when” are used to suggest that one thing happened very soon after another.
The expression ‘hardly . . . when’ is also used to express the same.
Combine the following sentences using the expressions “No sooner...
than, scarcely... when, hardly... when.”
One has been done for you.
1. I put the phone down. It rang again.
A: No sooner had I put the phone down than it rang again.
or
B: I had scarcely put the phone down when it rang again.
or
C: I had hardly put the phone down when it rang again.
2. I arrived at the station. Then the bus came in.
A: ________________________________________________________
B: ________________________________________________________
C: ________________________________________________________
3. I closed the door. Somebody knocked again.
A: ________________________________________________________
B: ________________________________________________________
C: ________________________________________________________
4. She finished the meal. She started feeling hungry again.
A: ________________________________________________________
B: ________________________________________________________
C: ________________________________________________________ 5. Madhavi opened the door. The dog entered the room.
A: ________________________________________________________
B: ________________________________________________________
C: ________________________________________________________
Editing
Read the following passage. Every numbered sentence has an error.
Identify and edit it.
(1)“Prevention is better than cure” is the principle we followed today. (2)But on
ancient times people bothered about their health only when they fell ill. (3)But now the