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 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Complete the sentence:Hardly ..... before the rain started. A) Had we arrived. B) We had arrived. C) Arrived we. D) We arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had we arrived. 2. Your team only started playing well after halftime. Which sentence best rephrases this using inversion for emphasis? A) Only after halftime the team did play well. B) Only after halftime did the team play well. C) Only after halftime the team played well. D) Did the team play well only after halftime. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Only after halftime did the team play well. 3. Complete the sentence:Scarcely ..... the phone ring when she answered it. A) had B) has C) have D) having A) Had. B) Has. C) Have. D) Having. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had. 4. Complete the sentence to add emphasis:Rarely ..... we get to see a movie on a school night. A) Do. B) Have. C) Are. D) Can. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Do. 5. Complete the sentence: ..... your friend at the skatepark yesterday? A) Is. B) Did. C) Was. D) Does. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 6. True or False:The sentence "There goes my chance to win the game!" uses a correct and natural-sounding subject-verb inversion. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. True or False:In the sentence 'Seldom do they arrive on time, ' the subject-verb inversion is incorrect. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 8. Which of these questions is written correctly? A) Your best friend is in my science class?. B) Is your best friend in my science class?. C) In my science class is your best friend?. D) Your best friend in my science class is?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is your best friend in my science class?. 9. Does anyone know ..... having the debate? A) Where are the students. B) The students are. C) Where the students are. D) That the students. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Where the students are. 10. True or False:'There goes the train' 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. 11. 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. 12. 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. 13. 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. 14. 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. 15. 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. 16. 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. 17. 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. 18. 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. 19. 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. 20. 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?. 21. 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. 22. Complete the question:Why ..... you looking for a new book? A) Are. B) Is. C) Was. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are. 23. 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. 24. 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. 25. 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. 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