2022 · Q26
Directions: The following items feature one part of the sentence followed by four alternatives. Complete the sentences by choosing the correct alternative.
No sooner did I arrive at the airport
EnglishCorrelating Sentences
- Athen the flight took off.
- Bthan the flight took off.
- Cdid the flight take off.
- Dthan the flight shall take off.
Explanation
The correlative pair is no sooner with than, so than the flight took off is mandatory after no sooner did I arrive. Then is the temporal adverb and a common confusion, but the idiom demands than. Did the flight take off repeats the inversion unnecessarily, and than the flight shall take off uses the wrong modal and tense. The fixed no sooner-than correlative confirms the answer.