when I felt healthy again.D. Had I had an early night in my bedroom, I wouldn't have felt tired again. A) D. B) C. C) B. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) B. 7. Describe the purpose of adverbial inversion in the sentence:'Under the bed, the cat hid.' A) To indicate the cat's color. B) To highlight the cat's hiding. C) The purpose of adverbial inversion in the sentence 'Under the bed, the cat hid.' is to emphasize the location 'Under the bed' where the cat hid. D) To emphasize the bed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The purpose of adverbial inversion in the sentence 'Under the bed, the cat hid.' is to emphasize the location 'Under the bed' where the cat hid. 8. There is five dollars on the table. Subject A) Five dollars. B) Table. C) There. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Five dollars. 9. Tell whether the sentence below is in natural or inverted order.Only later would we understand what had happened that night. A) Inverted Order. B) Regular Order. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inverted Order. 10. Which definition is for a cumulative 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: A) A standard sentence pattern that adds multiple details after the standard sentence. 11. Which sentence demonstrates correct inversion? A) Hardly could he believe his eyes. B) He hardly could believe his eyes. C) Hardly he could believe his eyes. D) Could hardly he believe his eyes?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hardly could he believe his eyes. 12. He approached the house. Then the policeman stopped him.A. No sooner had he approached the house than the policeman stopped him.B. Hardly had he approached the house than the policeman stopped him.C. Had he not approached the house, the policeman would have stopped him.D. Before he approached the house, the policeman had stopped him. A) C. B) A. C) B. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A. 13. Here (is, are) a list of community centers and hospitals. A) Is. B) Are. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is. 14. Here is a colorful picture of a girl in her native costume. A) NATURAL ORDER. B) INVERTED ORDER. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) INVERTED ORDER. 15. Tell whether the sentence below is in natural or inverted order.In the line at the water fountain are six thirsty children. A) Inverted Order. B) Regular Order. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inverted Order. 16. Go to the store and buy eggs. Predicate A) Go, store. B) Go, buy. C) Store, eggs. D) To, and. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Go, buy. 17. All throughout the streets parade the joyful bands of musicians. A) INVERTED ORDER. B) NATURAL ORDER. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) INVERTED ORDER. 18. When will James arrive? Predicate A) Will arrive. B) Arrive. C) Will. D) When. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Will arrive. 19. The inverted sentence is ..... A) There are mangoes on the table. B) They like to go on a camp. C) She wants to be on top of her class. D) The children are very happy to see their mother. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) There are mangoes on the table. 20. On the wall ..... several colorful posters. A) Hangs. B) Hang. C) Has hung. D) Hanging. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hang. 21. Which of the following is an example of an inverted sentence?A) Down the street ran the dog.B) The dog ran down the street. A) E) They happily sang the song. B) A. C) C) The cat walked quietly. D) D) She quickly ran to the store. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A. 22. Beside the bench ..... the toolbox. A) Is. B) Are. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is. 23. Scarcely ..... down to eat when the doorbell rang. A) Did he sit. B) He was sitting. C) He had sat. D) He sat. E) Had he sat. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Had he sat. 24. Through the museum ..... tourists by the thousands. A) Stream. B) Streams. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stream. 25. Tell whether the sentence below is in natural or inverted order.Never had John been to such a fantastic restaurant. A) Inverted Order. B) Regular Order. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inverted Order. 26. If you treat people around you well, you will feel happy in your heart. A) Were you treat people around you well, you will feel . B) Should you to treat people around you well, you will feel . C) Should you treat people around you well, you will feel . D) Had you treat people around you well, you will feel . Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Should you treat people around you well, you will feel . 27. Tell whether the sentence below is in natural or inverted order.The detective looked cautiously for the fingerprints. A) Inverted Order. B) Regular Order. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Regular Order. 28. Is your plane ticket printed? A) Natural. B) Inverted. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inverted. 29. When the subject of an inverted sentence is a singular noun, the verb should also be singular. True or False? A) Only in certain cases. B) Depends on the tense. C) True. D) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) True. 30. He started computer programming as soon as he left school.A. No sooner had he started computer programming when he left school.B. Hardly had he started computer programming that he left school.C. No sooner had he left school than he started computer programming.D. After he left school, he had started computer programming. A) B. B) C. C) D. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) C. 31. If I didn't skip meals, I wouldn't feel hungry like this A) Had I not to skip meals, I wouldn't feel hangry like this. B) Had I not skip meals, I wouldn't feel hangry like this. C) Were I not to skip meals, I wouldn't feel hangry like this. D) Were I skip meals, I wouldn't feel hangry like this. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were I not to skip meals, I wouldn't feel hangry like this. 32. Only by practicing every day ..... to play the piano. A) She has learned. B) She did learn. C) Did she learn. D) She learned. E) Learned she. