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INVERSION

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Instructions: Choose the correct answer.


No sooner ______ than I realised what was going on.

a)

had I heard

b)

I had heard

2.

Instructions: Choose the correct answer.


Not until _____

a)

had I got home, I remembered.

b)

I had got home, I remembered.

c)

I had got home, did I remember.

3.

Instructions: Choose the correct answer.


Just as _____ leaving, the phone rang.

a)

I was

b)

was I

4.

Instructions: Choose the correct answer.


Only by calling them every hour of the day _____ to get what I wanted.

a)

did I manage

b)

I managed

5.

Instructions: Choose the correct answer.


Since ____ known her, we've never argued.

a)

I have

b)

have I

6.

Instructions: Choose the correct answer.


Seldom _____ seen such a mess.

a)

I have

b)

have I

7.

Instructions: Choose the correct answer.


Only when _____ .

a)

I phoned did I hear what had happened.

b)

did I phone I heard what had happened.

c)

I phoned I heard had what happened.

8.

Instructions: Choose the correct answer.


So _____ said, so little done.

a)

was much

b)

much was

9.

Instructions: Choose the correct answer.


So good _____ that he got the highest grade possible.

a)

his marks were

b)

were his marks

10.

Instructions: Choose the correct answer.


Never _____ heard such an appalling speech.

a)

I have

b)

have I

11.

Instructions: Choose the correct answer.


He can speak French but _____ it in public, and almost never when on diplomatic duty.

a)

seldom does he use

b)

rarely he uses

c)

not once does he use

12.

Instructions: Choose the correct answer.


______ the stress she was under.

a)

Only now I realise

b)

Now only do I realise

c)

Only now do I realise

13.

Instructions: Choose the correct answer.


_______ such dedicated and honest leaders.

a)

Nowhere have I ever encountered

b)

Nowhere have I encounter

c)

Nowhere I've encountered

14.

Instructions: Choose the correct answer.


______ what was in store for him after he landed here.

a)

No sooner did he know

b)

Little did he know

c)

Never before did he know

15.

Instructions: Choose the correct answer.


Only if we are able to reinvent ourselves _______ to succeed in business and life.

a)

will be able

b)

will we be able

c)

we will be able