This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Subject Verb Inversion – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Subject Verb Inversion Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Complete the sentence:Scarcely ..... they finished the project when the deadline was extended. A) Did. B) Has. C) Had. D) Have. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had. 2. Little ..... that I knew his secret. A) John knew. B) Did John know. C) John did know. D) Was John know. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did John know. 3. Which form correctly completes this sentence? Not only ..... she talented, but she also works hard. A) Do. B) Is. C) Are. D) Does. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is. 4. Which of these is an incorrect way to ask about someone's location? A) Where was he?. B) Is he at home?. C) Where does he be?. D) Where is he?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Where does he be?. 5. Complete the sentence using the best verb form:'Never ..... I seen such a beautiful view.' A) Was. B) Has. C) Did. D) Have. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Have. 6. Choose the correct inversion: ..... the team win, everyone cheered. A) If. B) When. C) Once. D) Did. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When. 7. A) there are many exotic birds in the forest b) there are the keys that you lent me c) beyond the mountains lies the town where you live d) boy never wrote a letter to his sister which one is a inverted subject-verb structure? A) And (c). B) And (d). C) And (c). D) And (d). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) And (c). 8. Complete the response to show agreement:'I haven't seen that movie.' 'Neither ..... I.' A) Do. B) Have. C) Did. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have. 9. Next to the house ..... that was in the process of being restored. A) There was an old car. B) Which was an old car. C) Was an old car. D) An old car as. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was an old car. 10. Only after doing his chores ..... to go to meet his friends. A) Jason was allowed. B) Did Jason allow. C) Was allowed Jason. D) Was Jason allowed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was Jason allowed. 11. True or False:In sentences starting with 'here' or 'there', 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. 12. What type of inversion is in the sentence:'Not until last year were the results published.'? A) Place. B) Negative. C) Comparison. D) Conditional. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Negative. 13. Choose the best construction:No sooner ..... the bell ring than the students rushed out. A) Did. B) Has. C) Was. D) Had. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did. 14. A student wrote:'Why do you be so quiet in class?' What is the error in this question? A) It incorrectly uses 'do' with the verb 'be'. B) The question mark should be a period. C) The subject 'you' is incorrect. D) The verb 'be' should be 'are'. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It incorrectly uses 'do' with the verb 'be'. 15. True or False:The sentence 'Here is my permission slip' uses correct subject-verb inversion. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 16. Never ..... a greater day in the history of mankind. A) Was there. B) There has been. C) Did there be. D) There was. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was there. 17. (No question provided for 6. Open-ended) A) A question was provided. B) The question is about math. C) The question is about science. D) No question was provided. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) No question was provided. 18. ....say when you asked him to post-pone our chapter test? A) What did the professor. B) What have the professor. C) What is the professor. D) What the professor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What did the professor. 19. No sooner ..... down than the phone rang. A) I had sat. B) Do I sit. C) Had I sat. D) Was I sitting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had I sat. 20. Which of the following sentences correctly applies inversion after a negative adverbial for emphasis? A) Have I rarely seen such a beautiful sunset. B) Rarely I do see such a beautiful sunset. C) Rarely I have seen such a beautiful sunset. D) Rarely have I seen such a beautiful sunset. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rarely have I seen such a beautiful sunset. 21. True or False:The following sentence is grammatically correct:'My mom asked why am I so tired.' A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 22. Which is the correct form for this sentence? Only when everyone had left ..... cleaning the room. A) Did she start. B) Started she. C) She started. D) She did start. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did she start. 23. Complete the short response:'I wasn't a fan of that movie.' ' ..... was I. It was pretty boring.' A) Neither. B) Either. C) So. D) Also. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neither. 24. Complete the sentence:Little ..... known about the early settlers. A) Were. B) Are. C) Was. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is. 25. Complete the question: ..... the movie start at 7 PM? A) Did. B) Do. C) Has. D) Does. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Does. 26. Complete the sentence:Rarely ..... we see such a beautiful sunset. A) Did. B) Done. C) Does. D) Do. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Do. 27. To add special emphasis to how loud the concert was, which sentence structure is best? A) The concert so loud was. B) So loud the concert was. C) The concert was so loud. D) So loud was the concert!. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) So loud was the concert!. 28. Which sentence uses subject-verb inversion for a conditional? A) Were she to arrive early, we would start on time. B) She arrives early, we would start on time. C) Arrives she early, we would start on time. D) If she arrives early, we would start on time. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were she to arrive early, we would start on time. 29. Complete the sentence:Only after the storm ..... we realize the damage it caused. A) Did. B) Does. C) Done. D) Do. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did. 30. Choose the correct verb form to complete the question:Why ..... you leave so early? A) do B) does C) has D) have A) Do. B) Does. C) Have. D) Has. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Do. 31. How should this sentence be corrected for formal writing? 'Not only she aced the test, but she also won the science fair.' A) Not only aced she the test, but she also won. B) She not only aced the test, but also won. C) Not only she did ace the test, but she also won. D) Not only did she ace the test, but she also won the science fair. