This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Subject Verb Inversion – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Subject Verb Inversion Quiz 1 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Complete the sentence:No sooner ..... we sit down than the phone rang. A) has B) had C) have D) having A) Has. B) Had. C) Have. D) Having. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had. 2. Your friend says, 'I need to know where is the cafeteria.' How should you correct this sentence to follow the rules for indirect questions? A) I need to know where the cafeteria is. B) I need to know where does the cafeteria be. C) I need to know is the cafeteria where. D) I need to know where is the cafeteria. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I need to know where the cafeteria is. 3. Complete the sentence:Hardly ..... the bell ring when the students started to leave. A) does B) had C) has D) have A) Does. B) Had. C) Has. D) Have. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had. 4. True or False:The sentence "There goes the last slice of pizza" uses correct subject-verb inversion. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 5. What is the most likely meaning for the below sentence?Hardly ever does my professor arrive on time for class. A) The professor is always tardy for class. B) Usually the professor is delayed when coming to class. C) The professor is never on time for class. D) The professor usually does not give hard class assignments. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Usually the professor is delayed when coming to class. 6. Your friend wants to know if you're playing the new video game after school. Select the sentence that asks this question in the most grammatically correct way. A) You are playing the new game?. B) Are you playing the new game?. C) Playing you are the new game?. D) The new game you are playing?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are you playing the new game?. 7. Choose the correct form:'Not only ..... she talented, but she also works hard.' A) Is. B) Are. C) Was. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is. 8. Complete the sentence:Rarely ..... such beautiful flowers in this area. A) Do we see. B) We see. C) See we. D) We does see. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Do we see. 9. Identify the correct subject-verb inversion: ..... the teacher explain the homework? A) Does. B) Do. C) Is. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Does. 10. What type of inversion is in the sentence:'On the desk lay several old manuscripts.'? A) Conditional. B) Comparison. C) Place. D) Negative. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Place. 11. Which option best completes the sentence:'Little ..... they know about the surprise party.' A) Do. B) Does. C) Did. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Do. 12. True or False:In questions, the subject always comes after the auxiliary verb. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. Which of these sentences uses subject-verb inversion correctly? A) Never before I have seen such a beautiful sunrise. B) Never before have I seen such a beautiful sunrise. C) Never before seen I have such a beautiful sunrise. D) Never before I seen have such a beautiful sunrise. A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. 14. In sentences beginning with 'never', the verb comes before the subject. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. Complete the sentence:How many siblings ..... your cousin have? A) Do. B) Has. C) Is. D) Does. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Does. 16. Which sentence shows correct subject-verb inversion in a question? A) You are coming to the party?. B) Are you coming to the party?. C) Coming you are to the party?. D) You coming are to the party?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are you coming to the party?. 17. In the sentence 'Never have I seen such a beautiful sunset', the subject and verb are inverted. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. Complete the sentence:Scarcely ..... when the alarm sounded. A) Had they left. B) They had left. C) Left they. D) They left. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had they left. 19. ..... your brother play soccer? A) Do. B) Does. C) Did. D) Doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Does. 20. Not for all the money in the world ..... take a chemistry class from Professor Lee. A) I would ever. B) Would I ever. C) Which I would ever. D) I ever. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Would I ever. 21. Which word best completes the sentence:' ..... your brother play the guitar?' A) Do. B) Does. C) Did. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Does. 22. Complete the sentence to ask a simple question: ..... your brother at the basketball game last night? A) Was. B) Is. C) Do. D) Did. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 23. Which sentence demonstrates correct usage of inversion for emphasis? A) So deeply did she care that she stayed late. B) She did care so deeply that she stayed late. C) Did she so deeply care that she stayed late. D) So deeply she did care that she stayed late. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) So deeply did she care that she stayed late. 24. Which shows inversion after "so" ? A) So beautiful the garden was. B) So beautiful was the garden. C) Was so beautiful the garden. D) Beautiful so the garden was. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) So beautiful was the garden. 25. Let's practice inverting a sentence for emphasis. If your original idea is 'I understood the plan only after she explained it, ' which option correctly rewrites it using inversion? A) Only after she explained it I did understand the plan. B) Only after she explained it did I understand the plan. C) Only after she explained it I understood the plan. D) Only after did I understand the plan she explained it. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Only after she explained it did I understand the plan. Next →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesSubject Verb Inversion Quiz 2Subject Verb Inversion Quiz 3Subject Verb Inversion Quiz 4Subject Verb Inversion Quiz 5Subject Verb Inversion Quiz 6Subject Verb Inversion Quiz 7Subject Verb Inversion Quiz 8Subject Verb Inversion Quiz 9Subject Verb Inversion Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books