This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Writing Style > Emphasis > Emphatic Structures – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Emphatic Structures Quiz 3 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In the days before antibiotics, only very ..... did children survive serious lung infections. A) Little. B) Do. C) Rarely. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rarely. 2. What is emphasized? That was the moment that changed everything. A) Everything. B) The moment. C) Changed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The moment. 3. Complete the cleft sentence: ..... who sent the email. A) It was Emma. B) What Emma was. C) All Emma did. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was Emma. 4. ..... Lucy moved to Los Angeles was to pursue her acting career. A) WHY. B) WHERE. C) WHEN. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) WHY. 5. People live longer in Japan than anywhere else.Nowhere ..... in Japan A) Do people live longer than. B) People live longer than. C) Did people live longer than. D) Don't people live longer than. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Do people live longer than. 6. Choose the option that conveys the message below accurately and emphatically.Sexist comments really grind my gears. A) What's really irritating is when people make sexist comments. B) The thing that irritates is when people make sexist comments. C) What I irritate is when people make sexist comments. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What's really irritating is when people make sexist comments. 7. A:You didn't lock the back door.B:You're wrong. I did lock it.Which explanation is correct about the dialogue? A) Adding emphasis to a whole sentence. B) Indicating strong concession bordering on contrast. C) Adding emphasis to an imperative. D) Contradicting a negative statement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Contradicting a negative statement. 8. Choose the option that conveys the message below accurately and emphatically.My best friend is always late and I can't stand that. A) Thing that drives me mad is the fact that my best friend is always late. B) What really grinds my gear is the fact that my best friend is always late. C) What gets on my nerves is the fact that my best friend is always late. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What gets on my nerves is the fact that my best friend is always late. 9. Which part is emphasized in the sentence below? It was Sarah who fixed the computer. A) Fixed the computer. B) Sarah. C) Who fixed the computer. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sarah. 10. No/I/seen/ever/have/such/a/film. A) I have ever seen such a film. B) Never I have seen such a film. C) Never have I seen such a film. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Never have I seen such a film. 11. Rarely ..... you see such a beautiful performance. A) Do. B) Does. C) Will. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Do. 12. Complete the sentence: ..... is that she lost her passport. A) The problem. B) What happened. C) All she lost. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What happened. 13. Which sentence has different place of emphasis? A) I will write you a letter as soon as I arrive. B) He is going to Mexico during the winter break. C) Sally has finished her homework. D) They certainly did see us at the exposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They certainly did see us at the exposition. 14. They only found a cure after testing many plants. Only ..... they find a cure. A) After testing many plants did. B) After testing many plants do. C) After testing many plants. D) After did they test many plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) After testing many plants did. 15. Hadn't I SAW it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed it. A) CORRECT. B) INCORRECT. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) INCORRECT. 16. Emphasis can be added by starting a clause with a negative adverb or phrase, but the remaining structure stays the same. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 17. Which of the following sentences related to emphatic structures are correct?I. We can add emphasis to a sentence orally whereever you want to stress.II. In sentences where there is no auxiliary or "be" verb, we can add "do." III. Without auxiliary verb or "be" verb, we cannot stress the sentences.IV. We can add extra emphasis with an emphatic adverb. A) I, II, III. B) II, III, IV. C) I, II, IV. D) I, II. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I, II, IV. 18. What made things even worse was the fact that ..... did doctors ever admit they'd made a mistake. A) At no time. B) Rarely. C) Not only. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) At no time. 19. Which sentence emphasizes the reason? A) It was the reason that he left early. B) The reason why he left early was that he felt sick. C) That the reason why he left early was because he felt sick. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The reason why he left early was that he felt sick. 20. In no way ..... we can accept this behavior. A) Can. B) Do. C) Will. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Do. 21. It ..... the coffee that kept me awake all night. A) WAS. B) DID. C) DO. D) DOES. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) WAS. 22. Which one is correct form of emphatic sentence? A) I understand do that you need to be careful with your money. B) Andy spent no more time talking. C) Person no should be afraid of taking no risk. D) Jane not was supposed be there on time. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Andy spent no more time talking. 23. No sooner had the demonstration started than fighting broke out. A) CORRECT. B) INCORRECT. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) CORRECT. 24. When the doctor first suggested it, ..... did I realize that the treatment was actually centuries old. A) Not until. B) Only. C) At no time. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Only. 25. Bill:Did you take my flashlight? I can't find it anywhere. George:Well, I haven't got it. I always return the stuff I borrow. Bill:No, you don't. George:That's not true! ..... It's probably on your desk. I bet you didn't look for it there.Fill in the blank with the appropriate emphatic sentence. A) Your brother does take it. B) I do return the things I borrow!. C) I cannot return the things I borrow!. D) Sorry, I forget it. 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