This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Inverted Sentences – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Inverted Sentences Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Were he to refuse the confession, she would feel very sad. A) If he had refused the confession, she would feel very sad. B) If he refuses the confession, she will feel very sad. C) If he refused the confession, she will feel very sad. D) If he refused the confession, she would feel very sad. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) If he refused the confession, she would feel very sad. 2. In the forest, ..... , but he also found a rare flower. A) Not only he saw a deer. B) Not only did he see a deer. C) Did he not only see a deer. D) He saw not only a deer. E) He not only saw a deer. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) He not only saw a deer. 3. Where does Jane work? Predicate A) Where. B) Does. C) Does work. D) Work. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Does work. 4. Little ..... that he was being watched. A) The man did suspect. B) Did the man suspect. C) Suspected the man. D) The man has suspected. E) The man suspected. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did the man suspect. 5. Put down the weapon! Subject A) Put. B) Weapon. C) You. D) Down. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) You. 6. Tell whether the sentence below is in natural or inverted order.Never have I seen so many pairs of shoes. A) Regular Order. B) Inverted Order. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inverted Order. 7. At the end of the dusty road (stands, stand) two old water pumps. A) Stands. B) Stand. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stand. 8. Tell whether the sentence below is in natural or inverted order.The lilacs in our backyard smell especially sweet this year. A) Inverted Order. B) Regular Order. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Regular Order. 9. There ..... only one correct answer. A) Were. B) Have. C) Are. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is. 10. Over the door of another ..... an old and elaborate sign. A) Swings. B) Swing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Swings. 11. There ..... many reasons to celebrate. A) Are. B) Is. C) Has. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are. 12. Should it snow, we will have to reschedule tomorrow. A) If it snowed, we will have to reschedule tomorrow. B) If it snows, we will have to reschedule tomorrow. C) If it will snow, we will have to reschedule tomorrow. D) If it snows, we would have to reschedule tomorrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) If it snows, we will have to reschedule tomorrow. 13. Identify the inverted sentence in the following options:A) The cat is sleeping on the windowsill.B) On the windowsill is sleeping the cat. A) The cat is sleeping on the bed. B) Sleeping on the windowsill is the cat. C) The windowsill sleeping is on the cat. D) On the windowsill is sleeping the cat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) On the windowsill is sleeping the cat. 14. (Does, Do) anyone over six still believe in the Tooth Fairy? A) Does. B) Do. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Does. 15. Here ..... , just as the manual described. A) The problem was. B) The problem. C) Is the problem. D) Does the problem. E) The problem is. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is the problem. 16. Choose the word CORRECT if the subject-verb agreement used is appropriate, choose INCORRECT if not. How is Alice handling the news of her grandfather's death? A) CORRECT. B) INCORRECT. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) CORRECT. 17. Tell whether the sentence below is in natural or inverted order.Over the city floated a striped balloon. A) Regular Order. B) Inverted Order. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inverted Order. 18. Which sentence is in inverted order? A) A lone tree stood on the hill. B) On the hill stood a lone tree. C) Stood a lone tree on the hill. D) The hill a lone tree stood on. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On the hill stood a lone tree. 19. Had Jack invested his business, he would have made a big profit from it. A) If Jack invested his business, he would have . B) If Jack had invested his business, he would have . C) If Jack invested his business, he will have . D) If Jack invests his business, he would have . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) If Jack had invested his business, he would have . 20. In the classroom, ..... very hard for the exam. A) They studied. B) Did they study. C) Had they studied. D) Studied they. E) They did study. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They studied. 21. Identify the verb in the following inverted sentence:'In the center of the garden bloomed a rare flower.' A) Center. B) Garden. C) Flowered. D) Bloomed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bloomed. 22. Invert this sentence: "He worked so hard that he forgot to have lunch." A) Hard he worked so that he forgot to have lunch. B) Worked he so hard that he forgot to have lunch. C) So hard did he work that he forgot to have lunch. D) So he worked hard that he forgot to have lunch. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) So hard did he work that he forgot to have lunch. 23. On top of the suitcase (is, are) my old tennis shoes. A) Is. B) Are. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are. 24. ..... he a better person, he ..... not end up in the prison. A) Will/ does. B) Was/would. C) Is/ would. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was/would. 25. After the chapter on the submarines ..... one on oceanography. A) Come. B) Comes. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comes. 26. Place the book on the desk. Subject A) You. B) Desk. C) Place. D) Book. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) You. 27. There ..... the people waiting to be seated A) Gathers. B) Gather. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gather. 28. Select the verb in agreement with the subject.Over the river and through the woods (hides, hide) scary monsters. A) Hides. B) Hide. