This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Negative Adverbials – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Negative Adverbials Quiz 1 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Barely had I stepped outside ..... A) When began to rain. B) Than it began to rain. C) Then it began to rain. D) When it began to rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) When it began to rain. 2. We use negative adverbials to (a) . A) Increase intelligence. B) Show off. C) Sound formal. D) A. emphasize. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A. emphasize. 3. Page 153 | Part 2 | Question 4 A) B. B) D. C) A. D) F. E) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) D. 4. ..... does she know that we organized a surprise party for her. A) Little. B) Not only. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Little. 5. ..... have I been at such a great concert. A) Never. B) Not until. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Never. 6. ..... do I know how to drive a car, but I can also drive a motorcycle. A) Little. B) Not only. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Little. 7. ..... , but she also plays the piano. A) Not only speaks she five languages. B) Not only does she speak five languages. C) Not only she does speak five languages. D) Not only she speaks five languages. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not only does she speak five languages. 8. Exercise 8 | Question 1 A) D. B) B. C) A. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) D. 9. ..... how much their lives would change that day. A) Little did they know. B) They knew little. C) Little did knew. D) Little they knew. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Little did they know. 10. All the sentence below have an adverbial that emphasizes one event following another except ..... A) Barely had I sat down when there was a knock at the door. B) Hardly had the baby fallen asleep when the loud music started. C) No sooner had Max sat down than the door rang. D) Not in a million years did I think I'd be in Buenos Aires!. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Not in a million years did I think I'd be in Buenos Aires!. 11. Use a negative adverbial to emphasize something surprising:(a) will I eat at that restaurant the food was horrible! A) Rarely. B) Hardly. C) A. Never again. D) Barely. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A. Never again. 12. Exercise 8 | Question 4 A) D. B) B. C) A. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) C. 13. No sooner had the concert started ..... A) Where the power went out. B) When the power went out. C) That the power went out. D) Than the power went out. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Than the power went out. 14. ..... he came to visit did I know how much I had missed him. A) Not until. B) Little. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not until. 15. Scarcely had they finished their meal ..... A) When the guests arrived. B) When arrived the guests. C) Then the guests arrived. D) That the guests arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When the guests arrived. 16. What does an inversion look like? A) Tomas also wants to come with us. B) Maria said she hasn't seen it. C) Are you coming to the movies?. D) I don't want to eat right now. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Are you coming to the movies?. 17. In no way ..... to blame. A) Did he. B) Were he. C) Does he. D) Was he. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was he. 18. Page 153 | Part 2 | Question 5 A) B. B) D. C) E. D) A. E) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) B. 19. Page 153 | Part 2 | Question 3 A) C. B) D. C) A. D) B. E) F. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) F. 20. ..... such an opportunity to make a difference. A) Seldom do get we. B) Seldom do we get. C) Seldom we get. D) Seldom get we. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Seldom do we get. 21. Use a negative adverbial to emphasize something unusual:(a) do you meet someone as polite as he is. He was charming. A) No sooner. B) Barely. C) A. Rarely. D) Hardly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A. Rarely. 22. ..... has she felt so sad in her life. A) Not only. B) Never. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Never. 23. ..... when the phone started ringing. A) Hardly had he entered the room. B) Hardly he had entered the room. C) Hardly he entered the room. D) Hardly entered the room. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hardly had he entered the room. 24. Not only did she win the competition, ..... A) She also set a new record. B) That she also set a new record. C) But she also set a new record. D) And she also set a new record. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) But she also set a new record. 25. ..... such a beautiful sunset in my life. A) Never saw I. B) Never have I seen. C) Never seen I. D) Never I seen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Never have I seen. 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