This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Inverted Sentences – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Inverted Sentences Quiz 5 (56 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. ..... that the minister had embezzled the national budget. A) Little the Attorney General at all did suspect. B) Little the Attorney General at all suspected. C) Little the Attorney General at all suspect. D) Little did the Attorney General at all suspect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Little did the Attorney General at all suspect. 2. ..... test positive for antibiotics when tanker trucks arrive at a milk processiong plant, according to federal law, the entire truckload must be discarded. A) If milk is. B) If milk. C) Should milk. D) Milk should. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Should milk. 3. Here (is, are) the worksheets for today's class. A) Is. B) Are. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are. 4. At the fruit stand sits juicy apples asking to be bought. A) CORRECT. B) WRONG. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) WRONG. 5. Along the riverbank ..... a group of campers. A) Are. B) Has. C) Is. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are. 6. Into the restaurants ..... the hungry customers A) Crowds. B) Crowd. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Crowd. 7. Down the street ..... the new students. A) Was walk. B) Walks. C) Walking. D) Walk. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Walk. 8. On the top shelf ..... the old photo albums. A) Was sit. B) Sitting. C) Sit. D) Sits. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sit. 9. Construct an inverted sentence using the words 'seldom', 'does', and 'he'. A) He seldom does. B) Seldom does he. C) Seldom he does. D) Rarely does he. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Seldom does he. 10. ..... anyone over six really believe in the tooth fairy? A) Do. B) Does. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Does. 11. Inverted sentences are formed when the subject comes after the verb. True or False? A) Only in poetry. B) True. C) Sometimes. D) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 12. So impressive ..... the presentation that everyone applauded. A) It was. B) Did. C) The. D) Was. E) Was it. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was. 13. Select the verb in agreement with the subject.Where (is, are) the assignments you completed? A) Is. B) Are. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are. 14. Change the normal sentence into an inverted word order sentence.She is reading her book without her glasses. A) Reading her book she is. B) Without her glasses, she is reading her book. C) Without glasses, she is reading the book. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Without her glasses, she is reading her book. 15. Here are my thoughts on the subject. Predicate A) Thoughts. B) On. C) Are. D) Here. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Are. 16. Very wise (is, are) the young Jedi. A) Is. B) Are. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is. 17. Only in this way ..... we solve the problem. A) Do. B) We. C) Can. D) We will. E) We can. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Can. 18. Invert this sentence: "I had not seen such a beautiful sunset until I visited Hawaii." A) Until I visited Hawaii, I had not seen such a sunset. B) I had not seen such a beautiful sunset until visiting Hawaii. C) Not until I visited Hawaii had I seen such a beautiful sunset. D) Had not I seen such a beautiful sunset until I visited Hawaii. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Not until I visited Hawaii had I seen such a beautiful sunset. 19. Identify the subject in the following inverted sentence:'On the top of the hill stood a majestic castle.' A) A majestic castle. B) Stood a majestic hill. C) On the top of the hill. D) The top of the hill. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A majestic castle. 20. There goes the majorette of the first band. A) NATURAL ORDER. B) INVERTED ORDER. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) INVERTED ORDER. 21. Running through the field and into the woods, the boys became lost. Predicate A) Running. B) Lost. C) Into. D) Through. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lost. 22. She had only just put the telephone down when the boss rang.A. She put the telephone down and the boss rang.B. Hardly had she put the telephone down when the boss rang.C. The boss rang back, but she put the telephone down.D. She had put the telephone down, so she let it ring when the boss rang. A) D. B) A. C) B. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) B. 23. Attached (is, are) a copy of the file. A) Is. B) Are. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is. 24. Select the verb in agreement with the subject.(Do/Does) the books on the shelf belong to you? A) Do. B) Does. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Do. 25. People come and go from their provinces. A) Normal. B) Inverted. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Normal. 26. Rarely ..... to the cinema these days. A) They do go. B) Do they go. C) They have gone. D) Go they. E) They go. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Do they go. 27. Here ..... my old hiking boots. A) Is. B) Are. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are. 28. Identify the verb in the following inverted sentence:'In the middle of the room sat a beautiful piano.' A) Middle. B) Beautiful. C) Room. D) Sat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sat. 29. On the desk ..... an open textbook and several pencils. A) Were. B) It was. C) Was. D) They were. E) Has been. