This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Subject Verb Inversion – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Subject Verb Inversion Quiz 3 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Your friend might have been calling you. Complete the question:How long ..... he have been calling? A) Might. B) Could. C) Has. D) Should. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Might. 2. Only when ..... may vehicles cross the train tracks. A) Is the green light on. B) The green light is on. C) Did the green light be on. D) On is the green light. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The green light is on. 3. Which option best completes the sentence:'Only after the bell ..... did the students leave the classroom.' A) Rings. B) Rung. C) Had rung. D) Ring. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had rung. 4. Identify the correct inversion:'Barely ..... the door when the phone started ringing.' A) Had I closed. B) I had closed. C) Closed I had. D) Had closed I. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had I closed. 5. Which sentence correctly uses subject-verb inversion? A) There goes the train. B) The train goes there. C) Goes there the train. D) There the train goes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) There goes the train. 6. Complete the sentence:'Not until the movie started ..... how much I would enjoy it.' A) Did I realize. B) I realized. C) Realized I. D) I did realize. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did I realize. 7. Complete the sentence:'Only when he apologized ..... to forgive him.' A) Did she agree. B) She did agree. C) Agreed she did. D) She agreed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did she agree. 8. Complete the sentence:Seldom ..... such a talented player. A) Do we see. B) We do see. C) See we. D) We see. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Do we see. 9. Hange this sentence into inverted subject-verb structure '' the clothes that you want are in the closet" A) That are the clothes in the clothes you wanted. B) You want the clothes are in the closet. C) In the closet that the clothes are you want. D) In the closet are the clothes that you want. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In the closet are the clothes that you want. 10. Which question is formed correctly from the statement, "My friends are playing soccer" ? A) Are my friends playing soccer?. B) My friends are playing soccer?. C) Playing soccer are my friends?. D) Soccer are my friends playing?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are my friends playing soccer?. 11. Which sentence correctly uses inversion to add emphasis after a phrase showing direction? A) The team ran out of the dugout. B) Ran out of the dugout the team. C) Out of the dugout ran the team. D) The team out of the dugout ran. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Out of the dugout ran the team. 12. Complete the question:Why ..... you looking for a new book? A) Are. B) Is. C) Was. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are. 13. Complete the sentence:'Never ..... such a wonderful sight before.' A) Have I seen. B) I have seen. C) Seen I have. D) Have seen I. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have I seen. 14. Which sentence correctly uses inversion to add emphasis after a phrase about direction? A) Into the classroom the teacher walked. B) The teacher walked into the classroom. C) Walked the teacher into the classroom. D) Into the classroom walked the teacher. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Into the classroom walked the teacher. 15. True or False:'Here is the book you were looking for' is an example of subject-verb inversion. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 16. Which question correctly uses subject-verb inversion? A) Where you are going?. B) Where are you going?. C) Where going are you?. D) Where you going are?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Where are you going?. 17. In the sentence 'Under no circumstances should you open the door.', is the inversion used correctly? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. Complete the sentence:'Little ..... about the surprise party.' A) Did she know. B) She did know. C) Know she did. D) Did know she. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did she know. 19. Which one is correct?-Lia has many more novels than her sister.-Lia has many more novels than her sister does.-Lia has many more novels than does her sister A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) All correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All correct. 20. What type of inversion is in the sentence:'Only after the interview did he understand the expectations.'? A) Conditional. B) Negative. C) Place. D) Comparison. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Negative. 21. True or False:In the sentence 'Here comes the teacher, ' the verb 'comes' correctly inverses with the subject. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 22. Which sentence correctly uses an indirect (or embedded) question? A) I wonder what time is it. B) Can you tell me where is the library?. C) She asked if was I going to the game. D) He wants to know what the assignment is. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He wants to know what the assignment is. 23. Complete the sentence:Scarcely ..... they left when the storm began. A) Had. B) Have. C) Was. D) Did. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had. 24. Complete the question to make it grammatically correct:Why ..... been waiting so long for the bus? A) Have they. B) They have. C) Did they. D) They were. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have they. 25. ..... you ever been to Japan? A) Have. B) Did. C) Was. D) Has. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have. 26. Identify the sentence that correctly asks a question where the 'wh-' word is the subject. A) Who did write this song?. B) Who wrote this song?. C) Did who write this song?. D) Who this song was written by?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Who wrote this song?. 27. Which sentence demonstrates correct subject-verb inversion? A) Not until it was too late realized I my mistake. B) Not until it was too late I realized my mistake. C) Not until it was too late did I realize my mistake. D) Not until it was too late did realized I my mistake. A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. 28. Complete the sentence:'Scarcely ..... the train left the station when we arrived.' A) Has. B) Had. C) Was. D) Did. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had. 29. Choose the correct subject for the sentence:' ..... were waiting for the bus when it started to rain.' A) He. B) She. C) They. D) It. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They. 30. Which sentence correctly uses subject-verb inversion with 'so'? A) So bright was the sun. B) The sun was so bright. C) So was bright the sun. D) Bright so was the sun. 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