This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Subject Verb Inversion – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Subject Verb Inversion Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Your friend might have been calling you. Complete the question:How long ..... he have been calling? A) Might. B) Could. C) Has. D) Should. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Might. 2. Only when ..... may vehicles cross the train tracks. A) Is the green light on. B) On is the green light. C) Did the green light be on. D) The green light is on. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The green light is on. 3. Which option best completes the sentence:'Only after the bell ..... did the students leave the classroom.' A) Ring. B) Rung. C) Rings. D) Had rung. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had rung. 4. Identify the correct inversion:'Barely ..... the door when the phone started ringing.' A) Had I closed. B) I had closed. C) Closed I had. D) Had closed I. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had I closed. 5. Which sentence correctly uses subject-verb inversion? A) There goes the train. B) There the train goes. C) Goes there the train. D) The train goes there. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) There goes the train. 6. Complete the sentence:'Not until the movie started ..... how much I would enjoy it.' A) I realized. B) Did I realize. C) I did realize. D) Realized I. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did I realize. 7. Complete the sentence:'Only when he apologized ..... to forgive him.' A) She did agree. B) Agreed she did. C) She agreed. D) Did she agree. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Did she agree. 8. Complete the sentence:Seldom ..... such a talented player. A) We see. B) See we. C) We do see. D) Do we see. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Do we see. 9. Hange this sentence into inverted subject-verb structure '' the clothes that you want are in the closet" A) In the closet that the clothes are you want. B) You want the clothes are in the closet. C) In the closet are the clothes that you want. D) That are the clothes in the clothes you wanted. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In the closet are the clothes that you want. 10. Which question is formed correctly from the statement, "My friends are playing soccer" ? A) Are my friends playing soccer?. B) Playing soccer are my friends?. C) Soccer are my friends playing?. D) My friends are playing soccer?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are my friends playing soccer?. 11. Which sentence correctly uses inversion to add emphasis after a phrase showing direction? A) The team out of the dugout ran. B) Ran out of the dugout the team. C) Out of the dugout ran the team. D) The team ran out of the dugout. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Out of the dugout ran the team. 12. Complete the question:Why ..... you looking for a new book? A) Are. B) Was. C) Is. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are. 13. Complete the sentence:'Never ..... such a wonderful sight before.' A) Have seen I. B) Have I seen. C) I have seen. D) Seen I have. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have I seen. 14. Which sentence correctly uses inversion to add emphasis after a phrase about direction? A) Walked the teacher into the classroom. B) Into the classroom the teacher walked. C) Into the classroom walked the teacher. D) The teacher walked into the classroom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Into the classroom walked the teacher. 15. True or False:'Here is the book you were looking for' 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. 16. Which question correctly uses subject-verb inversion? A) Where are you going?. B) Where going are you?. C) Where you are going?. D) Where you going are?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Where are you going?. 17. In the sentence 'Under no circumstances should you open the door.', is the inversion used correctly? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. Complete the sentence:'Little ..... about the surprise party.' A) She did know. B) Did know she. C) Did she know. D) Know she did. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Did she know. 19. Which one is correct?-Lia has many more novels than her sister.-Lia has many more novels than her sister does.-Lia has many more novels than does her sister A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) All correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All correct. 20. What type of inversion is in the sentence:'Only after the interview did he understand the expectations.'? A) Conditional. B) Comparison. C) Negative. D) Place. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Negative. 21. True or False:In the sentence 'Here comes the teacher, ' the verb 'comes' correctly inverses with the subject. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 22. Which sentence correctly uses an indirect (or embedded) question? A) Can you tell me where is the library?. B) She asked if was I going to the game. C) I wonder what time is it. D) He wants to know what the assignment is. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He wants to know what the assignment is. 23. Complete the sentence:Scarcely ..... they left when the storm began. A) Was. B) Have. C) Had. D) Did. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had. 24. Complete the question to make it grammatically correct:Why ..... been waiting so long for the bus? A) Have they. B) They have. C) They were. D) Did they. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have they. 25. Identify the sentence that correctly asks a question where the 'wh-' word is the subject. A) Who this song was written by?. B) Did who write this song?. C) Who did write this song?. D) Who wrote this song?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Who wrote this song?. 26. Which sentence demonstrates correct subject-verb inversion? A) Not until it was too late realized I my mistake. B) Not until it was too late I realized my mistake. C) Not until it was too late did I realize my mistake. D) Not until it was too late did realized I my mistake. A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. 27. Complete the sentence:'Scarcely ..... the train left the station when we arrived.' A) Had. B) Did. C) Was. D) Has. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had. 28. Choose the correct subject for the sentence:' ..... were waiting for the bus when it started to rain.' A) He. B) It. C) They. D) She. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They. 29. Which sentence correctly uses subject-verb inversion with 'so'? A) The sun was so bright. B) Bright so was the sun. C) So bright was the sun. D) So was bright the sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) So bright was the sun. 30. Choose the correct inversion:'Seldom ..... such a warm welcome.' A) We do receive. B) Do we receive. C) Receive we do. D) We receive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Do we receive. 