This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Subject Verb Inversion – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Subject Verb Inversion Quiz 4 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Subject-verb inversion is used after certain adverbs like 'never' and 'rarely'. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. Is the sentence 'Does the dog bark loudly?' 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. 3. What type of inversion is in the sentence:'Should you require more data, let me know.'? A) Conditional. B) Comparison. C) Negative. D) Place. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conditional. 4. True or False:To ask a question where the 'wh-' word (like 'who' or 'what') is the subject, you must invert the subject and verb. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 5. Select the correct inversion of the sentence:'You are going to the movies.' A) Are you going to the movies?. B) You going are to the movies?. C) Going are you to the movies?. D) Movies are you going to?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are you going to the movies?. 6. Which sentence is inverted correctly? A) She homework has finished?. B) Has she finished her homework?. C) Finished she has her homework?. D) She has finished her homework?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has she finished her homework?. 7. Complete the sentence:Seldom ..... such an opportunity. A) Do we get. B) We got. C) Get we. D) We do get. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Do we get. 8. Which verb correctly completes the sentence:She ..... the book on the table. A) Lie. B) Lay. C) Lied. D) Lays. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lays. 9. Rarely ..... we see such dedication. A) Done. B) Did. C) Does. D) Do. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Do. 10. Complete the sentence:How many video games ..... you have on your phone? A) Does. B) Do. C) Are. D) Have. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Do. 11. Choose the correct form:'No sooner ..... than the phone rang.' A) I sat down. B) Sat down I had. C) I had sat down. D) Had I sat down. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had I sat down. 12. Your friend is bringing something to the party. To find out what it is, which question should you ask? A) Is she bringing what?. B) What does she bringing?. C) What she is bringing?. D) What is she bringing?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) What is she bringing?. 13. Complete the sentence:Little ..... she know about the surprise party. A) Does. B) Done. C) Did. D) Do. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Did. 14. Complete the sentence to create a more formal and emphatic statement:'Not only ..... he finish his homework, but he also helped his sister with hers.' A) He did. B) Did he. C) He. D) Does he. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did he. 15. Select the correct inversion of the sentence: "She is what doing?" A) Is she what doing?. B) What is she doing?. C) Doing is she what?. D) She what is doing?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What is she doing?. 16. Which word best completes the sentence:'What ..... the teacher say about the homework?' A) Is. B) Did. C) Do. D) Does. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did. 17. Choose the correct form to complete the question:Where ..... your parents when the storm hit? A) Were. B) Are. C) Was. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 18. Inverted sentences always indicate a question. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 19. Identify the sentence with proper subject-verb inversion for a question:A) You are coming with us, are you? B) Are you coming with us? C) You coming are with us? D) Coming are you with us? A) D. B) A. C) B. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) B. 20. Complete the sentence:Only after the storm ..... the sun reappear. A) Do. B) Done. C) Did. D) Does. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Did. 21. Complete the sentence:Hardly ever ..... he take a day off from work. A) Done. B) Do. C) Did. D) Does. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Does. 22. Complete the sentence:'Never before ..... such a beautiful sunset.' A) Have I seen. B) Have seen I. C) I have seen. D) Seen I have. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have I seen. 23. Complete the sentence:No sooner ..... the movie started than it began to rain. A) Had. B) Has. C) Have. D) Did. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had. 24. Select the sentence that correctly forms a simple yes/no question. A) Are they going to the movies?. B) Going are they to the movies?. C) They going to the movies are?. D) They are going to the movies?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are they going to the movies?. 25. Complete the sentence:Rarely ..... she miss a day of school. A) Do. B) Does. C) Are. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Does. 26. Select the correct inversion for the sentence: "Only after the meeting ended we understood the issue." A) Only after the meeting ended did we understand the issue. B) Only after the meeting ended we did understand the issue. C) Only after the meeting ended understood we the issue. D) Only after the meeting ended did we understood the issue. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Only after the meeting ended did we understand the issue. 27. Complete the sentence:Only by working hard ..... success. A) You achieve. B) Achieve you. C) You will achieve. D) Will you achieve. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Will you achieve. 28. What type of inversion is in the sentence:'So does the lecturer.'? A) Negative. B) Conditional. C) Place. D) Comparison. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Negative. 29. Choose the correct verb form:Under no circumstances ..... the door. A) Open you. B) Should you open. C) Should open you. D) You should open. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Should you open. 30. Identify the correct inversion in this question:' ..... the bus arrive yet?' A) Do. B) Does. C) Did. D) Has. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Has. 31. Select the correct inversion of the sentence: "You are going where?" A) Going are you where?. B) Where you are going?. C) Are you going where?. D) Where are you going?