This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Subject Verb Inversion – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Subject Verb Inversion Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Complete the sentence:No sooner ..... we sit down than the phone rang. A) has B) had C) have D) having A) Having. B) Has. C) Have. D) Had. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had. 2. Your friend says, 'I need to know where is the cafeteria.' How should you correct this sentence to follow the rules for indirect questions? A) I need to know where is the cafeteria. B) I need to know where the cafeteria is. C) I need to know where does the cafeteria be. D) I need to know is the cafeteria where. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I need to know where the cafeteria is. 3. Complete the sentence:Hardly ..... the bell ring when the students started to leave. A) does B) had C) has D) have A) Does. B) Had. C) Has. D) Have. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had. 4. True or False:The sentence "There goes the last slice of pizza" uses correct subject-verb inversion. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 5. What is the most likely meaning for the below sentence?Hardly ever does my professor arrive on time for class. A) The professor is always tardy for class. B) Usually the professor is delayed when coming to class. C) The professor is never on time for class. D) The professor usually does not give hard class assignments. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Usually the professor is delayed when coming to class. 6. Your friend wants to know if you're playing the new video game after school. Select the sentence that asks this question in the most grammatically correct way. A) You are playing the new game?. B) The new game you are playing?. C) Playing you are the new game?. D) Are you playing the new game?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Are you playing the new game?. 7. Choose the correct form:'Not only ..... she talented, but she also works hard.' A) Were. B) Are. C) Was. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is. 8. Complete the sentence:Rarely ..... such beautiful flowers in this area. A) See we. B) Do we see. C) We does see. D) We see. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Do we see. 9. Identify the correct subject-verb inversion: ..... the teacher explain the homework? A) Does. B) Do. C) Are. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Does. 10. What type of inversion is in the sentence:'On the desk lay several old manuscripts.'? A) Comparison. B) Conditional. C) Negative. D) Place. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Place. 11. Which option best completes the sentence:'Little ..... they know about the surprise party.' A) Does. B) Do. C) Is. D) Did. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Do. 12. True or False:In questions, the subject always comes after the auxiliary verb. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. Which of these sentences uses subject-verb inversion correctly? A) Never before I have seen such a beautiful sunrise. B) Never before have I seen such a beautiful sunrise. C) Never before seen I have such a beautiful sunrise. D) Never before I seen have such a beautiful sunrise. A) C. B) D. C) A. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) B. 14. In sentences beginning with 'never', the verb comes before the subject. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. Complete the sentence:How many siblings ..... your cousin have? A) Is. B) Does. C) Has. D) Do. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Does. 16. Which sentence shows correct subject-verb inversion in a question? A) You coming are to the party?. B) Are you coming to the party?. C) Coming you are to the party?. D) You are coming to the party?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are you coming to the party?. 17. In the sentence 'Never have I seen such a beautiful sunset', the subject and verb are inverted. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. Complete the sentence:Scarcely ..... when the alarm sounded. A) Had they left. B) They had left. C) Left they. D) They left. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had they left. 19. ..... your brother play soccer? A) Does. B) Did. C) Doing. D) Do. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Does. 20. Not for all the money in the world ..... take a chemistry class from Professor Lee. A) Would I ever. B) I would ever. C) Which I would ever. D) I ever. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Would I ever. 21. Which word best completes the sentence:' ..... your brother play the guitar?' A) Do. B) Did. C) Does. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Does. 22. Complete the sentence to ask a simple question: ..... your brother at the basketball game last night? A) Is. B) Was. C) Did. D) Do. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 23. Which sentence demonstrates correct usage of inversion for emphasis? A) Did she so deeply care that she stayed late. B) She did care so deeply that she stayed late. C) So deeply she did care that she stayed late. D) So deeply did she care that she stayed late. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) So deeply did she care that she stayed late. 24. Which shows inversion after "so" ? A) Beautiful so the garden was. B) Was so beautiful the garden. C) So beautiful was the garden. D) So beautiful the garden was. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) So beautiful was the garden. 25. Let's practice inverting a sentence for emphasis. If your original idea is 'I understood the plan only after she explained it, ' which option correctly rewrites it using inversion? A) Only after she explained it I did understand the plan. B) Only after she explained it did I understand the plan. C) Only after she explained it I understood the plan. D) Only after did I understand the plan she explained it. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Only after she explained it did I understand the plan. 26. Complete the sentence:Rarely ..... so many people at the concert. A) Do I see. B) I see. C) Have I seen. D) I have seen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Have I seen. 27. True or False:In the sentence 'Rarely he goes to the gym', the word order is correct. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 28. Complete the sentence with the correct subject: ..... are playing video games in the living room? A) She. B) The children. C) He. D) It. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The children. 29. Complete the question: ..... a good reason for being late? A) Is there. B) There is. C) There are. D) Does there. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is there. 