This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Inversion In English – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Inversion In English Quiz 14 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What's the question using inversion for:Vous allez dessiner une image. A) Dessiner vous-allez une image?. B) Vous desiner-allez une image?. C) Allez-vous dessiner une image?. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allez-vous dessiner une image?. 2. Rewrite this sentence using inversion with WERE:If I were you, I would tell him the truth. Were ..... A) Were I you, I would tell him the truth. B) Were you I, I would tell him the truth. C) Were I him, I would tell you the truth. D) Were you him, I would tell you the truth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were I you, I would tell him the truth. 3. Rewrite each of the following sentences with the given words in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed above it.5. They didn't get round to business until they had finished eating. A) Only after they had finished eating did they get round to business. B) They got round to business before they finished eating. C) They finished eating after they got round to business. D) They got round to business while they were eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Only after they had finished eating did they get round to business. 4. We can not (A) clean up all (B) the polluted seas and rivers. Nor we can (C) stop the disappearance (D) of plants and animals. A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. 5. Rewrite each of the following sentences with the given words in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed above it.3. It wasn't until last week that the Agriculture Minister admitted defeat. A) Only last week did the Agriculture Minister admit defeat. B) The Agriculture Minister admitted defeat before last week. C) The Agriculture Minister has never admitted defeat. D) Last week, the Agriculture Minister refused to admit defeat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Only last week did the Agriculture Minister admit defeat. 6. Hardly had I arrived when the meeting started. A) The meeting was delayed until I arrived. B) The meeting started immediately after I arrived. C) I arrived just before the meeting ended. D) The meeting started long before I arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The meeting started immediately after I arrived. 7. Which sentence correctly uses inversion after the negative adverbial "Seldom" ? A) Seldom do I go to the cinema. B) I seldom do go to the cinema. C) Do I seldom go to the cinema. D) Seldom I do go to the cinema. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Seldom do I go to the cinema. 8. I have not tasted that flavour yet! A) So have I. B) Either have I. C) Neither have I. D) Me neither. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neither have I. 9. CHOOSE THE CORRECT OPTION TO COMPLETE THE SENTENCES.1 ..... that I was speaking to someone as important as Professor Sims. A) Little have I known. B) Little did I know. C) Little I knew. D) I knew little. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Little did I know. 10. The professor is considered as a genius person by his students ..... he has invented many new inventions in the field of biology. A) Although. B) Since. C) Yet. D) Nevertheless. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Since. 11. Apply inversion in this conditional sentence:'If you need assistance, please call me.' A) If you should need assistance, please call me. B) Should you require help, please contact me. C) Need you assistance, please call me. D) In case you need assistance, please reach out. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Should you require help, please contact me. 12. What is inversion in grammar? A) Changing the normal order of words in a sentence. B) Using adverbials to emphasize a sentence. C) Inverting the subject and verb in a question. D) Using auxiliary verbs in a sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Changing the normal order of words in a sentence. 13. What do we need in order to make an inversion that begins with "not" ? A) A preposition. B) An adverb. C) An adverbial phrase. D) A prepositional phrase. E) A question mark. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A prepositional phrase. 14. Rewrite each of the following sentences with the given words in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed above it.7. I didn't realize who he was until later.Only ..... A) Only later did I realize who he was. B) Only did I realize who he was later. C) Only later I realized who he was. D) Only did I realize later who he was. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Only later did I realize who he was. 15. Use RARELY, SELDOM or LITTLE to rewrite the sentence using inversion. They had seldom participated in such a fascinating ceremony. A) Seldom had they participated in such a fascinating ceremony. B) Rarely they had participated in such a fascinating ceremony. C) Little had they participated in such a fascinating ceremony. D) Seldom they had participated in such a fascinating ceremony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Seldom had they participated in such a fascinating ceremony. 16. Rewrite these sentences, using inversion with NOT. 4. He is both intelligent and handsome. A) Not only is he intelligent, but he is also handsome. B) Not is he only intelligent, but also handsome he is. C) Not he is only intelligent, but he is also handsome. D) Not only intelligent he is, but also handsome. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not only is he intelligent, but he is also handsome. 17. Use RARELY, SELDOM or LITTLE to rewrite the sentence using inversion. The embassy staff little realized that Ted was a secret agent A) Little did the embassy staff realize that Ted was a secret agent. B) Rarely the embassy staff realized that Ted was a secret agent. C) Seldom did the embassy staff realized that Ted was a secret agent. D) Little the embassy staff did realize that Ted was a secret agent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Little did the embassy staff realize that Ted was a secret agent. 18. Which sentence correctly uses inversion in a sentence starting with "Rarely" ? A) Rarely do we see such a beautiful sunrise. B) Rarely we do see such a beautiful sunrise. C) Do rarely we see such a beautiful sunrise. D) We rarely do see such a beautiful sunrise. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rarely do we see such a beautiful sunrise. 19. He didn't suspect that his girlfriend was an enemy spy A) At no time did he suspect that his girlfriend was an enemy spy. B) At no time did he suspected that his girlfriend was an enemy spy. C) At no time he suspected that his girlfriend was an enemy spy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) At no time did he suspect that his girlfriend was an enemy spy. 20. Not only did he finish the project, but he also excelled in it. A) He excelled in the project. B) He completed the project poorly. C) He abandoned the project early. D) He struggled with the project. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He excelled in the project. 21. Rarely does she go out without her friends. A) She usually goes out with her friends. B) She sometimes goes out without anyone. C) She often stays home alone. D) She rarely goes out at all. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She usually goes out with her friends. 22. T BRIDGE:Which question is correctly written? A) Paul mange't-il de la soupe?. B) Paul mange-t'il de la soupe?. C) Paul mange t'il de la soupe?. D) Paul mange-t-il de la soupe?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Paul mange-t-il de la soupe?. 23. Rewrite this sentence using inversion with HAD:If his friends hadn't been late, they wouldn't have missed the train. Had ..... A) Had his friends not been late, they wouldn't have missed the train. B) Had his friends been late, they would have missed the train. C) Had his friends not missed the train, they wouldn't have been late. D) Had they not been late, his friends would have missed the train. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had his friends not been late, they wouldn't have missed the train. 24. Which phrase fits: " ..... to pay the full amount now, there would be a ten per cent discount" ? A) Under no circumstances will. B) Were you. C) No sooner had. D) Rarely have. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were you. 25. Transform this sentence using inversion:'If I had the chance, I would travel to Japan.' A) Were I to have the chance, I would travel to Japan. B) Should I have the chance, I would travel to Japan. C) Had I the chance, I would travel to Japan. D) If I had the chance, I would travel to Japan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had I the chance, I would travel to Japan. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesInversion In English Quiz 1Inversion In English Quiz 2Inversion In English Quiz 3Inversion In English Quiz 4Inversion In English Quiz 5Inversion In English Quiz 6Inversion In English Quiz 7Inversion In English Quiz 8Inversion In English Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books