This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Inverted Sentences – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Inverted Sentences Quiz 4 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. They went around the church patio. A) INVERTED ORDER. B) NATURAL ORDER. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) NATURAL ORDER. 2. There are a lot of rumors going on around about the two of you. A) Natural. B) Inverted. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inverted. 3. Which sentence has inverted word order?A. The matter could be explained in no other way.B. In no other way could the matter be explained. A) A. B) B. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. 4. Which sentence has inverted word order?A. The whole place is a lovely scene.B. Dark and dreary was the day.C. Into the room walked Jen without her books. A) A & B. B) A. C) B & C. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) B & C. 5. Here on the chalkboard (is, are) written the instructions. A) Is. B) Are. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are. 6. Beyond the mountains ..... that the explorers were searching for. A) The hidden valley lay. B) Lay the hidden valley. C) Did the hidden valley lie. D) The hidden valley was. E) Lying the hidden valley. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lay the hidden valley. 7. There is a chill in the air. Subject A) There. B) Air. C) Is. D) Chill. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chill. 8. Invert this sentence: "She did not realize the importance of the meeting until she lost the deal." A) She realized not the importance of the meeting until she lost the deal. B) Not she realized the importance of the meeting until the deal was lost. C) Not until she lost the deal did she realize the importance of the meeting. D) She did not realize the importance until she lost the deal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Not until she lost the deal did she realize the importance of the meeting. 9. I rarely had seen her in the school. A) Rarely I see her in the school. B) Rarely I had seen her in the school. C) Rarely had I seen her in the school. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rarely had I seen her in the school. 10. He was late and he didn't apologize. A) Not only was he late but he didn't apologize. B) Not only he was late but he didn't apologize. C) He was not only late and he didn't apologize. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not only was he late but he didn't apologize. 11. I didn't recognize my uncle. I did after he raised his voice only.A. Not until I recognized my uncle did he raise his voice.B. My uncle raised his voice as soon as I recognized him.C. Only after my uncle raised his voice did I recognize him.D. No sooner had I recognized my uncle than he raised his voice. A) B. B) C. C) D. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) C. 12. Explain the purpose of subject-verb inversion in the sentence:'Not only did she finish her homework, but she also cleaned her room.' A) To confuse the reader with unnecessary word order changes. B) To highlight the importance of starting with cleaning her room. C) To showcase the complexity of the English language. D) To emphasize the completion of both tasks. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To emphasize the completion of both tasks. 13. Select the verb in agreement with the subject.(Is, Are) your parents lax? A) Is. B) Are. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are. 14. My aunt was too weak. She couldn't take part in the marathon last week. A. So weak was my aunt that she couldn't take part in the marathon last week. B. Such weak was my aunt that she couldn't take part in the marathon last week. C. Had my aunt been too weak, she couldn't take part in the marathon last week. D. But for my aunt's weakness, she couldn't take part in the marathon last week. A) B. B) A. C) D. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A. 15. There is no absent in our class today. A) Natural. B) Inverted. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inverted. 16. So quickly ..... that we couldn't see what happened. A) Has it moved. B) Moved it. C) It moved. D) Did it move. E) It did move. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Did it move. 17. What type of sentence is the example below?Coming from the spa, with all the splendor of black and white spots, a voluminous tail, and luxuriously shiny toenails, the cow strutted its stuff through the field. A) Simple. B) Periodic. C) Cumulative. D) Inverted. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Periodic. 18. Pottasium has a valence of positive one because it usually loses one electron when ..... with other elements. A) Does it combine. B) Combination. C) It combines. D) In combining. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It combines. 19. Here are the answers to your question. A) Natural. B) Inverted. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inverted. 20. Hardly ever it snows in the section of the country. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 21. Down the road ..... the train express. A) Thunder. B) Thunders. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thunders. 22. On top of the suitcase ..... my tennis shoes. A) Is. B) Are. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are. 23. Tell whether the sentence below is in natural or inverted order.The stolen merchandise is here! A) Inverted Order. B) Regular Order. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Regular Order. 24. ..... the restaurant owners ever cook and bake? A) Does. B) Do. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Do. 25. After the storm the birds chirped. predicate A) Chirped. B) Storm. C) After. D) Birds. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chirped. 26. There (was, were) a big fire here last year. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 27. So great ..... his surprise that he almost fainted. A) Did. B) He was. C) It was. D) Was it. E) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Was. 28. Here on one of these pages (is, are) a parental consent form. A) Is. B) Are. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is. 29. We pray to God every night. A) Natural. B) Inverted. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Natural. 30. When using inverted sentences, the subject and verb must still agree in number. True or False? A) True. B) Sometimes. C) False. D) Depends on the context. