This grammar exercise tests your ability to use no sooner …than. Fill in the blanks with did or had.
1No sooner ............... the sun risen than the fog disappeared.
Wrong!
2No sooner ............... I finished my studies than I got a good job.
Wrong!
3No sooner ............... I put the phone down than it started ringing again.
Wrong!
4No sooner ............... they meet than they fell in love with each other.
Wrong!
5No sooner ............... the sun disappeared below the horizon than darkness began to envelop the planet.
Wrong!
6No sooner ............... he fire the gun than the tiger sprang on him.
Wrong!
7No sooner ............... the police left the scene than trouble started brewing again.
Wrong!
8No sooner ............... he see the police than he ran away.
Wrong!
Done.
Score: 0/8
Answers
- No sooner had the sun risen than the fog disappeared.
- No sooner had I finished my studies than I got a good job.
- No sooner Either could be used here I put the phone down than it started ringing again.
- No sooner did they meet than they fell in love with each other.
- No sooner had the sun disappeared below the horizon than darkness began to envelop the planet.
- No sooner did he fire the gun than the tiger sprang on him.
- No sooner had the police left the scene than trouble started brewing again.
- No sooner did he see the police than he ran away.
