INVERSION
Ex 1. Choose the most suitable option to complete the sentences.
1. Never ………………….me again.
A. will she love B. she loves C. she won’t love D. she will love
2. Not only…………………but she is also intelligent.
A. she is beautiful B. beautiful she is C. is she beautiful D. beautiful is she
3. No sooner ………………. out than it rained.
A. did I go B. I went C. had I gone D. I had gone
4. Seldom ………………the guitar.
A. he plays B. does he play C. he doesn’t play D. he does play
5. Hardly ……………… a word when her son came back.
A. couldn’t she say B. she could say C. she couldn’t say D. could she say
6. Often………………….a meeting.
A. do we have B. we do have C. have we D. we have
7. Many a time………………….he wants to marry me.
A. said he B. he said C. has he said D. he has said
8. Only at weekend …………….. my kids to Water Park.
A. I don’t takeB. do I take C. I take D. I do take
9. So old ……………….. that she couldn’t dance.
A. she wasn’t B. she was C. wasn’t she D. was she
10. ……………… here yesterday, you would have met me.
A. were you B. you were C. had you been D. you had been
11. On the battlefield ……………...
A. the tanks did lie B. the tanks lay C. did the tanks lie D. lay the tanks
12. Nowhere ………………….such cooperative staff.
A. you can find B. you found C. you could find D. can you find
13. Never before…………………. in an earnest attempt to resolve their differences.
A. have the leaders of these two countries met
meet
C. have the leaders of these two countries meet
B. the leaders of these two countries have
D. met the leaders of these two countries
14. Not only the child, but also the grandparents ……………….
A. is joining B. joins C. were joining D. has joined
15. Seldom ……………..a newspaper.
A. buy Anna B. does Anna buy C. bought Anna D. Anna does buy
16. Not only …………….. at the post office, ……………….. at the grocery store.
A. does Mary work / but she also works B. works Mary / but she also works
C. does Mary work / but does she also work D. works Mary / but does she also work
17. No sooner …………….. the house than the phone started to ring.
A. had she entered B. she had entered C. entered she D. had entered she
18. Beside the roadside…………………
A. a horse stood B. stood a horse C. did a horse stand D. does a horse stand
19. Only after they send you an application ……………………...
A. can you apply B. you can apply C. do you apply D. did you apply
20. At no time ………………. greater opportunities.
A. did women had B. has women had C. does women haveD. have women had
21. Not once ……………. into her eyes.
A. he looked B. does he looked C. did he look D. looked he