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Where are you going?. 32. In the sentence 'Here comes the bus', the verb comes before the subject for emphasis. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 33. Complete the sentence:Never ..... I seen such a mess. A) Had. B) Has. C) Did. D) Have. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Have. 34. Imagine your brother missed his bus this morning. Which question correctly asks *why* he missed it? A) Why did he miss the bus?. B) Why he missed the bus?. C) Why he did miss the bus?. D) Did he miss the bus why?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Why did he miss the bus?. 35. True or False:The sentence 'Aren't you coming with us to the movies?' is a grammatically correct way to form a negative question. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 36. What type of inversion is in the sentence:'Across the field ran a herd of deer.'? A) Negative. B) Conditional. C) Comparison. D) Place. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Place. 37. Complete the sentence: ..... you want to go to the movies with us later? A) Does. B) Is. C) Do. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Do. 38. Which question is written correctly to ask if your friend is coming over? A) Coming over later are you?. B) Later are you coming over?. C) You are coming over later?. D) Are you coming over later?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Are you coming over later?. 39. Your friend hasn't tried the new video game yet. Which question asks about this correctly? A) You haven't tried it?. B) You tried not it?. C) Tried you haven't it?. D) Haven't you tried it?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Haven't you tried it?. 40. Where ..... he live? A) Are. B) Does. C) Do. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Does. 41. Seldom ..... we see such a beautiful sunset. A) Do. B) Did. C) Is. D) Does. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Do. 42. True or False:Inversion is only used in questions. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 43. Is the inversion in 'Never have I felt so happy.' correct? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 44. Seldom ..... he speak in class. A) Does. B) Has. C) Do. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Does. 45. Fill in the blank:'Little ..... he know about the surprise party planned for him.' A) Do. B) Did. C) Does. D) Done. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did. 46. Complete the sentence:Not only ..... she talented, but she is also very humble. A) Are. B) Were. C) Is. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is. 47. Never before ..... we faced such a challenge. A) Was. B) Had. C) Have. D) Has. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Have. 48. What type of inversion is in the sentence:'Little did they know about the new curriculum.'? A) Comparison. B) Negative. C) Conditional. D) Place. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Negative. 49. Not until ..... her did I realize how beautiful she was. A) Saw I. B) Did I see. C) I saw. D) Was I saw. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I saw. 50. Complete the question about the plans for the school dance: ..... there going to be a photo booth? A) Does. B) Will. C) Is. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is. 51. Can you create an inverted sentence using "Scarcely" ? A) Scarcely I arrived when the meeting started. B) Scarcely the meeting started when I arrived. C) Scarcely did the meeting started when I arrived. D) Scarcely had I arrived when the meeting started. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scarcely had I arrived when the meeting started. 52. True or False:In the sentence 'Little did he know what was about to happen, ' the subject-verb inversion is used for emphasis. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 53. In the sentence, 'Not only does he play soccer, but he also is on the debate team, ' why is the verb 'does' placed before the subject 'he'? A) To add special emphasis after the introductory phrase 'Not only'. B) Because the sentence is asking a question. C) To show that the two actions happened at different times. D) This is a grammatical mistake and should be 'Not only he does play '. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To add special emphasis after the introductory phrase 'Not only'. 54. True or False:To ask a question with a modal verb like 'should, ' you place it before the subject, as in 'Should we leave now?' A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 55. Which sentence uses correct subject-verb inversion in a negative question? A) She know doesn't the answer?. B) She doesn't know the answer?. C) Know she doesn't the answer?. D) Doesn't she know the answer?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Doesn't she know the answer?. 56. A writer wants to create a more dramatic sentence than 'The race car sped past the finish line.' Which revision best uses subject-verb inversion for stylistic effect? A) Past the finish line the race car sped. B) Sped the race car past the finish line. C) Past the finish line sped the race car. D) The race car, it sped past the finish line. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Past the finish line sped the race car. 57. Complete the sentence:Not only ..... she a talented musician, but she also writes her own songs. A) is B) are C) do D) does A) Does. B) Is. C) Are. D) Do. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is. 58. Complete the question:Where ..... you been all afternoon? A) Did. B) Was. C) Are. D) Have. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Have. 59. Rewrite correctly with inversion: "You are tired, aren't you?" $\rightarrow$ (main question form) A) You are tired?. B) Are you tired?. C) Aren't you tired?. D) Tired are you?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are you tired?. 60. In the sentence 'Here comes the bus', the subject 'bus' is placed after the verb. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesSubject Verb Inversion Quiz 1Subject Verb Inversion Quiz 2Subject Verb Inversion Quiz 3Subject 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