This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Negative Adverbials – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Negative Adverbials Quiz 1 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Barely had I stepped outside ..... A) Than it began to rain. B) Then it began to rain. C) When began to rain. D) When it began to rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) When it began to rain. 2. We use negative adverbials to (a) . A) A. emphasize. B) Sound formal. C) Show off. D) Increase intelligence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. emphasize. 3. Page 153 | Part 2 | Question 4 A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. E) F. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) D. 4. ..... does she know that we organized a surprise party for her. A) Little. B) Not only. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Little. 5. ..... have I been at such a great concert. A) Never. B) Not until. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Never. 6. ..... do I know how to drive a car, but I can also drive a motorcycle. A) Little. B) Not only. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Little. 7. ..... , but she also plays the piano. A) Not only she does speak five languages. B) Not only she speaks five languages. C) Not only does she speak five languages. D) Not only speaks she five languages. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Not only does she speak five languages. 8. Exercise 8 | Question 1 A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) D. 9. ..... how much their lives would change that day. A) Little did knew. B) They knew little. C) Little they knew. D) Little did they know. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Little did they know. 10. All the sentence below have an adverbial that emphasizes one event following another except ..... A) Barely had I sat down when there was a knock at the door. B) Hardly had the baby fallen asleep when the loud music started. C) No sooner had Max sat down than the door rang. D) Not in a million years did I think I'd be in Buenos Aires!. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Not in a million years did I think I'd be in Buenos Aires!. 11. Use a negative adverbial to emphasize something surprising:(a) will I eat at that restaurant the food was horrible! A) A. Never again. B) Rarely. C) Barely. D) Hardly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. Never again. 12. Exercise 8 | Question 4 A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. 13. Page 153 | Part 2 | Question 2 A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. E) E. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. 14. No sooner had the concert started ..... A) When the power went out. B) Than the power went out. C) That the power went out. D) Where the power went out. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Than the power went out. 15. ..... he came to visit did I know how much I had missed him. A) Not until. B) Little. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not until. 16. Scarcely had they finished their meal ..... A) That the guests arrived. B) When arrived the guests. C) When the guests arrived. D) Then the guests arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When the guests arrived. 17. Page 153 | Part 2 | Question 1 A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. E) E. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. 18. Exercise 8 | Question 3 A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. 19. What does an inversion look like? A) I don't want to eat right now. B) Are you coming to the movies?. C) Maria said she hasn't seen it. D) Tomas also wants to come with us. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are you coming to the movies?. 20. In no way ..... to blame. A) Was he. B) Did he. C) Were he. D) Does he. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was he. 21. Page 153 | Part 2 | Question 5 A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. E) E. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. 22. Page 153 | Part 2 | Question 3 A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. E) F. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) F. 23. ..... such an opportunity to make a difference. A) Seldom do we get. B) Seldom we get. C) Seldom get we. D) Seldom do get we. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Seldom do we get. 24. Use a negative adverbial to emphasize something unusual:(a) do you meet someone as polite as he is. He was charming. A) A. Rarely. B) No sooner. C) Barely. D) Hardly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. Rarely. 25. ..... has she felt so sad in her life. A) Not only. B) Never. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Never. 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