Adverbial Fronting With Inversion Quiz 17 (25 MCQs)

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1. No sooner had we arrived at the station ..... the announcement started
2. Seldom does he ..... his hometown.
3. Questions are often this kind of sentence.
4. Which of the following best describes the impact of temperature inversions on human health in urban areas?
5. Complete the sentence: "No sooner ..... the experiment finished than they discovered a new problem."
6. Photographs are not permitted under any circumstances.
7. It was a time of tense industrial relations ..... hadthe unions been quite so militant or well organised.
8. Inversion happens when we reverse (invert) the normal word order of a structure, most commonly the subject-verb word order.
9. So rebellious ..... that they swore at the teacher.
10. The next inversion in 3rd conditional is correct:I had known that you were coming, I would have cooked dinner.
11. Only once ..... such a high mountain before.
12. So beautiful ..... that the Queen is envious with her.
13. Not until the world gets rid of all nuclear weapons ..... truly safe.
14. ..... how serious the situation was.
15. Change the normal sentence into one with inversion:She had never seen such a beautiful sunset.
16. Down the corner (a) the store
17. The president will not resign under any circumstances.
18. She never knows our secrets.
19. Had I not been there,
20. Hardly ..... when the alarm went off.
21. Il a un chien.
22. At no time ..... on the plane in any danger.
23. What are three effects of smog on living things and the environment?
24. Tell whether the sentence below is in natural or inverted order. The lilacs in our backyard smell especially sweet this year.
25. What happens to smoke and pollution during a temperature inversion?