31. Complete the sentence:Not only ..... a great singer, but also a talented dancer. A) She is. B) Is she. C) She was. D) Was she. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is she. 32. Choose the correct sentence with subject-verb inversion: A) Under no circumstances should you open the door. B) Under no circumstances should open you the door. C) Under no circumstances you should open the door. D) Under no circumstances open should you the door. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Under no circumstances should you open the door. 33. Choose the correct form:How often ..... you visit your grandparents? A) Does. B) Do. C) Did. D) Done. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Do. 34. True or False:To make the sentence 'He is a good player' a question, it is grammatically correct to write 'Does he be a good player?' A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 35. Your friend says, "I am going somewhere after school." Select the best way to ask where. A) You are going where after school?. B) Where you are going after school?. C) Where are you going after school?. D) Are you going where after school?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Where are you going after school?. 36. Complete the question: ..... there any good seats left for the concert? A) Do. B) Is. C) Are. D) Does. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Are. 37. Which is the correct inversion:'Hardly ..... the bus stop when it began to rain.' A) Had we reached. B) Reached we had. C) We had reached. D) Had reached we. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had we reached. 38. Complete the sentence:'Scarcely ..... the bell rung when the students rushed out.' A) Has. B) Having. C) Had. D) Have. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had. 39. Which sentence is inverted correctly for emphasis? A) Down the hill rolled the ball. B) Rolled down the hill the ball. C) The ball down the hill rolled. D) The ball rolled down the hill. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Down the hill rolled the ball. 40. Which question is formed correctly from the statement 'She has been practicing the guitar'? A) Has been she practicing the guitar?. B) Has she been practicing the guitar?. C) Does she has been practicing the guitar?. D) Been she has practicing the guitar?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has she been practicing the guitar?. 41. Select the sentence that demonstrates correct question inversion. A) Why late are you?. B) Why you late are?. C) Why are you late?. D) Why you are late?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Why are you late?. 42. Seldom ..... such a rude person! A) Have I met. B) Did I met. C) Am I meeting. D) I have met. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have I met. 43. Rewrite using inversion: "You have seen this movie before." (as a question) A) Did you seen this movie before?. B) Seen you have this movie before?. C) Have you seen this movie before?. D) You have seen before this movie?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Have you seen this movie before?. 44. Is the subject-verb inversion correct in this question:'Have you ever seen a shooting star?' A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 45. ....the writing project, he would have passed the class. A) If he completed. B) Had he completed. C) Has he completed. D) If completed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had he completed. 46. Which sentence uses inversion correctly for emphasis? A) The dog walked down the street. B) Walked down the street the dog. C) Down the street walked the dog. D) The street down walked the dog. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Down the street walked the dog. 47. In which sentence is the subject-verb order inverted correctly for emphasis? A) Rarely I eat desserts. B) Rarely do I eat desserts. C) Rarely eat I desserts. D) Rarely I do eat desserts. A) C. B) D. C) A. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) B. 48. Identify the inversion in this sentence: "Never have I heard such music." A) I heard such music. B) Such music have I heard. C) Never have I heard. D) Never heard I have. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Never have I heard. 49. Complete the question:Where ..... the keys? A) Were. B) Are. C) Was. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are. 50. True or False:In questions, the auxiliary verb always comes before the subject. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 51. Complete the sentence:Only after the game ..... the team realize their mistakes. A) Do. B) Did. C) Were. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did. 52. Subject-verb inversion occurs in "Here comes the rain" because: A) The verb is always placed before the subject in English. B) The subject is a pronoun. C) The sentence begins with an adverbial phrase indicating place or direction. D) The sentence is in the passive voice. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The sentence begins with an adverbial phrase indicating place or direction. 53. True or False:The following sentence is grammatically correct. "Never before I have seen a movie so funny." A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 54. In questions, the verb always comes before the subject. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 55. Fill in the blank:'Only after the storm ..... the rainbow appear.' A) Do. B) Did. C) Done. D) Does. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did. 56. Identify the correct inversion:A) Only after the storm passed did we go outside. B) Only after the storm passed we did go outside. C) Only after the storm passed we go did outside. D) Only after the storm passed did go we outside. A) C. B) A. C) D. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A. 57. What type of inversion is in the sentence:'Nor do the reviewers agree with this argument.'? A) Conditional. B) Negative. C) Comparison. D) Place. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Negative. 58. Complete the sentence:Not only ..... the kids excited, but they also prepared a surprise. A) Were. B) Was. C) Are. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 59. Choose the correct sentence using subject-verb inversion for emphasis. A) Seldom does he go out. B) Seldom he go does out. C) Seldom he does go out. D) He seldom does go out. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Seldom does he go out. 60. At no time ..... that he was the killer. A) I had suspected. B) Was I suspect. C) I didn't suspect. D) Did I suspect. 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