30. Complete the sentence:Little ..... about the upcoming changes. A) They know. B) They do know. C) Know they. D) Do they know. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Do they know. 31. Not only ..... my keys, I've lost my wallet, too. A) Are I lost. B) I have lost. C) I did lose. D) Have I lost. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Have I lost. 32. I don't know what the WI-FI password is, ..... A) So is everyone else. B) Neither are everyone else. C) Neither did everyone else. D) Nor does anyone else. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nor does anyone else. 33. Your friend says, 'I wonder why is he always late.' To correct their grammar for this indirect question, which sentence is best? A) I wonder why does he is always late. B) I wonder is why he always late. C) I wonder why he is always late. D) I wonder why he always is late. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I wonder why he is always late. 34. Fill in the blank with the correct verb:How ..... the movie end last night? A) do B) does C) did D) done A) Does. B) Done. C) Do. D) Did. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Did. 35. In the sentence 'Rarely has he been so angry, ' is the word 'has' correctly inverted with the subject? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 36. Complete the sentence using inversion:Hardly ..... when it started to rain. A) I had left. B) Left had I. C) Had I left. D) Left I. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had I left. 37. Choose the best option: ..... they finish the project on time? A) Did. B) Has. C) Do. D) Does. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did. 38. Which sentence uses subject-verb inversion correctly for emphasis? A) I had never before seen such bravery. B) Had never before I seen such bravery. C) Never before had I seen such bravery. D) Never before I had seen such bravery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Never before had I seen such bravery. 39. True or False:The sentence 'Have you ever tried snowboarding?' is a correct example of placing an adverb ('ever') in an inverted question. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 40. What type of inversion is in the sentence:'Rarely do students analyze corpus data at this level.'? A) Conditional. B) Place. C) Negative. D) Comparison. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Negative. 41. True or False:'Here comes the bus' is an example of subject-verb inversion. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 42. Which sentence demonstrates correct inversion after a negative adverb? A) Never seen I have such a thing. B) I have never seen such a thing. C) Seen I have never such a thing. D) Never have I seen such a thing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Never have I seen such a thing. 43. Complete the sentence:'Only after the rain stopped ..... their journey.' A) Did they continue. B) They continued. C) They did continue. D) Continue they did. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did they continue. 44. Complete the sentence:Hardly ..... she entered the room when the phone rang. A) Had. B) Has. C) Did. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had. 45. Which negative question is grammatically correct and sounds most natural in conversation? A) Did not you finish your homework?. B) You didn't finish your homework?. C) Why you didn't finish your homework?. D) Didn't you finish your homework?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Didn't you finish your homework?. 46. Complete the question: ..... you ever seen a giraffe up close? A) Does. B) Have. C) Has. D) Did. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have. 47. ..... the train arrive on time? A) Do. B) Did. C) Does. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did. 48. Where ..... the keys that were on the table? A) is B) are C) was D) has A) Was. B) Has. C) Are. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Are. 49. Complete the sentence:'Rarely ..... she seen without her dog.' A) Is. B) Were. C) Are. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is. 50. True or False:The following sentence is grammatically correct. "Little I knew that my surprise party was just minutes away." A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 51. Complete the sentence:Hardly ..... before the rain started. A) Arrived we. B) Had we arrived. C) We arrived. D) We had arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had we arrived. 52. Your team only started playing well after halftime. Which sentence best rephrases this using inversion for emphasis? A) Did the team play well only after halftime. B) Only after halftime the team played well. C) Only after halftime did the team play well. D) Only after halftime the team did play well. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Only after halftime did the team play well. 53. Complete the sentence:Scarcely ..... the phone ring when she answered it. A) had B) has C) have D) having A) Have. B) Had. C) Having. D) Has. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had. 54. Complete the sentence to add emphasis:Rarely ..... we get to see a movie on a school night. A) Have. B) Are. C) Do. D) Can. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Do. 55. Complete the sentence: ..... your friend at the skatepark yesterday? A) Did. B) Was. C) Is. D) Does. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 56. True or False:The sentence "There goes my chance to win the game!" uses a correct and natural-sounding subject-verb inversion. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 57. True or False:In the sentence 'Seldom do they arrive on time, ' the subject-verb inversion is incorrect. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 58. Which of these questions is written correctly? A) Is your best friend in my science class?. B) Your best friend is in my science class?. C) Your best friend in my science class is?. D) In my science class is your best friend?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is your best friend in my science class?. 59. Does anyone know ..... having the debate? A) The students are. B) Where the students are. C) That the students. D) Where are the students. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Where the students are. 60. True or False:'There goes the train' is an example of subject-verb inversion. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. Next →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesSubject Verb Inversion Quiz 2Subject Verb Inversion Quiz 3Subject Verb Inversion Quiz 4Subject Verb Inversion Quiz 5Adverbial Fronting With Inversion QuizAgreement Rules QuizClause Complex QuizCleft Pseudo Cleft Transformation Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books