no sooner
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+ V3 + than + S + V2
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hardly
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+ V3 + when + S + V2
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barely
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scarcely
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Ex: He had no sooner come home than the boss rang him.
= no sooner had He come home than the boss rang him.
I had hardly locked the door when he came.
= hardly had I locked the door when he came.
Ex: No sooner had we gone out than it began to rain.
Hardly had he gone to bed when he heard a shot.
Ex: He got a job after he had finished high school.
Exercise 1 : Put the verb in brackets into correct tenses : simple past, past perfect and present perfect
1. I …………………..………..…….a great film yesterday. (see)
2. ………..…………..……a new car? (you ever buy)
3. Sue ……………..………….the flu last winter. (have)
4. A few days ago we ……………..…………..to his uncle. (drive)
5. They ……………..…………..bingo Wednesday afternoon. (play)
6. He ………………..……….the bus to get there. (already take)
7. Last week my rabbit ………………..………away. (run)
8. We ……………..…………a lot last Sunday. (do)
9. ……………..……………..…………..to India? (she ever be)
10. I ………………..………………..…….him last Monday. (meet)
11. She ………………..………………..……….yet. (not wake up)
12. I …………………..………………….her since last Thursday. (not meet)
13. Bob ………………..………………..………well last night. (sleep)
14. I ………………..………………..……..a letter from her two days ago. (get)
15. They ……………..………………..………….in Germany. (already arrive)
16. When we arrived , the dinner ……………………..……….…….(already begin).
17. She …………..………………..……..(cry) after he ………………..…………..……….(go).
18. They ……….…………..………..(tell) us we were too late. The train ……………..…….…..(leave).
19. When I ………….………….……..(get) to the theatre , the play ………………..…..….(already start).
20. John was not at home . He …………………..………………..…….………..…(go) away.
21. The house was very quiet. Everybody …………………..……………..……………….….(go) to bed.
22. They …………………………..………………..………...(not go) home until they finished their work.
23. We ……….……………….…….……….(just turn off) the lights when we heard someone at the door.
24. Everyone ……………..……...(eat) dinner by the time we …………..………(get) to the dining-room.
25. We …………………….....(ask) the poster where he ……………..……………..…(put) our luggage.
26. He ………………………(do) nothing before he saw me.
27 He thanked me for what I …………………..…………………..(do).
28. I ……………………..…………(be) sorry that I had hurt him.
29. After they had gone, I …………………..………………(sit) down and …………..…………….(rest).
30. He …………………………………...(die) after he …………………………..(be) ill a long time.
31. As soon as you ………………..……………..(go), I ………………..……….(want) to see you again.
32. Before you ……………………….(go) very far, we found that we ………….…………(lose) our way.
33. My friend ……………………..………(not see) me for many years when I met him.
34. My father ……………………..………….(tell) me he ……………..…………….(give) up smoking.
35. He …………………..……………(be) late because he ………………..…………(have) an accident.
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