TOPIC 3 INVERSION

EXERCISES ON INVERSION
Multiple choice.
1. No longer ……… to do all her housework with her husband because our family now owns some new labour-saving devices.
A. my mother has B. has my mother
C. does my mother has D.does my mother have
2. No sooner had he sat down to lunch ……… there was a knock at the door.
A. than B. that C. as D. when
3. They hardly found her number when they called her.
A. They called her sooner or later. B. They called her as soon as they found her number.
C. They found her number as soon as they called her. D. They found her number sooner or later.
4. Never before ……… such a beautiful girl.
A. have I met B. have I meet C. I have met D. did I meet
5. Rarely ……... out after 9.00.
A. does my sister go B. did my sister go C. my sister goes D. my sister does go
6. Hardly ……… asleep when the phone woke him up.
A. the doctor fell B. the doctor had fallen
C. did the doctor fall D. had the doctor fallen
9. No sooner ………than the boss came in.
A. he had left B. had he left C. he was leaving D. was he leaving
10. Not only ……… to take the medicine, but he also hit the nurse.
A. he refused B. does he refuse C. he was refused D. did he refuse
12. Hardly had he left home ……… the telephone rang.
A. than B. that C. as D. when
13. Not only ……… the book, but he had seen the film as well.
A. he had read B. has he read C. had he read D. he did read
14. No longer ……… them to go to the music club.
A. their parents allow B. does their parents allow
C. do their parents allow D. has their parents allow
15. Only because she had to support her family ……… to leave school.
A. that Alice decides B. did Alice decide
C. does Alice decide D. Alice decided
16. Hardly ……… at the bus stop when the next bus came.
A. they had arrived B. do they arrive
C. arrived they D. had they arrived
17. So surprised at the news ……… that he couldn’t say anything.
A. did he become B. he became
C. does he become D. did he became
18. Not only ……… shade and beauty, but they also reduce carbon dioxide.
A. trees provide B. provide trees
C. do trees provide D. trees do provide
19. My grandfather ……… sleeps more than an hour a night.
A. hardly never B. has ever C. is always D. hardly ever
20. Not only ……… profits, but it also had to lay off workers.
A. did the company lose B. the company lose
C. had the company lose D. lost the company
21. ……… so many people been out of work as today.
A. In the past, there never have B. Never before have
C. More than ever before D. Formerly, there never were
22. It was only then ……… how much I owed to her.
A. had I realize B. that I realized
C. did I realize D. I did realize
23. Only by booking in advance ……… stay ion the room you like.
A. can you B. you can C. you will D. you
24. As soon as he arrived at the airport, he called home.
A. He arrived at the airport sooner than he had expected.
B. No sooner had he arrived at the airport than he called home.
C. Calling home, he said that he had arrived at the airport.
D. He arrived at the airport and called me to take him home.
25. In no time ……… know the result of the recognition.
A. the public will B. will the public
C. the public D. does the public
I/ Rewrite these sentences, using inversion with NEVER
1. She had never been so happy before. 2