Question 1
Never _____ such a terrifying storm while crossing the Atlantic on a cargo ship.
Options: had I experienced, I had experienced, I experienced
Extreme Travel Stories - Things That Went Terribly Wrong
This is a fill-in-the-blank exercise. Click on each blank and choose the correct answer from the dropdown. Use inversion with negative or restrictive adverbials (e.g., never, rarely, not only, hardly, no sooner, under no circumstances, only when, not until) to complete each sentence correctly. Some sentences may have more than one blank, so make sure you complete all of them.
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Question 2
Rarely _____ travelers encounter such hostile weather conditions in the Sahara Desert during summer months.
Options: does, do, are
Question 3
Not only _____ our tent collapse in the blizzard, but all our supplies were buried under three feet of snow.
Options: was, our tent did, did
Question 4
Hardly _____ set up camp in the jungle when the monsoon rains started flooding everything.
Options: we had, had we, did we
Question 5
Under no circumstances _____ attempt to cross the river during the rainy season without an experienced local guide.
Options: you should, do you, should you
Question 6
Only when the rescue helicopter arrived _____ realize how close we had come to dying on that frozen glacier.
Options: we realized, did we, we did
Question 7
Not until the third day of being lost in the rainforest _____ find any source of clean drinking water.
Options: did we, we did, we found
Question 8
Seldom _____ such incompetent tour operators as the ones who abandoned us in the middle of the desert.
Options: I have encountered, I encountered, have I encountered
Question 9
Little _____ that our decision to take the shortcut through the canyon would nearly cost us our lives.
Options: we did know, did we know, we knew
Question 10
Never before _____ such extreme dehydration symptoms among trekkers attempting the desert crossing in August.
Options: did medics see, had medics seen, medics had seen
Question 11
Only after the plane made an emergency landing _____ discover that the pilot had been flying with a broken navigation system.
Options: we did, we discovered, did we
Question 12
Scarcely _____ begun our descent into the volcano crater when toxic gases forced us to turn back immediately.
Options: had we, we had, did we
Practise Extreme Travel Stories - Things That Went Terribly Wrong with this interactive fill-in-the-blank exercise of 12 questions. Choose the option that correctly completes each sentence, then submit to check your answers and get instant feedback on every choice.
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