This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Subject Verb Inversion – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Subject Verb Inversion Quiz 5 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which question is formed correctly from the statement 'She has been practicing the guitar'? A) Has been she practicing the guitar?. B) Does she has been practicing the guitar?. C) Has she been practicing the guitar?. D) Been she has practicing the guitar?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Has she been practicing the guitar?. 2. Select the sentence that demonstrates correct question inversion. A) Why you are late?. B) Why are you late?. C) Why late are you?. D) Why you late are?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Why are you late?. 3. Seldom ..... such a rude person! A) Have I met. B) I have met. C) Did I met. D) Am I meeting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have I met. 4. Rewrite using inversion: "You have seen this movie before." (as a question) A) Have you seen this movie before?. B) Seen you have this movie before?. C) You have seen before this movie?. D) Did you seen this movie before?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have you seen this movie before?. 5. Is the subject-verb inversion correct in this question:'Have you ever seen a shooting star?' A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 6. ....the writing project, he would have passed the class. A) Has he completed. B) If he completed. C) If completed. D) Had he completed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had he completed. 7. Which sentence uses inversion correctly for emphasis? A) Down the street walked the dog. B) Walked down the street the dog. C) The dog walked down the street. D) The street down walked the dog. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Down the street walked the dog. 8. In which sentence is the subject-verb order inverted correctly for emphasis? A) Rarely I eat desserts. B) Rarely do I eat desserts. C) Rarely eat I desserts. D) Rarely I do eat desserts. A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. 9. Which sentence correctly uses subject-verb inversion for a question? A) Is the cat sleeping?. B) The cat is sleeping?. C) Sleeping is the cat?. D) The cat sleeping is?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is the cat sleeping?. 10. Identify the inversion in this sentence: "Never have I heard such music." A) Never have I heard. B) I heard such music. C) Such music have I heard. D) Never heard I have. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Never have I heard. 11. Complete the question:Where ..... the keys? A) Is. B) Are. C) Was. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are. 12. True or False:In questions, the auxiliary verb always comes before the subject. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. Complete the sentence:Only after the game ..... the team realize their mistakes. A) Did. B) Was. C) Were. D) Do. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did. 14. Subject-verb inversion occurs in "Here comes the rain" because: A) The sentence begins with an adverbial phrase indicating place or direction. B) The verb is always placed before the subject in English. C) The sentence is in the passive voice. D) The subject is a pronoun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The sentence begins with an adverbial phrase indicating place or direction. 15. Which sentence correctly uses inversion for emphasis after a phrase showing direction? A) Around the corner came the speeding bus. B) Around the corner the speeding bus came. C) Came around the corner the speeding bus. D) The speeding bus came around the corner. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Around the corner came the speeding bus. 16. True or False:The following sentence is grammatically correct. "Never before I have seen a movie so funny." A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 17. In questions, the verb always comes before the subject. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. Fill in the blank:'Only after the storm ..... the rainbow appear.' A) Did. B) Does. C) Do. D) Done. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did. 19. Identify the correct inversion:A) Only after the storm passed did we go outside. B) Only after the storm passed we did go outside. C) Only after the storm passed we go did outside. D) Only after the storm passed did go we outside. A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. 20. What type of inversion is in the sentence:'Nor do the reviewers agree with this argument.'? A) Comparison. B) Place. C) Negative. D) Conditional. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Negative. 21. Complete the sentence:Not only ..... the kids excited, but they also prepared a surprise. A) Was. B) Were. C) Is. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 22. Choose the correct sentence using subject-verb inversion for emphasis. A) Seldom he does go out. B) Seldom does he go out. C) He seldom does go out. D) Seldom he go does out. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Seldom does he go out. 23. At no time ..... that he was the killer. A) I didn't suspect. B) Was I suspect. C) I had suspected. D) Did I suspect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Did I suspect. 24. Complete the sentence:Scarcely ..... they finished the project when the deadline was extended. A) Had. B) Have. C) Has. D) Did. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had. 25. Little ..... that I knew his secret. A) Did John know. B) John did know. C) Was John know. D) John knew. 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