Transforming negative sentences into the affirmative

Answers

1. No sooner had I reached the station than the train left.
2. No sooner had the umpire given the batsman out than the crowd rushed on to the field.
3. No sooner had the thief run out of the jail than the guard fired at him.
4. As soon as I reached the station, the train left.
5. Hardly had the umpire given the batsman out when the crowd rushed on to the field.
6. As soon as the thief ran out of the jail, the guard fired at him.

Notes

• It is wrong to use
• when instead of
• than in sentences with
• no sooner. Also note that the auxiliary
• did or
• had must come immediately after no sooner.

  It is wrong to use

• than instead of
• when in sentences with hardly or scarcely.