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Not only did she ace the test, but she also won the science fair. 32. Complete the sentence:'Hardly ..... the movie started when the power went out.' A) Has. B) Was. C) Had. D) Did. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had. 33. Which question correctly places the adverb 'usually'? A) Where do you usually go after school?. B) Where do usually you go after school?. C) Where usually do you go after school?. D) Where do you go usually after school?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Where do you usually go after school?. 34. True or False:'Never have I ever been to France' uses correct subject-verb inversion. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 35. True or False:In the question 'Are you ready for the test?', the subject-verb inversion is used correctly. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 36. Complete the sentence:Hardly ever ..... late to class. A) Is he. B) He is. C) Was he. D) He was. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is he. 37. Not only ..... she intelligent, but she is also kind. A) Was. B) Is. C) Were. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is. 38. Complete the sentence:Little ..... about what happened that day. A) Do they know. B) Know they. C) Does they know. D) They know. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Do they know. 39. Complete the sentence:Never ..... I seen such determination in a student. A) Has. B) Was. C) Have. D) Had. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Have. 40. Complete the sentence:Not until the movie started ..... how good it was. A) I realized. B) I did realize. C) Did I realize. D) Realized I. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Did I realize. 41. Which is an example of subject-verb inversion after "here/there" ? A) Comes here the bus. B) The bus comes here. C) Here comes the bus. D) The bus here comes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Here comes the bus. 42. Fill in the blank with the correct verb form:Under the tree ..... the picnic blanket. A) Lay. B) Laid. C) Lays. D) Laying. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lays. 43. Complete the sentence:Hardly ..... when the phone rang. A) I arrived. B) Arrived I. C) Had I arrived. D) I had arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had I arrived. 44. What is true according to the below sentence:Mary doesn't support the new policy, and neither does the man. A) A. The two speakers hold differing opinions of the new policy. B) B. Neither the woman nor the man oppose the policy explained in the passage. C) C. Both speakers agree that the new policy should be abolished. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. Both speakers agree that the new policy should be abolished. 45. Is this a correct subject inversion form?the tie will be shorter than will the belt be A) Correct. B) Wrong. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 46. Choose the sentence that correctly uses subject-verb inversion. A) Only after the rain stopped did we go outside. B) Only after did the rain stop we go outside. C) Only after the rain stopped we went outside. D) Only after the rain stopped went we outside. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Only after the rain stopped did we go outside. 47. In the sentence 'On the table sits a vase of flowers, ' is subject-verb inversion used? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 48. In which sentence is the subject-verb inversion correctly used? A) I have never seen such a thing. B) Never I seen have such a thing. C) Never have I seen such a thing. D) Never I have seen such a thing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Never have I seen such a thing. 49. Sometimes, writers invert sentences for a more dramatic effect. Select the sentence that correctly uses subject-verb inversion for emphasis. A) Never I have seen such a cool magic trick. B) Never have I seen such a cool magic trick. C) Never I saw such a cool magic trick. D) I have never seen such a cool magic trick. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Never have I seen such a cool magic trick. 50. What type of inversion is in the sentence:'Had she checked the sources, the errors could have been avoided.'? A) Conditional. B) Place. C) Comparison. D) Negative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conditional. 51. Complete the sentence:Not once ..... the truth. A) Did he tell. B) He did tell. C) Told he. D) He told. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did he tell. 52. Complete the sentence with the best verb form:Does your brother ..... how to play the guitar? A) Know. B) Knowing. C) Knows. D) Knew. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Know. 53. Little ..... they realize the danger ahead. A) Does. B) Did. C) Will. D) Do. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did. 54. Which is an example of subject-verb inversion after "so" ? A) Was so tired she. B) She was so tired. C) So tired she was. D) So tired was she. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) So tired was she. 55. True or False:The sentence 'Who ate the last cookie?' is grammatically correct because 'who' is the subject, so the verb doesn't need to be inverted. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 56. Choose the correct subject for the sentence:' ..... did the storm damage the town?' A) What. B) When. C) Where. D) How. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) How. 57. Which sentence uses correct inversion? A) Into the room walks the teacher. B) Into the room the teacher walks. C) Into the room walk the teacher. D) Into the room walked the teacher. A) Into the room walk the teacher. B) Into the room the teacher walks. C) Into the room walks the teacher. D) Into the room walked the teacher. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Into the room walks the teacher. 58. I am afraid that is the condition of these tires as bad as the condition of the others. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 59. True or False:The sentence 'My mom asked what time is the party' uses the correct grammar for an indirect (or embedded) question. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 60. Rarely ..... about the environment enough to give up their car. A) Do people care. B) People care. C) Are people care. D) Care people. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Do people care. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesSubject Verb Inversion Quiz 1Subject Verb Inversion Quiz 2Subject 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