This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Subject Verb Inversion – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Subject Verb Inversion Quiz 6 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Complete the sentence:Rarely ..... we see such a beautiful sunset. A) Done. B) Does. C) Do. D) Did. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Do. 2. To add special emphasis to how loud the concert was, which sentence structure is best? A) The concert was so loud. B) So loud was the concert!. C) The concert so loud was. D) So loud the concert was. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) So loud was the concert!. 3. Which sentence uses subject-verb inversion for a conditional? A) If she arrives early, we would start on time. B) Arrives she early, we would start on time. C) Were she to arrive early, we would start on time. D) She arrives early, we would start on time. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were she to arrive early, we would start on time. 4. Complete the sentence:Only after the storm ..... we realize the damage it caused. A) Did. B) Do. C) Does. D) Done. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did. 5. Choose the correct verb form to complete the question:Why ..... you leave so early? A) do B) does C) has D) have A) Does. B) Have. C) Do. D) Has. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Do. 6. 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 did she ace the test, but she also won the science fair. B) Not only she did ace the test, but she also won. C) She not only aced the test, but also won. D) Not only aced she the test, but she also won. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not only did she ace the test, but she also won the science fair. 7. Complete the sentence:'Hardly ..... the movie started when the power went out.' A) Has. B) Was. C) Did. D) Had. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had. 8. 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?. 9. 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. 10. 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. 11. Complete the sentence:Hardly ever ..... late to class. A) He is. B) Was he. C) Is he. D) He was. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is he. 12. Not only ..... she intelligent, but she is also kind. A) Are. B) Is. C) Was. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is. 13. Complete the sentence:Little ..... about what happened that day. A) Know they. B) They know. C) Do they know. D) Does they know. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Do they know. 14. Complete the sentence:Never ..... I seen such determination in a student. A) Had. B) Have. C) Has. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have. 15. Complete the sentence:Not until the movie started ..... how good it was. A) I did realize. B) Did I realize. C) Realized I. D) I realized. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did I realize. 16. Which is an example of subject-verb inversion after "here/there" ? A) The bus comes here. B) Comes here the bus. C) The bus here comes. D) Here comes the bus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Here comes the bus. 17. Fill in the blank with the correct verb form:Under the tree ..... the picnic blanket. A) Laid. B) Lays. C) Laying. D) Lay. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lays. 18. Complete the sentence:Hardly ..... when the phone rang. A) I arrived. B) I had arrived. C) Had I arrived. D) Arrived I. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had I arrived. 19. 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. 20. 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. 21. Choose the sentence that correctly uses subject-verb inversion. A) Only after the rain stopped did we go outside. B) Only after the rain stopped went we outside. C) Only after did the rain stop we go outside. D) Only after the rain stopped we went outside. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Only after the rain stopped did we go outside. 22. 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. 23. In which sentence is the subject-verb inversion correctly used? A) Never I have seen such a thing. B) Never have I seen such a thing. C) Never I seen have such a thing. D) I have never seen such a thing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Never have I seen such a thing. 24. Sometimes, writers invert sentences for a more dramatic effect. Select the sentence that correctly uses subject-verb inversion for emphasis. A) Never I saw such a cool magic trick. B) Never I have seen such a cool magic trick. C) I have never seen such a cool magic trick. D) Never have I seen such a cool magic trick. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Never have I seen such a cool magic trick. 25. What type of inversion is in the sentence:'Had she checked the sources, the errors could have been avoided.'? A) Place. B) Conditional. C) Negative. D) Comparison. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conditional. 26. Complete the sentence:Not once ..... the truth. A) Did he tell. B) He did tell. C) He told. D) Told he. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did he tell. 27. Complete the sentence with the best verb form:Does your brother ..... how to play the guitar? A) Knew. B) Know. C) Knowing. D) Knows. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Know. 28. Little ..... they realize the danger ahead. A) Does. B) Do. C) Will. D) Did. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Did. 29. Which is an example of subject-verb inversion after "so" ? A) Was so tired she. B) So tired was she. C) She was so tired. D) So tired she was. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) So tired was she. 30. 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. ← 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 5Subject Verb Inversion Quiz 7Subject Verb Inversion Quiz 8Subject Verb Inversion Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books