This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Inversion Grammar – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Inversion Grammar Quiz 1 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which word is used together with 'than' in an inversion? A) Not only. B) No sooner. C) Never. D) Not until. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No sooner. 2. Can you use inversions in conditionals? A) Yes. B) No. C) Maybe?. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 3. Hardly ..... we escaped through the back door when the ceiling came down. A) HAVE. B) HAD. C) HAS. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) HAD. 4. What's the correct structure for an inversion? A) Subject-verb-auxiliary verb. B) Verb-auxiliary verb-subject. C) Auxiliary verb-subject-verb. D) Subject-auxiliary verb-verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Auxiliary verb-subject-verb. 5. ..... that I was speaking to someone as important as Professor Sims. A) Little have I known. B) Little I knew. C) Little did I know. D) I knew little. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Little did I know. 6. Rarely ..... attention to the teacher. A) Did the students pay. B) The students paid. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did the students pay. 7. Never ..... seen such a beautiful place? A) I have. B) Have I. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have I. 8. Only after years of education ..... become a doctor. A) Can you. B) You can. C) Litter. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can you. 9. Which are considered negative? A) No sooner. B) Both. C) Only when. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Both. 10. Which is an inversion: A) I hardly ever come here. B) He never really contributes. C) Never I have been so excited. D) Never had I seen so many fish before. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Never had I seen so many fish before. 11. If Alex had asked, I would have been able to help. A) Alex had asked, I would have been able to help. B) Had Alex asked, I would have been able to help. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had Alex asked, I would have been able to help. 12. Under no circumstances can you wear my favourite jeans. A) Incorrect. B) Correct. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Correct. 13. Never ..... go there alone. A) You can. B) Can you. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can you. 14. Many a time ..... to escape, but he never did. A) He tried. B) Did he try. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did he try. 15. Which is the correct conditional inversion? A) If I had known, would I have helped. B) If had I known, I would have helped. C) Had I known, I would have helped. D) Had I known, would I have helped. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had I known, I would have helped. 16. The local police have shown no signs of panicat all. A) At no time have the local police shown signs of panic. B) At no time have the local police shown no signs of panic. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) At no time have the local police shown signs of panic. 17. Little ..... they know that this would be the biggest storm they'd ever seen. A) DID. B) DO. C) DON'T. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) DID. 18. In no way ..... be successful in this field. A) He can. B) Can he. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can he. 19. Make an inversion:I not only finished, but I did so with style. A) Not only did I finish, but I did so with style. B) Not only do I finish, but did I so with style. C) Finished I did, but also with style. D) Not only did I do so with style, but I also finished. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not only did I finish, but I did so with style. 20. Make the inversion:He was only relaxed when he was safe inside the hut. A) Only when was he safe inside the hut he was relaxed. B) Only when he was safe inside the hut was he relaxed. C) Only was he relaxed when he was safe inside the hut. D) Only and when he was relaxed safely in the hut. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Only when he was safe inside the hut was he relaxed. 21. Not only ..... it rain heavily, it is also very windy, making rescues even more challenging. A) DID. B) DO. C) DOES. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) DOES. 22. Floods damage roads and buildings. A) Not only floods do damage roads and buildings. B) Not only do floods damage roads and buildings. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not only do floods damage roads and buildings. 23. Little did we suspected how much trouble he would cause us. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 24. Make an inversion:I rarely go to the beach these days. A) Do I go to the beach rarely these days. B) Rarely I go to the beach these days. C) I go rarely to the beach these days. D) Rarely do I go to the beach these days. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rarely do I go to the beach these days. 25. Seldom ..... out for dinner. A) Does Sandra go. B) She goes. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Does Sandra go. 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