CAE Ready for Advanced - Unit 11 - Grammar - Inversion

Not for one moment ____ that David had stolen it - it took us all completely by surprise.

• we suspected

• did we suspect

• were we suspected

• are we suspect

No sooner ____ home than my mother phoned.

• had we got

• do we get

• we got

• got we

Only when ____ the news on the television did she realize the full scale of the tragedy.

• she saw

• did she see

• she did see

• she have seen

Not until you've tidied your room ____ you to go out and play with your friends.

• will I allow

• I will allow

• will be allowed

• do I allow

Hardly ____ his new job when the company ran into problems and made him redundant.

• had he started

• he had started

• he started

• does he start

At no point in the marathon ____ of giving up: I had promised myself I would finish it.

• did I think

• I thought

• I'd thought

• I was thinking

Never before in my working life ____ such an incompetent boss.

• have I had

• I've had

• do I have

• I had

Never again ____ her advice - I'm in more trouble now than I was before.

• will I follow

• I'll follow

• did I follow

• I follow

Little ____ that someone was recording their conversation.

• did they know

• they knew

• they will know

• have they known