Choose the option that best completes the sentence.
Rarely ______ such a talented young musician.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. have I seen
- Step 1: In English syntax, when a negative or restrictive adverb (such as "Rarely", "Seldom", or "Never") is positioned at the beginning of a sentence for emphasis, it triggers subject-auxiliary inversion.
- Step 2: Subject-auxiliary inversion places the auxiliary verb before the subject pronoun. For the present perfect tense with first-person subject "I", the auxiliary "have" precedes the pronoun: "have I seen".
Answer
have I seen.
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