This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Subject Verb Inversion – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Subject Verb Inversion Quiz 5 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Complete the sentence:Not only ..... the kids excited, but they also prepared a surprise. A) Are. B) Was. C) Is. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were. 2. Choose the correct sentence using subject-verb inversion for emphasis. A) Seldom he does go out. B) Seldom he go does out. C) Seldom does he go out. D) He seldom does go out. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Seldom does he go out. 3. At no time ..... that he was the killer. A) I had suspected. B) Did I suspect. C) I didn't suspect. D) Was I suspect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did I suspect. 4. Complete the sentence:Scarcely ..... they finished the project when the deadline was extended. A) Has. B) Had. C) Did. D) Have. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had. 5. Little ..... that I knew his secret. A) Did John know. B) John did know. C) Was John know. D) John knew. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did John know. 6. 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. 7. Which of these is an incorrect way to ask about someone's location? A) Where was he?. B) Where is he?. C) Where does he be?. D) Is he at home?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Where does he be?. 8. Complete the sentence using the best verb form:'Never ..... I seen such a beautiful view.' A) Have. B) Was. C) Has. D) Did. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have. 9. Choose the correct inversion: ..... the team win, everyone cheered. A) If. B) Once. C) When. D) Did. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When. 10. Which sentence correctly uses inversion for emphasis? A) The train here comes. B) Here the train comes. C) Here comes the train. D) Comes here the train. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Here comes the train. 11. Which sentence uses correct subject-verb inversion? A) Like she does ice cream?. B) She does like ice cream?. C) Does she like ice cream?. D) Does like she ice cream?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Does she like ice cream?. 12. 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). 13. Complete the response to show agreement:'I haven't seen that movie.' 'Neither ..... I.' A) Was. B) Do. C) Have. D) Did. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Have. 14. Next to the house ..... that was in the process of being restored. A) Which was an old car. B) There was an old car. C) Was an old car. D) An old car as. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was an old car. 15. 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. 16. 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. 17. What type of inversion is in the sentence:'Not until last year were the results published.'? A) Comparison. B) Place. C) Negative. D) Conditional. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Negative. 18. Choose the best construction:No sooner ..... the bell ring than the students rushed out. A) Was. B) Had. C) Has. D) Did. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Did. 19. A student wrote:'Why do you be so quiet in class?' What is the error in this question? A) The question mark should be a period. B) The subject 'you' is incorrect. C) The verb 'be' should be 'are'. D) It incorrectly uses 'do' with the verb 'be'. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It incorrectly uses 'do' with the verb 'be'. 20. 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. 21. Never ..... a greater day in the history of mankind. A) There was. B) There has been. C) Did there be. D) Was there. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was there. 22. (No question provided for 6. Open-ended) A) The question is about science. B) The question is about math. C) A question was provided. D) No question was provided. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) No question was provided. 23. ....say when you asked him to post-pone our chapter test? A) What is the professor. B) What have the professor. C) What did the professor. D) What the professor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What did the professor. 24. No sooner ..... down than the phone rang. A) Had I sat. B) Do I sit. C) I had sat. D) Was I sitting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had I sat. 25. Which of the following sentences correctly applies inversion after a negative adverbial for emphasis? A) Rarely I have seen such a beautiful sunset. B) Rarely I do see such a beautiful sunset. C) Rarely have I seen such a beautiful sunset. D) Have I rarely seen such a beautiful sunset. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rarely have I seen such a beautiful sunset. 26. 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. 27. Which is the correct form for this sentence? Only when everyone had left ..... cleaning the room. A) She did start. B) Did she start. C) Started she. D) She started. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did she start. 28. Complete the short response:'I wasn't a fan of that movie.' ' ..... was I. It was pretty boring.' A) Either. B) Neither. C) Also. D) So. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neither. 29. Complete the sentence:Little ..... known about the early settlers. A) Was. B) Were. C) Are. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is. 30. Complete the question: ..... the movie start at 7 PM? A) Did. B) Does. C) Has. D) Do. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Does. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesSubject Verb Inversion Quiz 1Subject Verb Inversion Quiz 2Subject Verb Inversion Quiz 3Subject Verb Inversion Quiz 4Subject Verb Inversion Quiz 6Subject Verb Inversion Quiz 7Subject Verb Inversion Quiz 8Subject Verb Inversion Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books