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- 1. Multiple Choice
Inversions involve:
making everything a question
swapping the subject and verb
making the object the focus of the sentence
a change of intonation only
- 2. Multiple Choice
When do we use an inversion? (2 correct answers)
in questions
whenever you want
when beginning a phrase with a negative adverb
only in informal settings
- 3. Multiple Choice
Inversions are (3 correct answers):
no different to normal sentences
used for emphasis
more formal
used to draw attention to the action
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which is an inversion:
I hardly ever come here.
He never really contributes.
Never I have been so excited.
Never had I seen so many fish before.
- 5. Multiple Choice
What's the correct structure for an inversion?
Subject - verb - auxiliary verb
Verb - auxiliary verb - subject
Auxiliary verb - subject - verb
Subject - auxiliary verb - verb
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which is correct for an inversion?
I have never
Have never I
I never have
Never have I
- 7. Multiple Choice
Can you use inversions in conditionals?
Yes
No
Maybe?
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which is the correct conditional inversion?
If I had known, would I have helped.
If had I known, I would have helped.
Had I known, I would have helped.
Had I known, would I have helped.
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which of these adverbs are considered negative? (multiple correct answers)
Hardly
Almost
Scarcely
Rarely
- 10. Multiple Choice
Make an inversion: I rarely go to the beach these days.
Do I go to the beach rarely these days.
Rarely I go to the beach these days.
I go rarely to the beach these days.
Rarely do I go to the beach these days.
- 11. Multiple Choice
Make an inversion: I not only finished, but I did so with style.
Not only did I finish, but I did so with style.
Not only do I finish, but did I so with style.
Finished I did, but also with style.
Not only did I do so with style, but I also finished.
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which are considered negative?
No sooner
Both
Only when
- 13. Multiple Choice
Make the inversion: He was only relaxed when he was safe inside the hut.
Only when was he safe inside the hut he was relaxed.
Only when he was safe inside the hut was he relaxed.
Only was he relaxed when he was safe inside the hut.
Only and when he was relaxed safely in the hut.
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which word or phrase doesn't typically trigger an inversion?
Never
Only when
Not until
But
- 15. Multiple Choice
Which word is used together with 'than' in an inversion?
Not only
No sooner
Never
Not until
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