Sentence Improvement · Question 23 · Medium

Sentence Improvement question 23

Choose the best replacement for the part in square brackets. If no change is needed, choose 'No improvement'.
No sooner [had she reached] home than it started to rain.

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

Answer: D. No improvement

Explanation: 'No sooner' at the start of a sentence takes inverted word order with 'than': No sooner had she reached home than... The sentence is already correct.

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