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Did she learn. 33. Select the verb in agreement with the subject.On the shelf in the library (sits, sit) a classic collection of books. A) Sits. B) Sit. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sits. 34. Who (is, are) the starting players? A) Is. B) Are. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are. 35. During the meeting, Janice got very loud. Predicate A) Meeting. B) Upset. C) During. D) Got. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Got. 36. Find the vague pronoun:When the students got their tests back, she started cheering excitedly. A) Their. B) Students. C) Excitedly. D) She. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She. 37. Have I heard a weaker excuse! A) Never. B) Should. C) Were. D) Ever. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Never. 38. They had met such wonderful people in that place. A) In that place they had met such rude people before. B) In that place had they met such rude people before. C) In that place had they met before such rude people. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In that place had they met such rude people before. 39. In the attic, ..... a box of old letters. A) Found she. B) She did find. C) Has she found. D) She found. E) Did she find. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She found. 40. There are few churches in Japan. A) Natural. B) Inverted. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inverted. 41. Choose the correct inverted sentence. A) Do seldom we see such dedication?. B) Seldom do we see such dedication. C) Seldom we see such dedication. D) We seldom do see such dedication. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Seldom do we see such dedication. 42. There ..... always different solutions to every problem. A) Is. B) Are. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are. 43. Which sentence has inverted word order?A. The dog ran after the little girl.B. Yesterday afternoon was when my car died. A) A. B) B. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. 44. Which sentence has inverted word order?A. Inside an old log deep in the forest slept a tiny mouse. B. Suddenly there came the terrible noise of thunder! C. Out of the log popped the mouse's little nose! D. Then across the log and into the safety of his hole scurried the fearful little animal. A) C. B) A. C) A, B, C & D. D) D. E) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A, B, C & D. 45. Choose the correct subject-verb agreement for the inverted sentence:'In the garden was a beautiful flower.'A) wereB) was A) Were. B) Was. C) Are. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 46. What type of sentence is the example below?Jumped over the moon the cow did. A) Periodic. B) Inverted. C) Fractured. D) Cumulative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inverted. 47. Choose the word CORRECT if the subject-verb agreement used is appropriate, choose INCORRECT if not. Their biggest drawback are their combination of inexperience and indifference. A) CORRECT. B) INCORRECT. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) INCORRECT. 48. Identify the type of inversion in the sentence:'On the table sat a beautiful vase.' A) Prepositional phrase inversion. B) Subject-verb inversion. C) Adjective-noun inversion. D) Verb-subject inversion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subject-verb inversion. 49. ..... the country faced a greater threat. A) Seldom has. B) Seldom. C) Has seldom. D) Seldom have. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Seldom has. 50. Select the sentence that uses inversion. A) Had scarcely she entered the room when the phone rang. B) She scarcely had entered the room when the phone rang. C) The phone rang when she scarcely had entered the room. D) Scarcely had she entered the room when the phone rang. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scarcely had she entered the room when the phone rang. 51. Seldom ..... the boss been so upset! A) Have. B) Has. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has. 52. COVID 19 is a contagious disease. A) Natural. B) Inverted. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Natural. 53. Only by working hard ..... his goal. A) He achieved. B) He did achieve. C) Achieved he. D) Did he achieve. E) He could achieve. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Did he achieve. 54. From the bowl (eats, eat) three cats. A) Eats. B) Eat. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eat. 55. With each of the games ..... an instruction book. A) Go. B) Goes. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Goes. 56. If Kate is a rich child, she will travel all over the world. A) Were Kate to be a rich child, she will travel . B) Were Kate be a rich child, she would travel . C) Had Kate been a rich child, she will travel . D) Should Kate be a rich child, she will travel . Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Should Kate be a rich child, she will travel . 57. What type of sentence is this example?Consumed by the giant child, the ceiling fan was no longer around. A) Periodic. B) Inverted. C) Not a sentence. D) Cumulative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inverted. 58. Choose the word CORRECT if the subject-verb agreement used is appropriate, choose INCORRECT if not. Through this door passes the lawmakers of our nation. A) CORRECT. B) INCORRECT. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) INCORRECT. 59. Down the street ran a stray cat. A) Normal. B) Inverted. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inverted. 60. Was Anita crying at lunch? Subject A) Lunch. B) Crying. C) Anita. D) At. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anita. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesInverted Sentences Quiz 1Inverted Sentences Quiz 3Inverted Sentences Quiz 4Inverted Sentences Quiz 5Adverbial Fronting With Inversion QuizAgreement Rules QuizClause Complex QuizCleft Pseudo Cleft Transformation Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books