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hide. 29. Tell whether the sentence below is in natural or inverted order.Beyond the meadow flows a beautiful river. A) Inverted Order. B) Regular Order. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inverted Order. 30. ..... I'd go jogging in the mornings. A) Were I to have the time,. B) I have the time,. C) I were to have the time,. D) Were I to have the time. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were I to have the time,. 31. Here (is, are) the book you wanted to read. A) Is. B) Are. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is. 32. Little ..... that the flight would be delayed for three hours. A) She knew. B) She did know. C) Knew she. D) Did she know. E) She has known. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Did she know. 33. Here ..... the keys you were looking for. A) Is. B) Are. C) Has. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are. 34. Tell whether the sentence below is in natural or inverted order.Scarcely had I finished writing my essay when the examiner announced the end of the exam A) Inverted Order. B) Regular Order. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inverted Order. 35. Onto the new rug flows the pineapple juice from the broken bottle. A) CORRECT. B) WRONG. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) CORRECT. 36. Untouched (was, were) the tranquil garden. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 37. Select the verb in agreement with the subject.Here in the canoe (is, are) the paddles. A) Is. B) Are. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are. 38. What ..... you planning to wear on New Year's eve? A) Is. B) Are. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are. 39. (Is, Are) the car keys in your coat pocket? A) Is. B) Are. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are. 40. Identify the subject in the following inverted sentence:'At the edge of the cliff stood a lone figure.' A) Stood. B) At the lone figure. C) A lone figure. D) The edge of the cliff. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A lone figure. 41. Over the hills lies a quiet little town. A) Normal. B) Inverted. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inverted. 42. Around the corner, ..... waiting for the bus. A) He stood. B) Stood he. C) Did he stand. D) Was he. E) He did stand. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He stood. 43. Outside the testing room ..... Linda's father. A) Wait. B) Waits. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Waits. 44. Identify the sentence that uses inversion correctly. A) She rarely does go to the gym. B) Rarely she goes to the gym. C) Does rarely she go to the gym?. D) Rarely does she go to the gym. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rarely does she go to the gym. 45. On the hill ..... a small, ancient castle. A) It stood. B) Stood. C) Was. D) Did it stand. E) Standing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stood. 46. Tell whether the sentence below is in natural or inverted order.Outside the window sat a hungry bird. A) Regular Order. B) Inverted Order. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inverted Order. 47. In which sentence is the subject-verb order inverted? A) Ran the dog down the street. B) Down the street ran the dog. C) The dog down the street ran. D) The dog ran down the street. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Down the street ran the dog. 48. We couldn't solve the problem until our teacher arrived.A. Not until we solved the problem our teacher arrives.B. When our teacher arrived, we solved the problem.C. Until our teacher arrived, we were able to solve the problem.D. Not until our teacher arrived could we solve the problem. A) A. B) D. C) C. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) D. 49. What type of inversion is used in the sentence:'In the garden, the children played.' A) Locative inversion. B) Predicate inversion. C) Adverbial inversion. D) Subject-verb inversion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Locative inversion. 50. Change the normal sentence into an inverted word order sentence.The frog jumped right over my head. A) Over my head jumped the frog. B) Over my head the frog jumped. C) Jumped the frog over my head. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Over my head jumped the frog. 51. Tell whether the sentence below is in natural or inverted order.Several hundred people waited at the train depot. A) Regular Order. B) Inverted Order. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Regular Order. 52. Tell whether the sentence below is in natural or inverted order.They had met such rude people nowhere before. A) Inverted Order. B) Regular Order. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Regular Order. 53. Around the corner ..... with its lights flashing. A) Did the ambulance come. B) Was the ambulance coming. C) The ambulance came. D) The ambulance was. E) Came the ambulance. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Came the ambulance. 54. Under no circumstances ..... touch that button. A) You are. B) Do you. C) You should. D) You can. E) Should you. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Should you. 55. Is the Great Buddha of Nara fifty-three feet high? A) Natural. B) Inverted. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inverted. 56. In her hand (is, are) two roses. A) Is. B) Are. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are. 57. Only when the sun sets ..... the nocturnal animals appear. A) Are. B) Have. C) They. D) Will. E) Do. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Will. 58. Why are these types of sentences used? A) To make Shakespeare appreciate them more. B) To make their Valentine's Day cards more interesting. C) To make every sentence look the same. D) To avoid monotony in their sentence structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To avoid monotony in their sentence structure. 59. Form an inverted sentence with the words 'rarely', 'do', and 'we'. A) Do we rarely. B) We do rarely. C) Rarely do we. D) Rarely we do. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rarely do we. 60. After school today, Amy will practice tennis. Subject A) Tennis. B) Amy. C) Practice. D) School. 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