Complete the 12 sentences below. Choose the best answer for each one.
1Rarely ............... such detailed feedback from clients before the project is even finished.
Wrong!
After fronted "Rarely", use inversion: auxiliary before subject, so the correct answer is "do we receive".
2Seldom ............... the director's figures so openly in a public meeting.
Wrong!
After fronted "Seldom", place the auxiliary before the subject; the correct answer is "has the committee questioned".
3Rarely ............... a contract without checking every clause herself.
Wrong!
With fronted "Rarely", the modal comes before the subject, so the correct answer is "would Maria accept".
4Seldom ............... the real reason for the delay until the flight had already been cancelled.
Wrong!
After fronted "Seldom", invert the auxiliary and subject; the correct answer is "were the passengers told".
5Rarely ............... such confidence in a junior employee's voice during a first presentation.
Wrong!
A fronted "Rarely" requires inversion, and past simple needs do-support; the correct answer is "did I hear".
6Seldom ............... in enough depth during the short weekly briefing.
Wrong!
After fronted "Seldom", use auxiliary-subject inversion; the correct answer is "are these issues discussed".
7Rarely ............... to such serious consequences unless several safeguards fail at once.
Wrong!
When "Rarely" begins the sentence, the auxiliary comes before the subject; the correct answer is "can a small error lead".
8Seldom ............... such a diverse audience before the new exhibition opened.
Wrong!
After fronted "Seldom", put the auxiliary before the subject; the correct answer is "had the museum attracted".
9Rarely ............... during the overnight backup, which is why the latest failure surprised the team.
Wrong!
Fronted "Rarely" takes inversion, and present simple needs do-support; the correct answer is "does the software crash".
10Seldom ............... confidential files outside the secure system, even when a deadline is approaching.
Wrong!
After fronted "Seldom", invert the modal and subject; the correct answer is "should employees share".
11Rarely ............... good news from those negotiations, so the sudden agreement came as a shock.
Wrong!
With fronted "Rarely", the auxiliary comes before the subject; the correct answer is "had we received".
12Seldom ............... over a single economic forecast, especially one based on such limited data.
Wrong!
After fronted "Seldom", invert the first auxiliary and the subject; the correct answer is "have analysts been so divided".
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- Rarely do we receive such detailed feedback from clients before the project is even finished.
- Seldom has the committee questioned the director’s figures so openly in a public meeting.
- Rarely would Maria accept a contract without checking every clause herself.
- Seldom were the passengers told the real reason for the delay until the flight had already been cancelled.
- Rarely did I hear such confidence in a junior employee’s voice during a first presentation.
- Seldom are these issues discussed in enough depth during the short weekly briefing.
- Rarely can a small error lead to such serious consequences unless several safeguards fail at once.
- Seldom had the museum attracted such a diverse audience before the new exhibition opened.
- Rarely does the software crash during the overnight backup, which is why the latest failure surprised the team.
- Seldom should employees share confidential files outside the secure system, even when a deadline is approaching.
- Rarely had we received good news from those negotiations, so the sudden agreement came as a shock.
- Seldom have analysts been so divided over a single economic forecast, especially one based on such limited data.