Review

Inversion
TOEFL Exercise
1. _____ 1895 did Cornell University begin 5. Not only can walking fish live out of
to offer a degree in ornithology. water, _____ they can also travel short
distances over land.
(A) Not until
(B) Not since (A) neither
(C) Until (B) and
(D) In (C) but
(D) if
2. _____ was the first fully successful
transatlantic cable finally laid. 6. Not until the dedication of Yellowstone
Park in the late nineteenth century _____
(A) Not until 1866 a national park.
(B) Until 1866, just
(C) Until 1866 (A) the United States had
(D) In 1866, not until (B) did the United States have
(C) when the United States had
3. Before Geraldine Ferraro was selected as (D) the United States having
the Democratic Party’s vice presidential
candidate in 1984, no woman _____ run 7. Not only _____ to determine the depth of
for national office in the United States on the ocean floor, but it also used to locate
a major party ticket. oil.

(A) ever has (A) to use seismology

(B) never had (B) is seismology used
(C) had ever (C) seismology is used
(D) having never (D) using seismology
(A) became “The Star-spangled Banner”
8. Not until 1931 _____ the official anthem
4. Not until about 20,000 B.C. _____ of the United States.
executed.
(B) “The Star-spangled Banner” did
(A) were known of the oldest paintings become
(B) the oldest of known painting were (C) when “The Star-spangled Banner”
(C) the oldest known were paintings become
(D) were the oldest known paintings (D) did “The Star-spangled Banner”
become

Grammar for TOEFL 4: Inversion