2016 · Q30
No sooner had he completed his first novel than he fell seriously ill.
EnglishSentence Improvement
- Ahe had completed
- Bcould he completed
- Che completed
- DNo improvement
Explanation
'No sooner had ... than ...' is the correct correlative pair, and the sentence already uses it ('No sooner had he completed ... than he fell ill'). All three substitutions break the construction, so 'No improvement' (D) is correct.