1............... the robber saw the cops, he ran away.
Wrong!
Use "As soon as" to show that the second action happened immediately after the first action.
2............... he took the medicine, he started feeling better.
Wrong!
Use "As soon as" before a full clause without inversion.
3............... had the train arrived than the passengers rushed to board it.
Wrong!
Use "No sooner" with inverted past perfect and "than".
4As soon as he reached home, his mother ............... him a cup of coffee.
Wrong!
Use "brought" because both past events are told in the simple past with "as soon as".
5No sooner had the driver seen the signal ............... he applied the brake.
Wrong!
Use "than" after "no sooner".
6No sooner ............... they reached home than it started raining.
Wrong!
Use "had" after "no sooner" to form the inverted past perfect.
7............... Dad arrived, I showed him the photographs.
Wrong!
Use "As soon as" before a normal past-simple clause.
8............... she read the telegram, she fainted.
Wrong!
Use "As soon as" to mean immediately after she read the telegram.
9............... had I reached the station when the train arrived.
Wrong!
Use "Hardly" with inverted past perfect and "when".
10You are free to buy ............... you like.
Wrong!
Use "whatever" to mean anything that you like.
11............... you go in Kerala, you will find coconut palms.
Wrong!
Use "Wherever" to mean in any place that you go.
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- As soon as the robber saw the cops, he ran away.
- As soon as he took the medicine, he started feeling better.
- No sooner had the train arrived than the passengers rushed to board it.
- As soon as he reached home, his mother brought him a cup of coffee.
- No sooner had the driver seen the signal than he applied the brake.
- No sooner had they reached home than it started raining.
- As soon as Dad arrived, I showed him the photographs.
- As soon as she read the telegram, she fainted.
- Hardly had I reached the station when the train arrived.
- You are free to buy whatever you like.
- Wherever you go in Kerala, you will find coconut palms.