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The prepositional phrase in this sentence is composed of two parts.
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 Let’s practice: 
I. The following are the sort of multiple choice grammar questions that typically appear in the Michigan ECPE. They may (or may not) include inversions. 
1) Thank goodness ___ hurt in the train accident. 
a) didn’t more people get 
b) didn’t get more people 
c) more didn’t get people 
d) more people didn’t get 
2) The study showed _____ for maternal and child health. 
a) how is nutrition important 
b) how important nutrition is 
c) that how important nutrition is 
d) that how nutrition is important 
3) Strange ___ , he chose not to undergo surgery. 
a) may it seem 
b) as may it seem 
c) was it that 
d) as it may sound 
4) Try ___ he could not save the drowning woman. 
a) did he hard 
b) as he might 
c) as hard as 
d) though he did 
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5) So ___ that she licked the plate clean. 
a) being hungry 
b) great her hunger 
c) hungry was she 
d) had she hunger 
6) Effie disliked the film, ___. 
a) as did Frank 
b) and also disliked it Frank 
c) nor Frank 
d) so Frank did 
7) Only by speaking more ___ improve your fluency in English. 
a) you are able to 
b) is it possible to 
c) does 
d) will it 
8) It was not until Andrew stopped smoking ____ healthy again. 
a) did he feel 
b) that he started to feel 
c) then he felt 
d) that he did feel 
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II. Fill in he blanks with the correct order of the words in parentheses. 
a) (No sooner/my father/sit down) _________________to dinner than there was a knock on the door. 
b) (Little/he/know) _________________that his culinary skills are quite substandard. 
c) (At no time/ I/ mean) _________________to hurt your feelings. It was all a big misunderstanding. 
d) (Seldom/we/ have) ______________friends over for a drink. We prefer to meet them at pubs or restaurants. 
e) (Not only/he/make) _________________ a mean cheesecake, but he also prepares homemade jam. 
f) Only when the situation gets out of hand _________________(the government/ begin) to act 
g) Not until June _________________ (you/can /get) all the swimming gear out of the drawers. 
h) (Only once/ I/climb) _________________ such a high mountain before. 
i) Her eyes were very red. (only later/I/find out) ______________ that her fiancé had broken up with her. 
Key:
I
1. D
2. B
3. D
4. B
5. C
6. A
7. B
8. B
II
a) 2. No sooner had my father sat down
b) Little does he know
c) At no time did I mean
d) Seldom do we have
e) Not only does he make
f) will the government begin
g) can you get
h) Only once have I climbed
i) Only later did I find out