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 31. Explain the purpose of verb-subject inversion in the sentence:'Never have I seen such a beautiful sunset.' A) To confuse the reader with unusual word order. B) To highlight the subject 'I' as the main focus. C) To indicate a question rather than a statement. D) To emphasize the adverb 'never' and create a more formal or poetic tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To emphasize the adverb 'never' and create a more formal or poetic tone. 32. Select the verb in agreement with the subject.There (is, are) a time in life when you must decide between good and evil. A) Is. B) Are. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is. 33. She skillfully plays with her baton. A) NATURAL ORDER. B) INVERTED ORDER. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NATURAL ORDER. 34. ..... could you give me a lift home? A) Should you leave early,. B) Should you leave early. C) Should leave you early,. D) You should leave early,. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Should you leave early,. 35. So strange ..... his behavior that we called for help. A) He was. B) It was. C) Was. D) Did. E) Had. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 36. Inside your bag is my pencils. A) CORRECT. B) WRONG. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) WRONG. 37. Here (is, are) the stolen merchandise. A) Is. B) Are. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is. 38. Compose an inverted sentence with the words 'only', 'rarely', and 'does'. A) Does only rarely. B) Rarely does only. C) Rarely only does. D) Only rarely does. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Only rarely does. 39. Has Samantha watched that movie? Subject A) Samantha. B) Has watched. C) Watched. D) Movie. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Samantha. 40. Invert this sentence: "They did not start the project until the manager arrived." A) They started not the project until the manager arrived. B) Not they started the project until the manager arrived. C) Not until the manager arrived did they start the project. D) They did not start the project until arrival of the manager. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Not until the manager arrived did they start the project. 41. Tell whether the sentence below is in natural or inverted order.I seldom leave my house so early. A) Inverted Order. B) Regular Order. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Regular Order. 42. Create an inverted sentence using the words 'never', 'have', and 'I'. A) Have never I. B) Never I have. C) Never have I. D) I never have. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Never have I. 43. Not until he spends all his money ..... the gambler finish gambling. A) Has. B) He will. C) He does. D) Does. E) Will. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Will. 44. Hardly ..... the door when the phone rang. A) Did I close. B) Had I closed. C) I closed. D) I was closing. E) I had closed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had I closed. 45. Identify the subject in the following inverted sentence:'In the center of the garden bloomed a rare flower.' A) In the center. B) A rare bird. C) A rare flower. D) The garden. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A rare flower. 46. In the middle of the room ..... , waiting for the interview. A) A nervous man sat. B) A nervous man was sitting. C) Sitting a nervous man. D) Sat a nervous man. E) Did a nervous man sit. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sat a nervous man. 47. ..... that swimming was dangerous. A) So high the waves were. B) So high the waves. C) So the waves were high. D) So high were the waves. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) So high were the waves. 48. She went to live in France. She realized how much she loved England. A. Only when she went to live in France, did she realize how much she loved England. B. Were she to go to live in France, she would realize how much she loved England. C. Had she gone to live in France, she would have realized how much she loved England. D. Not until she had realized how much she loved England when did she go to live in France. A) D. B) A. C) B. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A. 49. Tell whether the sentence below is in natural or inverted order.Along the rocks lay hundreds of mussels and clams. A) Regular Order. B) Inverted Order. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inverted Order. 50. Black coffee is good for the body if you drink it moderately. A) Natural. B) Inverted. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Natural. 51. All around the patio are vendors selling souvenirs. A) INVERTED ORDER. B) NATURAL ORDER. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) INVERTED ORDER. 52. ..... had we arrived at the hotel, when there was a power cut. A) Seldom. B) Little. C) Only. D) Hardly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hardly. 53. At no time ..... the employees to enter the restricted area. A) Permitted the company. B) The company permitted. C) Did the company permit. D) The company has permitted. E) The company did permit. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Did the company permit. 54. Mike and his friends are invited in Tom's party. A) Natural. B) Inverted. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Natural. 55. Tell whether the sentence below is in natural or inverted order.She knew who to turn onto. A) Inverted. B) Natural. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Natural. 56. He not only studies well, but also he sings well.A. Not only does he study well, but also he sings well.B. Not only he studies well, but also does he sing well.C. Not only he does study well, but also does he sing well.D. Not only he studies well, but also he sings well. A) C. B) B. C) A. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A. 57. Only after finishing his homework ..... allowed to play video games. A) He. B) He did. C) Did he. D) He was. E) Was he. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Was he. 58. In the basket ..... a dozen fresh eggs. A) Are. B) Was. C) Is. D) Have. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are. 59. Seldom ..... such a well-written article. A) Do I read. B) I did read. C) I have read. D) Have I read. E) I read. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Have I read. 60. Here are your medical records from your doctor. A) CORRECT. B) WRONG. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) CORRECT. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesInverted Sentences Quiz 1Inverted Sentences Quiz 2Inverted Sentences Quiz 3Inverted Sentences Quiz 5Adverbial Fronting With Inversion QuizAgreement Rules QuizClause Complex QuizCleft Pseudo Cleft Transformation Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books