This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Inversion In English – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Inversion In English Quiz 15 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Rewrite this sentence using inversion with SUCH:It was such a foggy day that we couldn't see the road. Such ..... A) Such a foggy day was it that we couldn't see the road. B) Such was a foggy day that we couldn't see the road. C) Such foggy day it was that we couldn't see the road. D) Such a day foggy was it that we couldn't see the road. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Such a foggy day was it that we couldn't see the road. 2. Under the tree ..... full of food. A) A basket was. B) Was a basket. C) Are a basket. D) Were a basket. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was a basket. 3. Finding ErrorWere he ask, he could receive extra tutoring support after class. A) Were. B) Ask. C) Could receive. D) Suport. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ask. 4. Complete the sentence to form a grammatically correct question: ..... they like the new video game? A) Does. B) Do. C) Is. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Do. 5. Instructions:Choose the correct answer.Seldom ..... seen such a mess. A) I have. B) Have I. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have I. 6. 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.6. His brother had rarely been more excited.Rarely ..... A) Rarely had his brother been more excited. B) Rarely his brother had been more excited. C) Rarely been his brother more excited had. D) Rarely had been his brother more excited. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rarely had his brother been more excited. 7. How can the third conditional be inverted? A) Replace 'if' with 'had'. B) Replace 'if' with 'were'. C) Replace 'if' with 'should'. D) Replace 'if' with 'would'. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Replace 'if' with 'had'. 8. I. Use NEVER to rewrite the sentence using inversion.8. I have never seen anyone in my life drink as much as you. A) Never have I seen anyone in my life drink as much as you. B) Never I have seen anyone in my life drink as much as you. C) Never seen I anyone in my life drink as much as you. D) Never anyone in my life have I seen drink as much as you. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Never have I seen anyone in my life drink as much as you. 9. ..... book with us again, we will provide you with a 3% discount. A) Should. B) You should. C) Should you. D) If should you. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Should you. 10. Transform the positive statement 'You can swim well' into a negative sentence. A) You swim well. B) You cannot swim well. C) You cannot swim at all. D) You can swim poorly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) You cannot swim well. 11. Harry broke his leg, and also injured his shoulder. A) Not only Harry broke his leg, but he also injured his shoulder. B) Not only Harry did break his leg, but he also injured his shoulder. C) Not only did Harry break his leg, but he also injured his shoulder. D) Not only Harry broke his leg, but he also did injure his shoulder. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Not only did Harry break his leg, but he also injured his shoulder. 12. Only after they send you an application ..... A) Can you apply. B) You can apply. C) Do you apply. D) Did you apply. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can you apply. 13. Which phrase completes: "Had the plane (take off) ..... , everyone in it would have been killed" ? A) To take off. B) Taken off. C) Took off. D) Taking off. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Taken off. 14. Identify the effect of inversion in the sentence:'Seldom do we get such opportunities.' A) The effect of inversion is to confuse the reader. B) The effect of inversion is to simplify the sentence structure. C) The effect of inversion is to emphasize the rarity of the opportunities. D) The effect of inversion is to make the opportunities seem more frequent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The effect of inversion is to emphasize the rarity of the opportunities. 15. 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.2. I had only just put the phone down when the boss rang back.Hardly ..... A) Hardly had I put the phone down when the boss rang back. B) Hardly I had put the phone down when the boss rang back. C) Hardly had I put down the phone when the boss rang back. D) Hardly did I put the phone down when the boss rang back. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hardly had I put the phone down when the boss rang back. 16. Instructions:Choose the correct answer ..... the stress she was under. A) Only now I realise. B) Now only do I realise. C) Only now do I realise. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Only now do I realise. 17. Not only did he finish the project, but he also presented it. (Identify the inversion) A) He finished the project not only. B) Not only he finished the project. C) Not only did he finish the project. D) He presented it and finished the project. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Not only did he finish the project. 18. Which of the following is an example of inversion? A) I am tired. B) They are tired. C) Are you tired?. D) You are tired. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Are you tired?. 19. What is the effect of using negative inversion in a sentence? A) It emphasizes the negative aspect and creates a more formal or dramatic tone. B) It has no effect on the overall meaning of the sentence. C) It simplifies the sentence structure and makes it more casual. D) It removes the negative connotation and softens the tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It emphasizes the negative aspect and creates a more formal or dramatic tone. 20. ..... improve the environment, but it also saves money. A) Not only this policy. B) Not only this policy does. C) Not only do this policy. D) Not only does this policy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Not only does this policy. 21. If I had known about the party, I would have gone. (Transform using inversion) A) If I knew about the party, I would have gone. B) If I had known about the party, I would go. C) Had I known about the party, I would have gone. D) Had I known about the party, I would have gone to the store. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had I known about the party, I would have gone. 22. People rarely appreciate this musician's talent. A) Rarely do people appreciates this musician's talent. B) Rarely do people appreciate this musician's talent. C) Rarely does people appreciate this musician's talent. D) Do rarely people appreciate this musician's talent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rarely do people appreciate this musician's talent. 23. ..... The Charges found themselves 7-0 down. A) Hardly had the games begun. B) Hardly the games had begun. C) The games had hardly begun. D) Hardly had begun the games. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hardly had the games begun. 24. ..... did Jerome accept the job. A) Only because it was an interesting work. B) Because it was an interesting work. C) Only because it was an interested work. D) The work was interesting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Only because it was an interesting work. 25. Rewrite this sentence using inversion with SO:It is such hot coffee that I can't drink it. Such ..... A) Such hot coffee is it that I can't drink it. B) Such is hot coffee that I can't drink it. C) Such coffee hot is it that I can't drink it. D) Such it is hot coffee that I can't drink it. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Such hot coffee is it that I can't drink it. ← 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