Inversion - Exercise -1 for University Admission Test, Job Application Test, BCS Exam and Any Competitive Examination

Topic: Adverb & Inversion

Questions:

1. Seeing is ---

a) to believe

b) believing

c) believed

d) how to believe

2. An adverb does not modify ---

a) nouns

b) adjectives

c) verbs

d) adverbs

3. The man --- down silently and --- his food.

a) sits, took

b) sat, take

c) sat, took

d) sat, had taken

4. Identify the correct sentence:

a) She behaved with me in a friendly way.

b) She behaved with me friendly.

c) She behaved with me in friendly way.

d) She behaved with me friendly way.

5. Although he felt very ---, he smiled ---.

a) hungrily, friendly

b) hungrily, in a friendly

c) hungry, friendly

d) hungry, in a friendly manner

6. He is --- weak to move/walk.

a) very

b) quiet

c) quite

d) too

7. Rarely --- anyone using typewriters now-a-days.

a) you see

b) will you see

c) you will see

d) you have seen

8. In many ways, riding a bicycle is similar to ---

a) driving a car

b) when you drive a car

c) the driving of a car

d) when driving a car

9. --- so many people been out of work as today.

a) More than ever before

b) Never before have

c) In the past, there never have

d) Formerly, there never were

10. ---, but also it filters out harmful sun rays.

a) The atmosphere gives us air to breathe

b) Not only the atmosphere gives us air to breathe

c) The atmosphere which gives us air to breathe

d) Not only does the atmosphere give us air to breathe

11. "Not once has our neighbour invited us into his house." means-

a) Our neighbour has invited us into his house not once but many times

b) Our neighbour has never invited us into his house

c) Occasionally our neighbour has invited us into his house

d) Our neighbour has not always invited us into his house

12. --- did Arthur realize that there was danger.

a) Upon entering the store

b) When he entered the store

c) After he had entered the store

d) Only after entering the store

13. --- no circumstances should you leave your luggage unattended.

a) Under

b) At

c) On

d) Over

14. Not until a monkey is several years old, --- to exhibit signs of independence from its mother.

a) it begins

b) and begin

c) does it begin

d) beginning

15. Only after I --- home, did I remember my doctor's appointment.

a) going

b) go

c) went

d) gone

Answers With Explanation:

1. b) believing (Parallel structure: Subject (Gerund) + is + Complement (Gerund). 'Seeing' এর সাথে মিল রেখে 'believing' হবে।)

2. a) nouns (Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs, but they do not modify nouns. Adjectives modify nouns. Adverb নাউনকে মডিফাই করে না।)

3. c) sat, took (Parallelism in tense: 'sat' (Past) matches with 'took' (Past). 'Silently' is an adverb modifying 'sat'. দুটি কাজই অতীতে হয়েছে, তাই Past Indefinite হবে। )

4. a) She behaved with me in a friendly way. ('Friendly' is an adjective. To use it as an adverbial phrase, we say "in a friendly way". 'Friendly' শব্দটি Adjective, তাই 'friendly way' বা 'in a friendly way' সঠিক।)

5. d) hungry, in a friendly manner ('Felt' is a linking verb taking the adjective 'hungry'. 'Smiled' is an action verb modified by the adverbial phrase 'in a friendly manner'. 'Felt' এর পর Adjective এবং 'Smiled' এর পর Adverbial phrase বসে।)

6. d) too (The structure "too + adjective + to + verb" indicates a negative result. "Too weak to move" means so weak that he cannot move. 'Too...to' স্ট্রাকচার অনুযায়ী 'too' বসবে।)

7. b) will you see (Sentences starting with negative adverbs like 'Rarely' require inversion (Auxiliary + Subject). 'Rarely' দিয়ে বাক্য শুরু হলে Inversion হয়।)

8. a) driving a car (Parallelism: "Riding a bicycle" (Gerund phrase) corresponds to "driving a car" (Gerund phrase). দুটি অংশই Gerund phrase হবে।)

9. b) Never before have (Inversion due to the negative phrase "Never before" at the start. "Never before have so many...". 'Never before' দিয়ে শুরু হলে Inversion হয়।)

10. d) Not only does the atmosphere give us air to breathe (Inversion with "Not only". Also pairs with "but also". 'Not only' দিয়ে শুরু হলে Inversion হয় এবং পরে 'but also' থাকে।)

11. b) Our neighbour has never invited us into his house ("Not once" is an emphatic way of saying "Never". 'Not once' অর্থ 'একবারও না' বা 'কখনোই না'।)

12. d) Only after entering the store (The phrase "Only after..." requires inversion in the main clause ("did Arthur realize"). The blank itself completes the introductory phrase. 'Only after' যুক্ত বাক্যাংশের পর মেইন ক্লজে Inversion হয়।)

13. a) Under (The idiom is "Under no circumstances". কোনো অবস্থাতেই না বুঝাতে 'Under no circumstances' বসে।)

14. c) does it begin (Inversion required after "Not until...". "Not until... does it begin". 'Not until' দিয়ে শুরু হলে Inversion হয়।)

15. c) went ("Only after I went home..." - The clause after 'Only after' follows normal word order (Subject + Verb), while the main clause is inverted ("did I remember"). 'Only after' এর সাথের ক্লজটি normal order এ থাকে।)