This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Inverted Sentences – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Inverted Sentences Quiz 3 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the subject in the following inverted sentence:'At the entrance of the cave lurked a mysterious creature.' A) The sun. B) A mysterious creature. C) A friendly dog. D) A delicious meal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A mysterious creature. 2. The student was very bright. He could solve all the math problems. A. He was such bright student that he could solve all the math problems. B. The student was very bright that he could solve all the math problems. C. He was such bright a student that he could solve all the math problems. D. So bright was the student that he could solve all the math problems. A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) D. 3. After all the baking ..... the best part. A) Come. B) Comes. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comes. 4. Select the correct form of the verb that agrees with the subject of each sentence A) There is three excellent and unusual restaurants in my neighborhood. B) There are three excellent and unusual restaurants in my neighborhood. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) There are three excellent and unusual restaurants in my neighborhood. 5. Across the front windows (stretches, stretch) a yellow ribbon. A) Stretches. B) Stretch. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stretches. 6. To each of you ..... the speaker's thanks. A) Goes. B) Go. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Goes. 7. Invert this sentence: "They were so happy about the news that they screamed with joy." A) They were so happy they screamed with joy. B) So happy about the news were they that they screamed with joy. C) Happy they were so about the news that they screamed with joy. D) So happy were they about the news that they screamed with joy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) So happy were they about the news that they screamed with joy. 8. Why (does, do) those two dead plants still sit on your porch? A) Does. B) Do. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Do. 9. Invert this sentence: "She was so tired that she couldn't keep her eyes open." A) So tired was she that she couldn't keep her eyes open. B) She was so tired she couldn't keep her eyes open. C) So tired she was that she couldn't keep her eyes open. D) Tired she was so that she couldn't keep her eyes open. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) So tired was she that she couldn't keep her eyes open. 10. There (stands, stand) the president of the United States. A) Stands. B) Stand. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stands. 11. The old man was once a millionaire who was tricked by his friend into bankruptcy. A) Natural. B) Inverted. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Natural. 12. Which sentence has inverted word order?A. At the end of the story is a terrible surprise.B. The hinges of the door creaked. A) A. B) B. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. 13. In the back of the room a crash was heard. A) Normal. B) Inverted. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inverted. 14. Which of the following is an example of an inverted sentence? A) Only after the storm did we see the damage. B) We saw the damage only after the storm. C) The damage we saw only after the storm. D) Did we see the damage only after the storm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Only after the storm did we see the damage. 15. Not once ..... to apologize for his mistake. A) He offered. B) He did offer. C) He has offered. D) Did he offer. E) Offered he. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Did he offer. 16. Cooking ..... what my brother is best at. A) Is. B) Are. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is. 17. Not one mistake ..... in his final essay. A) She found. B) Found she. C) She did find. D) Did she find. E) She has found. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Did she find. 18. I had an early night in my bedroom. I didn't feel tired only then.A. Hardly had I had an early night in my bedroom than I felt tired again.B. Only after I had an early night in my bedroom did I feel healthy again.C. No sooner had I had an early night in my bedroom when I felt healthy again.D. Had I had an early night in my bedroom, I wouldn't have felt tired again. A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. 19. Describe the purpose of adverbial inversion in the sentence:'Under the bed, the cat hid.' A) To indicate the cat's color. B) To emphasize the bed. C) The purpose of adverbial inversion in the sentence 'Under the bed, the cat hid.' is to emphasize the location 'Under the bed' where the cat hid. D) To highlight the cat's hiding. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The purpose of adverbial inversion in the sentence 'Under the bed, the cat hid.' is to emphasize the location 'Under the bed' where the cat hid. 20. There is five dollars on the table. Subject A) There. B) Five dollars. C) Is. D) Table. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Five dollars. 21. Tell whether the sentence below is in natural or inverted order.Only later would we understand what had happened that night. A) Inverted Order. B) Regular Order. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inverted Order. 22. Which definition is for a cumulative sentence? A) A standard sentence pattern that adds multiple details after the standard sentence. B) A sentence with multiple details coming before the standard sentence structure. C) A standard sentence with the verb coming before the subject. D) Ms. Bullen's favorite-only definition needed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A standard sentence pattern that adds multiple details after the standard sentence. 23. Which sentence demonstrates correct inversion? A) Hardly he could believe his eyes. B) Hardly could he believe his eyes. C) He hardly could believe his eyes. D) Could hardly he believe his eyes?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hardly could he believe his eyes. 24. He approached the house. Then the policeman stopped him.A. No sooner had he approached the house than the policeman stopped him.B. Hardly had he approached the house than the policeman stopped him.C. Had he not approached the house, the policeman would have stopped him.D. Before he approached the house, the policeman had stopped him. A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. 25. Here (is, are) a list of community centers and hospitals. A) Is. B) Are. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesInverted Sentences Quiz 1Inverted Sentences Quiz 2Inverted Sentences Quiz 4Inverted Sentences Quiz 5Inverted Sentences Quiz 6Inverted Sentences Quiz 7Inverted Sentences Quiz 8Inverted Sentences Quiz 9Inverted Sentences Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books