Complete the 12 sentences below. Choose the best answer for each one. Some sentences have two correct answers. Choose both.
1Hardly ............... when the fire alarm went off, and everyone had to evacuate.
Wrong!
After "Hardly" at the beginning, use inversion, so the correct answer is "had we sat down".
2Scarcely ............... the email when my manager called to ask why I had not replied sooner.
Wrong!
After "Scarcely" at the beginning, use inversion, so the correct answer is "had I sent".
3No sooner ............... the door than the dog bolted out into the street.
Wrong!
After "No sooner" at the beginning, use inversion, so the correct answer is "had I opened".
4Hardly ............... the train when the doors slid shut and it pulled away.
Wrong!
After "Hardly" at the beginning, use inversion, so the correct answer is "had we boarded".
5Scarcely ............... the presentation when the projector died, right in front of the clients.
Wrong!
After "Scarcely" at the beginning, use inversion, so the correct answer is "had she begun".
6No sooner ............... than the audience started whispering, so he had to raise his voice.
Wrong!
After "No sooner" at the beginning, use inversion, so the correct answer is "had he paused".
7Hardly ............... when the Wi-Fi dropped again, so the video call froze mid-sentence.
Wrong!
"Hardly" is followed by inversion and pairs with "when," so the correct answer is "had we logged in".
8Scarcely ............... when the press picked up the story and the phones started ringing nonstop.
Wrong!
After "Scarcely" at the beginning, use inversion, so the correct answer is "had they announced it".
9No sooner ............... than the kids started arguing over who got the front seat.
Wrong!
After "No sooner" at the beginning, use inversion, so the correct answer is "had we arrived".
10Hardly ............... when the editor emailed to say the deadline had been moved forward.
Wrong!
After "Hardly" at the beginning, use inversion, so the correct answer is "had I hit send".
11Scarcely ............... when the lights went out, and the whole theatre fell silent.
Wrong!
After "Scarcely" at the beginning, use inversion, so the correct answer is "had the show begun".
12No sooner ............... than she regretted it, because the comment sounded harsher than she intended.
Wrong!
After "No sooner" at the beginning, use inversion, so the correct answer is "had she spoken".
Exercise complete
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Answers
- Hardly had we sat down when the fire alarm went off, and everyone had to evacuate.
- Scarcely had I sent the email when my manager called to ask why I had not replied sooner.
- No sooner had I opened the door than the dog bolted out into the street.
- Hardly had we boarded the train when the doors slid shut and it pulled away.
- Scarcely had she begun the presentation when the projector died, right in front of the clients.
- No sooner had he paused than the audience started whispering, so he had to raise his voice.
- Hardly had we logged in when the Wi-Fi dropped again, so the video call froze mid-sentence.
- Scarcely had they announced it when the press picked up the story and the phones started ringing nonstop.
- No sooner had we arrived than the kids started arguing over who got the front seat.
- Hardly had I hit send when the editor emailed to say the deadline had been moved forward.
- Scarcely had the show begun when the lights went out, and the whole theatre fell silent.
- No sooner had she spoken than she regretted it, because the comment sounded harsher than she intended.