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 30. Change the normal sentence into an inverted word order sentence."The Mothman" flew out the window at the speed of light. A) Out the window "Mothman" flew. B) "The Mothman", at the speed of light, flew out the window. C) Out the window "The Mothman" flew at the speed of light. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Out the window "The Mothman" flew at the speed of light. 31. Outside the testing room ..... A) Does Linda's father wait. B) Waits Linda's father. C) Does Linda's father waits. D) Wait Linda's father. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Waits Linda's father. 32. On top of the dusty road ..... two old water pumps. A) Stand. B) Stands. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stand. 33. Not only ..... all the questions, but he also got a perfect score. A) He answered. B) He did answer. C) He has answered. D) Did he answer. E) Answer he. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Did he answer. 34. There (is, are) no clues to tell who the robber is. A) Is. B) Are. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are. 35. Here ..... the list of winners. A) Is. B) Have. C) Are. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is. 36. Choose the word CORRECT if the subject-verb agreement used is appropriate, choose INCORRECT if not. To the right corner of the room stand a beautiful replica of Venus de Milo. A) CORRECT. B) INCORRECT. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) INCORRECT. 37. Select the verb in agreement with the subject.Attached in the email (is, are) the pictures from the game. A) Is. B) Are. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are. 38. Behind those bamboos ..... a row of beautiful native houses. A) Is. B) Are. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is. 39. On the table ..... a laptop, two books, and a coffee mug. A) It was. B) Were. C) Was. D) There was. E) They were. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 40. Which sentence has inverted word order?A. Who is responsible for creating that computer virus?B. Beyond the meadow a beautiful river flows.C. From the village is where the people come and go. A) A & C. B) A. C) B & C. D) C. E) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) B & C. 41. Under the tree ..... two playful kittens. A) Has been. B) Are. C) Was. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are. 42. The coordination has announced that ..... the students at all sign up in more than two elective subjects. A) Under no condition can. B) Under no condition. C) Under conditon can. D) Can under no condition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Under no condition can. 43. Here ..... the papers of the new applicants today. A) Is. B) Are. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are. 44. Inverted sentences are commonly used in literature to create a sense of suspense or to emphasize certain words. True or False? A) True. B) Not sure. C) Maybe. D) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 45. Which of the following sentences is in inverted order? A) Such a beautiful sunset I have never seen. B) I have never seen such a beautiful sunset. C) A beautiful sunset I have never seen. D) Never have I seen such a beautiful sunset. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Never have I seen such a beautiful sunset. 46. Click the best inverted sentence on the following sentences. A) The day was dreary and dark. B) They closed the door and ran upstairs. C) Out of the bed jumps Nathan at the sound of the alarm. D) Africa is a huge continent with many countries. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Out of the bed jumps Nathan at the sound of the alarm. 47. Select the verb in agreement with the subject.Here (come/comes) the bride down the aisle. A) Comes. B) Come. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comes. 48. There ..... no clues to tell who the rubber is. A) Is. B) Are. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are. 49. Outside the third ..... two statues representing servers. A) Stands. B) Stand. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stand. 50. The man brought a new car yesterday. A) Natural. B) Inverted. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Natural. 51. Is your mother coming to the parent's meeting? A) Natural. B) Inverted. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inverted. 52. Invert this sentence: "The movie was so interesting that I watched it twice." A) So interesting the movie was that I watched it twice. B) Was the movie so interesting that I watched it twice. C) So was the movie interesting that I watched it twice. D) So interesting was the movie that I watched it twice. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) So interesting was the movie that I watched it twice. 53. Sunflowers and roses are common flowers every Valentines day. A) Natural. B) Inverted. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Natural. 54. Choose the word CORRECT if the subject-verb agreement used is appropriate, choose INCORRECT if not. The task of the expedition was to establish a base camp and to begin scientific observations. A) CORRECT. B) INCORRECT. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) CORRECT. 55. Select the verb in agreement with the subject.Under the rocks in the yard (scurries, scurry) a family of beetles. A) Scurries. B) Scurry. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scurries. 56. Inverted sentences are only used in formal writing and not in everyday speech. True or False? A) Sometimes. B) Depends on the weather. C) False. D) True. 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