Sentence Improvement · Question 11 · Medium

Sentence Improvement question 11

Choose the best replacement for the part in square brackets. If no change is needed, choose 'No improvement'.
Hardly [had I reached] the station when the train left.

  1. I had reached
  2. did I reached
  3. I reached
  4. No improvement
Answer and explanation

Answer: D. No improvement

Explanation: A sentence beginning with 'Hardly' needs inversion ('had I reached') and pairs with 'when'. No change is needed.

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