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Rewrite using no sooner than

March 7, 2013 - pdf

This grammar exercise tests your ability to use no sooner …than. Fill in the blanks with did or had.

1. No sooner ...................................... the sun risen than the fog disappeared.

Correct! Wrong!

2. No sooner .................................... I finished my studies than I got a good job.

Correct! Wrong!

3. No sooner ........................................ I put the phone down than it started ringing again.

Correct! Wrong!

4. No sooner ............................................ they meet than they fell in love with each other.

Correct! Wrong!

5. No sooner ........................................ the sun disappeared below the horizon than darkness began to envelop the planet.

Correct! Wrong!

6. No sooner ......................................... he fire the gun than the tiger sprang on him.

Correct! Wrong!

7. No sooner ............................................ the police left the scene than trouble started brewing again.

Correct! Wrong!

8. No sooner ....................................... he see the police than he ran away.

Correct! Wrong!

Exercise

1. No sooner had the sun risen than the fog disappeared.

2. No sooner had I finished my studies than I got a good job.

3. No sooner did I put the phone down than it started ringing again.

4. No sooner did they meet than they fell in love with each other.

5. No sooner had the sun disappeared below the horizon than darkness began to envelop the planet.

6. No sooner did he fire the gun than the tiger sprang on him.

7. No sooner had the police left the scene than trouble started brewing again.

8. No sooner did he see the police than he ran away.

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