This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Inversion In English – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Inversion In English Quiz 6 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following positive adverbs does typically use inversion? A) Hardly. B) Never. C) Always. D) Seldom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Always. 2. Rewrite this sentence using inversion with SO:He is so strong that he can lift the box. So ..... A) So strong is he that he can lift the box. B) So he is strong that he can lift the box. C) So is he strong that he can lift the box. D) So that he is strong, he can lift the box. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) So strong is he that he can lift the box. 3. When we invert the subject and verb of the 2nd conditional with "were", we ..... A) Omit "if". B) Omit "if" and use "should". C) Omit "if" and "were" comes before the subject. D) Omit "if" and "had" comes before the subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Omit "if" and "were" comes before the subject. 4. The accused never expressed regret for what he had done. A) At no time the accused expressed regret for what he had done. B) At no time did the accused express regret for what had he done. C) At no time the accused expressed regret for what had he done. D) At no time did the accused express regret for what he had done. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) At no time did the accused express regret for what he had done. 5. ..... but he also proved himself a good athlete. A) Not only he showed himself a good student. B) He did not show himself only a good student. C) Not only did he show himself a good student. D) A good student not only showed him. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Not only did he show himself a good student. 6. Were you to call your ex girlfriend, I doubt she would pick up the phone. CALLED A) If you had called your ex girlfriend, I doubt she would pick up the phone. B) If you called your ex girlfriend, I doubt she would pick up the phone. C) If you called your ex girlfriend, I doubt she would picked up the phone. D) If you have called your ex girlfriend, I doubt she would pick up the phone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) If you called your ex girlfriend, I doubt she would pick up the phone. 7. Apply inversion in this conditional sentence:'If I had known, I would have acted differently.' A) If I knew, I would have acted differently. B) Had I known, I would act differently. C) If I had known, I would have acted differently. D) If I had known, I would have acted different. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had I known, I would act differently. 8. Instructions:Choose the correct answer ..... such dedicated and honest leaders. A) Nowhere have I ever encountered. B) Nowhere have I encounter. C) Nowhere I've encountered. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nowhere have I ever encountered. 9. Which sentence would a politician most likely use when addressing an audience about a national crisis? A) Seldom has the country faced a greater threat. B) Should you change your mind, just let me know. C) That pudding was so nice that I would love to have some more. D) Never before have I seen this film. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Seldom has the country faced a greater threat. 10. Which verb form is used in inversion with the first conditional? A) Might. B) Would. C) Could. D) Should. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Would. 11. ..... English, but he also can speak French. A) Not only can he speak. B) Not only he can speak. C) Not only he can. D) Not only can he speaks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not only can he speak. 12. Hardly ..... we were told that it would soon be time for lunch. A) We had finished breakfast that. B) Had we finished breakfast that. C) Had we finished breakfast when. D) We had finished breakfast when. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had we finished breakfast when. 13. On no account ..... in the office be used for personal materials. A) The photocopy machines. B) Should the photocopy machines. C) The photocopy machines should. D) Does the photocopy machines. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Should the photocopy machines. 14. I and my colleagues thought that the recession would soon be over. A) I thought, as my colleagues did, that the recession would soon be over. B) I thought, as did my colleagues, that the recession would soon be over. C) I did think, as did my colleagues, that the recession would soon be over. D) I did think, as my colleagues did, that the recession would soon be over. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I thought, as did my colleagues, that the recession would soon be over. 15. Use RARELY, SELDOM or LITTLE to rewrite the sentence using inversion. One rarely finds good service these days. A) Rarely does one find good service these days. B) Rarely one does find good service these days. C) Does rarely one find good service these days. D) Rarely do one finds good service these days. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rarely does one find good service these days. 16. Not only was the movie entertaining, but it was also thought-provoking. A) The movie was dull and unoriginal. B) The movie was only entertaining. C) The movie was neither entertaining nor thought-provoking. D) The movie was both entertaining and thought-provoking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The movie was both entertaining and thought-provoking. 17. Please never ever interrupt me when I'm in a meeting. A) On no account I am to be interrupted when I'm in a meeting. B) On no account am I to be interrupted when I'm in a meeting. C) On no account am I interrupted when I'm in a meeting. D) On no account I should be interrupted when I'm in a meeting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On no account am I to be interrupted when I'm in a meeting. 18. Under no circumstances A) Am I letting you go to that party!. B) Do I letting you go to that party!. C) Will I let you going to that party!. D) Am i leave you go to that party!. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Am I letting you go to that party!. 19. ..... that she burst into tears. A) Her anger was such. B) So angry she was. C) She was so anger. D) Such her anger was. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Her anger was such. 20. Never before ..... such a wonderful child. A) I have seen. B) I had seen. C) I saw. D) Have I seen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Have I seen. 21. What is the difference between 'must you go' and 'you must go'? A) 'Must you go' is a statement, while 'you must go' uses inversion to form a question. B) 'Must you go' uses inversion to form a question, while 'you must go' is a statement. C) Both phrases are used to express obligation in the same way. D) 'Must you go' is informal, while 'you must go' is formal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 'Must you go' uses inversion to form a question, while 'you must go' is a statement. 22. She seldom misses a lecture. (Barely) ..... A) Barely does she miss a lecture. B) Barely she misses a lecture. C) She barely does miss a lecture. D) Barely misses she a lecture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Barely does she miss a lecture. 23. He invented a device that cleans up oceans. DID What ..... a device that cleans up the oceans. A) He did is invent. B) He did was invent. C) Did he is invent. D) Did he was invent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He did was invent. 24. Complete the sentence to form a proper negative question: ..... you see the new movie yet? A) Didn't. B) Not did. C) Weren't. D) Don't. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Didn't. 25. Not only did he spend (A) all (B) his money but also he (C) borrowed some from (D) me. A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. 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