This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Inversion In English – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Inversion In English Quiz 9 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the sentence with incorrect inversion: A) Little did he know what was about to happen. B) Never have I seen such a mess. C) Seldom the team has played so well. D) Under no circumstances should you open the door. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Seldom the team has played so well. 2. Rewrite this sentence using inversion with SUCH:He is such a lazy boy that no one likes him. Such ..... A) Such a lazy boy is he that no one likes him. B) Such is he a lazy boy that no one likes him. C) Such lazy boy is he that no one likes him. D) Such a boy lazy is he that no one likes him. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Such a lazy boy is he that no one likes him. 3. In no way ..... with what you're saying. A) He did agree. B) Did my boss agreed. C) They do agree. D) Do I agree. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Do I agree. 4. Never before ..... such a terrible performance of Hamlet. A) Was I seen. B) Have I seen. C) Did I seen. D) I seen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have I seen. 5. Analyze the impact of inversion in the phrase:'Hardly had Aria arrived at the picnic when it started to rain.' A) The inversion suggests a long delay before the rain started. B) The inversion highlights the joy of arriving before the rain began. C) The phrase indicates that the rain was expected upon arrival. D) The inversion emphasizes the immediacy and unexpectedness of the rain following the arrival. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The inversion emphasizes the immediacy and unexpectedness of the rain following the arrival. 6. Not only ..... down with that rock star cast, but I also got to meet the other star of the movie. A) Did I sit. B) I sat. C) Do I sit. D) Have I sat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did I sit. 7. My bestfriend decide to resign from our company ..... our boss is always angry to her. A) Thus. B) As. C) Hence. D) Because of. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) As. 8. My dad told me that he is not going to ..... the bill of my Internet connection A) Hand. B) Toe. C) Foot. D) Finger. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Foot. 9. In front of the gate ..... the guard. A) Did. B) Does. C) Did stand. D) Stood. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stood. 10. The floods were so devastating that some areas may never recover. A) Such devastating were the floods that some areas may never recover. B) So devastating the floods were that some areas may never recover. C) So devastating were the floods that some areas may never recover. D) Such devastating the floods were that some areas may never recover. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) So devastating were the floods that some areas may never recover. 11. Never before ..... as accelerated as they are now during the technological age. A) Have historical changes been. B) Have been historical changes. C) Historical changes have been. D) Historical have changes been. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have historical changes been. 12. She will make the public relations ..... the British Embassy as soon as possible. A) Mail. B) Mailed. C) Will mail. D) Mailing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mail. 13. I had scarcely finished writing my essay when the examiner announced the end of the exam. A) Scarcely I finished writing my essay when the examiner announced the end of the exam. B) Scarcely had I finished writing my essay when the examiner announced the end of the exam. C) Scarcely finished I writing my essay when the examiner announced the end of the exam. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scarcely had I finished writing my essay when the examiner announced the end of the exam. 14. Rewrite this sentence using inversion with HAD:If she had said sorry, he wouldn't have been angry. Had ..... A) Had she said sorry, he wouldn't have been angry. B) Had she says sorry, he wouldn't have been angry. C) Had she said sorry, he would have been angry. D) Had she not said sorry, he wouldn't have been angry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had she said sorry, he wouldn't have been angry. 15. Choose the correct sentence using inversion to show the bus driver cannot be blamed for the accident. A) In no way can the bus driver be held responsible for the accident. B) The bus driver cannot be held responsible for the accident. C) The accident was not the bus driver's fault. D) In no way the bus driver can be held responsible for the accident. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In no way can the bus driver be held responsible for the accident. 16. When we invert the subject and verb of the 3rd conditional, 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: D) Omit "if" and "had" comes before the subject. 17. Instructions:Choose the correct answer ..... what was in store for him after he landed here. A) No sooner did he know. B) Little did he know. C) Never before did he know. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Little did he know. 18. Rewrite these sentences, using inversion with NOT. 5. She is impatient and dishonest. A) Not only is she impatient, but she is also dishonest. B) Not she is only impatient, but also dishonest she is. C) She is not only impatient, but dishonest also is she. D) Not only impatient she is, but dishonest also she is. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not only is she impatient, but she is also dishonest. 19. Use RARELY, SELDOM or LITTLE to rewrite the sentence using inversion. He has seldom seen anything stranger A) Seldom has he seen anything stranger. B) Seldom he has seen anything stranger. C) Has he seldom seen anything stranger. D) He has seen seldom anything stranger. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Seldom has he seen anything stranger. 20. Which of the following is the purpose of using inversion in a sentence? A. To emphasize a particular word or phrase. B. To confuse the reader. C. To follow the normal word order. D. To make the sentence longer. A) To emphasize every word equally. B) To emphasize a particular word or phrase. C) To confuse the reader. D) To make the sentence shorter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To emphasize a particular word or phrase. 21. Rewrite this sentence using inversion with HAD:If the computer hadn't broken down and I wouldn't have had to stop my work. Had ..... A) Had the computer not broken down, I wouldn't have had to stop my work. B) Had not the computer broken down, I would have to stop my work. C) Had the computer broken down not, I wouldn't have had to stop my work. D) Had the computer not broken down, I would have had to stop my work. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had the computer not broken down, I wouldn't have had to stop my work. 22. Finding Error.If I have exercised regularly, I would have had a great body.) A) Have. B) Exercised. C) Would. D) Had. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have. 23. What is the tense used in inversion with the second conditional? A) Present simple. B) Past simple. C) Present perfect. D) Past perfect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Past perfect. 24. ..... a week goes by without some road accidents. A) Hardly. B) Seldom. C) Never. D) Infrequently. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Seldom. 25. Not until it was too late ..... I call Susan. A) I remembered. B) Did I remember. C) Did I remembered. D) I did remember. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did I remember. ← 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 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books